MONDAY
>>Satisfy your cheese cravings as former American Idol star (and Richmond, VA native) Elliot Yamin plays the 9:30 Club, with the Last Goodnight and Josh Hoge. $25, Doors at 7 p.m.
>>Australian pop singer Ben Lee — he of the short-lived Bens and “Catch My Disease” moderate fame — comes to Alexandria’s Del Ray neighborhood to play the Birchmere. Joining him is are Cary Brothers. $19.50, 7:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
>>Dinosaur Jr. just can’t stop re-uniting. Their relatively recent comeback album, Beyond, was a solid return to form, and despite the years, these guys still bring it with their feedback-drenched power-trio jams. An odd combination of opening band names: Awesome Color and Dead Confederate. At the Black Cat, $20, 8 p.m.
>>Your favorite “Jessica Rabbit” rocker, Devil Doll, brings her sultry live show to the Red and the Black. $8, Doors 8 p.m.
>>Rockin’ workhorses Cold War Kids return to D.C., yet again. We’ve been a big fan of theirs in the past, and this show’s sold out, but Craig has a few alternative options. At the 9:30 Club, with Richard Swift and The Rumble Strips. (Please note that their Wednesday show has been canceled)
>>Tuesday night sure is loaded with good shows. The Woggles — that ageless bunch of garage-dwelling retro-rockers from Georgia — plays DC9. We can’t imagine a better place to check them out. And just to add fuel to the fire, they’re joined by D.C.’s terrific purveyors of garage, The Hall Monitors. With Must Love Trash. $8/10, Doors at 8:30 p.m.
