Vivian Girls are at the Rock and Roll Hotel on Sunday.

MONDAY
>> On “Africa to Appalachia,” Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone, Malian kora player Mansa Sissoko, and various others stick to mostly traditional Malian-style arrangements. It works as Sissoko’s harp-like sound is gorgeous and Stone takes the banjo back to its African roots. They will be at the St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd., in Rockville, at 7:30 p.m.

>> North Carolina’s Spider Bags add slide guitar and raw vocals with a country flavor into their punky rock. They’ll be on a bill with locals the Face Accidents, Austin’s The Golden Boys, and New York’s The Antlers at the Velvet Lounge.

TUESDAY
>> Drag yourself out of the post-Columbus Day doldrums and wallow in the alt-country of Boston’s Girls Guns and Glory. The Boston Globe called their “Buddy Holly-meets-Buck Owens rock ‘n’ roll” sturdy and sublime. With local group the Highballers at the Red and Black. Doors 9 p.m.

>> Speaking of doldrums, I didn’t much care for that last Clap Your Hands Say Yeah album. But if you haven’t listened to their self-titled debut in a while, it’s probably worth a spin as it’s still about as catchy as straightforward indie rock gets. Of course, that spin is about as close as you’ll get to catching them on Tuesday, unless you bought a ticket to their latest DC9 set way in advance. It’s sold out, but some enterprising folks are peddling their wares here.