Fool’s Gold play Monday at the Black Cat. Photo by Marianne Williams from the band’s MySpace page. MONDAY
>> Only Los Angeles could produce whatever Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zereos is. An unholy union of the Manson and Partridge families, this dozen piece collective is yet another band of wide-eyed mystics from la la land looking to recruit converts through peace, love and folksy sing-alongs. As if that wasn’t enough, the much buzzed about Fool’s Gold and Local Natives round out a diverse, sold out evening at the Black Cat. 8 p.m.
>> Legendary weirdos Devo‘s second night at the 9:30 celebrates 1980’s Freedom of Choice, the album that forever cemented them in the annals of pop culture history with the unforgettable “Whip It.”. Considering the ticket price, the band should think about playing its entire discography. With JP INC. $45, 7:00 p.m.
>> Oklahoma’s Evangelicals are often compared to its home state’s gonzo-forebearers The Flaming Lips. While the likeness is not entirely misguided, it doesn’t do The Evangelicals’ bizarrely distinct amalgam of theatrics, psychedelic rock and 1950s horror movie sound collages justice. The band’s last few trips to D.C. have gone mostly unnoticed so let’s hope the support of Holiday Shores, a recent CMJ favorite, can rally people to The Red and the Black on a Monday night. Locals Daddy Lion open. $8, 9 p.m.
TUESDAY
>> Pennsylvania’s Langhorne Slim has been gradually distancing himself from the foot-stompin’ blues of the past, but his consistently entertaining live show will undoubtedly turn The Rock and Roll Hotel into a hootenanny. Americana up and comers Dawes open. $14, 8 p.m.
>> Ah, 2004. Those were the heady days when a self-proclaimed screamo outfit could sell over a million records. And Hawthorne Heights did just that with The Silence in Black and White, a quaint reminder that black haired dudes in skinny jeans were not always trying to rap. The band is touring in support of last year’s Fragile Future, it’s first without lead singer Casey Calvert. The five-band bill at Jammin’ Java also includes Just Surrender, Punchline, Monty Are I and Nightbeast.
$15, 7:00 p.m.
>> The historic election of Barack Obama launched a litany of Op-Ed articles on whether America is now a post-racial society. That might sound like hysterical hyperbole but then what to make of Brooklyn’s Sean Bones, a group of lanky hipster types playing convincing straight-faced reggae-pop? The band’s infectious new album Rings might be worth the cognitive dissonance induced. Fellow Brooklynites The Dig open at the DC9. $10, 9 p.m.
>> The world (or some significant portion of it) loves a sincere fresh-faced troubadour, Joshua Radin included. That his songs have been featured in “Grey’s Anatomy” and that he is a personal friend of Zach Braff should say it all. Former backing band of Jenny Lewis, The Watson Twins, open along with The Kin at 6th and I. Sold out, 8 p.m.
