Le Loup are the best band in D.C. There isn't a close second. Last night's Black Cat performance was more like a coronation. Everyone who saw them at Unbuckled last spring -- packed into DC9's tiny upstairs -- came away convinced that they were witnessing the germination of something special. Last night the flower blossomed, the debutante wore the taffeta, the second-string QB got his first set of crucial downs. I even bought a t-shirt.