MONDAY
>> You cannot avoid Toots Hibbert on TV these days. Well actually, it is just that Nissan car commercial with the Clash’s version of Toots & the Maytals’ “Pressure Drop.” The guy who penned that song, “Reggae Got Soul,” and numerous other R&B flavored Jamaican numbers is at the 930 Club with the latest version of the Maytals. Hot D.C. go-go combo Mambo Sauce were just added as openers. $26
>> If solo indie acoustic guitar is what you’re after, The Rock and Roll Hotel gives you three young sensitive and well-spoken types Owen, Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra frontman Andy Hull. $12
>> Three Stars alum Anthony Pirog will perform three times… all in one night. The jazz guitarist will appear on stage at Bossa Bistro and Lounge first with celloist Janel Leppin, then with Jeff Reed and Larry Ferguson as the Anthony Pirog Trio and finally with Leppin, Reed, Ferguson and saxist Rob Muncy to pay tribute to Sonny Sharrock. That’s stamina.
TUESDAY
>> For those fans of Austin minimalist juggernaut Spoon who saw the words SOLD OUT in giant block letters on the 9:30 Club Website and wanted to punch a wall – save your hand and fear not. As you all know, anyone who held on to their original 9:30 Club ticket is guaranteed a spot, and anyone with a ticket stub from the Monday night Shins show at the Merriweather Post (for whom Spoon and freak folk act Vetiver are openers) has a chance to get in to their more intimate affair at 9:30. First come, first serve so show up early.
>> Even if you don’t come from the land of ice and snow, you can fake it. Hej Hej, aka DJs Natalya and Melissa, will buy a Viking beer or Reyka vodka drink for the first five people to enter Cafe Saint-Ex with Viking Helmets. There will be specials on those two drinks for the duration of the night, and of course, plenty of music from Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland and Denmark. No cover.
