The Pixies. Image credit: Steve Double/Retna Ltd

This week’s robust show schedule is the storm before the calm, with a litany of performers making final stops in the area before hibernating through the holiday season. The lack of noteworthy December shows might explain why almost everything worth seeing is already sold out.

MONDAY
>> Have we reached a verdict on the merits of playing full-length albums? Inspired or Insipid? Whatever your feelings, watch as the inner dialog melts away the moment Kim Deal’s bass line kick starts “Debaser”, beginning the Pixies’s alt-rock masterpiece Doolittle, which it will perform in its entirety for the next two nights at D.A.R Constitution Hall. Friendless garage rocker Jay Reatard opens Monday’s sold out show while moody Danes Mew have the honor Tuesday. $53.50, 8 p.m.

>> Consummate soundtrack contributor Imogen Heap has sold out the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue alongside Tim Exile, and electronic project Back Ted N-Ted, who hold the distinction of having the worst name I’ve come across in quite some time. Sold Out, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY
>> Toronto’s Do Say Make Think are one of the many Constellation Records bands who create atmospheric, jazzy compositions that toe the line between post-rock and music that sounds like a research paper. And I mean that in the best possible way. Joining them at The Rock and Roll Hotel is Charles Spearin, contributor of both DSMT and Broken Social Scene, who will open as The Happiness Project. $14, 8:30 p.m.

>> Folk rocker Josh Ritter enjoys the 9:30 Club so much, he recorded a live album there last year entitled, appropriately enough, Josh Ritter at the 9:30 Club. This go-round, evolution enthusiasts The Low Anthem open. Sold Out, 7 p.m.

>> Alec Ounsworth, the man behind the hiccups in Clap Your Hand Say Yeah, plays two sets tonight at DC9. The first with Philadelphia supergroup Flashy Python, made up of members of Dr. Dog, Man Man and The Walkmen and the second as his namesake, supporting a recently released solo album Mo Beauty. $12, 9 p.m.

>> Though our great neighbors to the north often share a great deal of cultural overlap with the U.S., some things never quite make it past the Canadian border. So it goes for Toronto’s Sloan, whose continued success up ol’ Canada way has never lent itself to a hit down here in the lower 48. At least they have all of those Juno awards to get them through the tough times. At Jammin’ Java with the ladies of Magneta Lane. $15, 8 p.m.