The latest in a string of veteran bands who have recently surfed through D.C. on residual waves of popularity and acclaim from their respective 90s heydays, NYC art-rockers Blonde Redhead took the 9:30 Club stage on Sunday night showing a greater emphasis on visual spectacle than they had in the past. Singer/guitarist Kazu Makino began the show wearing a strange, vaguely-equine tribal/sci-fi mask, and the entire band was surrounded by a formidable array of lights and a wall of umbrella-shaped reflectors that constantly bathed and battered them with dramatic colors and shadows. To a cynic, such theatrics might signal an effort to (over)compensate for the decidedly “chillwave” tendencies of their new record, Penny Sparkle, which has drawn mixed reviews. Fortunately, Makino and identical-twins Amedeo Pace and Simone Pace proved capable of delivering music even more epic than the imposing lightshow, playing an impressive 90-minute set during which their dynamic melodicism and polished sonic craftsmanship were on full display.