Chart-toppers Death Cab for Cutie will be sweating right through their tweed sportcoats at Merriweather tonight.

MONDAY
>> Their Narrow Stairs album made its debut at No. 1 in the SoundScan chart a few weeks back, but are they No. 1 in our hearts? Eventually, the Death Cab comes for us all, but tonight it’s just for Cutie. Bay-area Sub Pop alums Rogue Wave open the big show at Merriweather. Stay hydrated; it’s gonna be hot out there. $25-$40, 7:30 p.m.

>> Speaking of Sub Pop, who was it that put that beloved Seattle indie label on the map? Mudhoney, that’s who. The grunge pioneers are at the Rock and Roll Hotel with Pittsburgh’s The Cynics and — all the way from the Heart of Democracy, Washington, D.C. — The Points. $18, 8:30 p.m.

TUESDAY
>> Pink Floyd? Genesis? Prog-post-krautrock? The references bandied about when Brooklyn’s Bear in Heaven are the subject suggest that you proceed with extreme caution if you proceed at all. But if you’re the adventurous type, you may just want to saddle on down to DC9 and give them a shot. With tiger and the snow and Mother, whose frontman apparently goes by the nom de rock Jesus Crisis. Nice, but you should’ve saved that one for the band name, guys. $8-$10, 9 p.m.

>> Across the Potomac in Falls Church, Dark Star Orchestra “recreates historic Grateful Dead setlists with compelling accuracy” at the State Theatre. Admit that you’ve always kind of wanted to check out one of these tribute-band shows just to see who goes to these things. I saw one called, um, Led Zeppagain once. Their Jimmy Page (pictured here with the real Jimmy Page) definitely managed a credible simulation of Page’s playing style, but he was bald on top, with long, curly rock and roll locks grown out on the sides. That, friends, is the kind of fearlessness the rock and roll gods demand of us. But what was I talking about? Oh, yes: DSO at the State. $25, 8 p.m.