Monday
>> Milwaukee-based indie pop quartet Maritime will be bringing their brand of sweet melodies to the Rock and Roll Hotel accompanied by the Swervedriver-inspired rock of Kansas City’s The Life and Times. We rarely get to make a Swervedriver reference, so enjoy it while you can. 8 p.m.
>> Drive-By Truckers’ frontman Patterson Hood drops by the area for a show at the Birchmere in Alexandria. If you’re not familiar with the live stylings of the Truckers, you can give their July 2006 show at the 9:30 Club a listen on NPR. Hood’s solo album, Killers and Stars, was a spare and dusty acoustic affair with some excellent, if admittedly dark, songs like the Chan Marshall-baiting “Cat Power.” 7:30 p.m., $17.50.
>> Local musical Virginian family The Veltz Family (formerly Cecilia the band), will be performing at Iota on Monday night. 8:30 p.m., $12.
Tuesday
>> Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin plays the Rock and Roll Hotel. Catch the Missouri band’s quirky, pretty indie pop in NE. One of our favorites, “Oregon Girl,” finds the relatively narrow sliver between The Shins and the Fountains of Wayne and mines it for all its worth. Surprisingly, RnR still had room on the marquee for a double bill: SSLYBY with The Changes. Doors at 9 p.m., $8.
>> Attention those who’ve avoided most rap for the last 5 years, those who gag at the word “bling,” those who are still blasting De La Soul and Arrested Development, your time has arrived. Lupe Fiasco, the Chicago rapper notable for his Muslim faith and skateboarding takes D.C. this Tuesday. Intelligent as Common, a better lyricist than Kanye and more fun than Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco has gotten almost universal praise. Catch him before he pops up in a Gap commercial. 9:30 Club, 7:30 p.m., $20.
