Living Colour

By DCist Contributor Matt Siblo

TUESDAY
>> Mixing hard rock and funk is a dubious combination, one that conjures up images of ill-advised dreadlocks, awkward dancing and chugging metal riffs. Living Colour was there in the beginning, if that makes it any better. The band is at the Birchmere to promote its new self-released album The Chair in the Doorway. GrindCity opens 7:30 p.m., $35.

WEDNESDAY
>> While Lovitt label mates Pygmy Lush and Des Ark might inhabit two different ends of the musical spectrum both are united in that they defy categorization. Brooklyn’s Little Gold split the difference with a dose of folk/country from Christian DeRoeck who has spent time in Meneguar and Woods. At the Black Cat backstage, 9 p.m., $8.

>> According to the great poet of our time, Wayne Campbell, if “you lived in the suburbs [during the 1970s], Frampton Comes Alive was issued with samples of Tide.” No longer quite as ubiquitous, Mr. Frampton still comes alive every so often, but at $75 a ticket, Wednesday night at the Birchmere will cost decidedly more than a trip to the laundromat. 7:30 p.m., $75.