Tired of D.C.’s lack of industrial space, two artists opened Otis Street Arts Project, a new community of studios in Mount Rainier. [Arts Desk]

Photos of Ex Hex, the Shirks, and the Ar-Kaics at the Black Cat [D.C. Music Download]

Watch a new video from D.C. electro act Brutalism that imagines a fucked-up future under authoritarian rule. [Bandwidth]

A review of Salad Days, a recent entry into the echo chamber of D.C. punk documentaries [BYT]

Arlington artist Gankhuyag “Ganna” Natsag, in his mission to educate others about Mongolian culture, contributed to a Genghis Khan exhibit opening in Philly. [Post]