Bone Thugs N Harmony

TUESDAY

The name Alexander Ebert might not immediately ring a bell, but casual listeners of modern rock radio are undoubtedly familiar with his bands Ima Robot and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Tonight, Ebert takes the stage as Alexander and Fam on his first tour supporting his solo album, the aptly titled Alexander. Expect shaggy pop-rock played by scraggly young men whose outfits are not nearly as cheap as they look. At Sixth and I with He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister. 8 p.m., $25.

WEDNESDAY

Famed hip-hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony seem to be — for lack of a better term — at a crossroads. Hot off the heels of last year’s comeback album Uni5: The World’s Enemy, founding member Krayzie Bone recently made waves when he announced his departure. It’s a shame that he won’t be gracing the stage of The State Theatre, but I can’t think of a more appropriate day for Bone Thugs to roll into town. Black Liquid opens. 8:30 p.m., $30.

THURSDAY

It’s not easy being Against Me!, the once anarcho-punk band whose forays into the big leagues resulted in endless threads of message board consternation. At the end of last year, the band announced it had severed ties with Sire and is currently promoting a new collection of demos entitled Total Clarity on Fat Wreck Chords which should help quiet some grousing (though news it covered the One Tree Hill theme might be harder to forgive). With 2012 marking the tenth anniversary of its breakthrough …is Reinventing Axl Rose, a celebratory tour is all but inevitable, but will likely lack the star power of tonight’s bill at The Black Cat which includes the shredding of Screaming Females and sugary hooks of Lemuria. 8 p.m., $18.

>> 9:30 Club: Okkervil River, Titus Andronicus, Future Islands. 7:00 p.m., sold out.

>> Rock and Roll Hotel: The Dirtbombs, Thee Lexington Arrows, Foul Swoops. 8:30 p.m., $14.

>> DC9: Monument Fest’s One Year Birthday Celebration to Benefit 826DC with Guards, Xylos, Brandon Minow. 9 p.m., $17.

Man Man

FRIDAY

Philadelphia’s Man Man is something of an acquired taste, a rag tag collective pairing a junkyard aesthetic with Zappa-like doo-wop and growling freak-outs. Its fourth album Life Fantastic arrived earlier this month to little fanfare, but the band’s strength has always been its live show and new songs “Dark Arts” and “Knuckle Down” will fit in nicely amidst the cacophonous madness. At The Black Cat with Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers and The Show is the Rainbow. 9:00 p.m., $15.

Separated by a decade, but united in their former dreaminess, a New Kids on the Block and The Backstreet Boys double-bill might sound like a prayer answered a few years too late — but don’t break the news to the throngs of nostalgia-crazed 20-somethings flooding the Verizon Center. Can a 98 Degrees / New Edition pairing be next? With Jordin Sparks and Ashlyne Huff. 7:30 p.m., $32.50-92.50.

If Captain Beefheart acolytes and boy bands aren’t your thing, why not get positive down at U Street Music Hall? Though the descriptor ‘youth crew’ belies some of its members birth dates, hardcore legends Youth of Today are in town for the first time in forever, alongside Mouthpiece, Give and Mob Mentality. 5 p.m., $15.

>> 9:30 Club: Death Cab for Cutie, The Lonely Forest. 8 p.m, sold out.

SATURDAY

What do Washington, D.C.’s favorite transgender Warhol impersonator and ’70s U.K. punk rockers have in common? Find out at The Black Cat when Edie Sedgwick opens for Stiff Little Fingers in what could be an inspired or infuriating 35 minutes for the metro area’s aging punk enthusiast. 9 p.m., $18.

SUNDAY

There’s no better way to wind down after a long week than with a trek out to Wolf Trap for its 22nd Annual Louisiana Swamp Romp, which this year includes Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Sonny Landreth, Geno Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie, Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys. For your own sanity, pray that Trombone Shorty doesn’t cover the Treme theme song, quite possible the most formidable earworm I’ve ever come across. 2 p.m., $25.