Bon Iver. Photo by Francis Chung.

MONDAY

Wisconsin’s falsetto-prone Justin Vernon and his band, Bon Iver, kicks off a two-night engagement at the 9:30 Club, giving local fans their first opportunities to hear the (apparently impressive) live arrangements of songs from Bon Iver, his more ornate and stylized follow-up to 2008’s For Emma, Forever Ago. The Rosebuds (led by Vernon’s Gayngs bandmate, Ivan Howard) opens both nights. Sold out. 7 p.m.

>> Fort Reno: Caustic Casanova, Loose Lips. Free. 7:15 p.m.

>> Black Cat Backstage: The CSC Funk Band, Colin L. Orchestra, Kohoutek. $10. 8 p.m.

TUESDAY

One of the foremost talents on the contemporary folk scene, Gillian Welch recently emerged from a long creative impasse to release The Harrow and the Harvest, her first collection of new songs in eight years. Along with guitarist David Rawlings, Welch brings her enchanting voice and Americana-steeped aesthetic to The Music Center at Strathmore on Tuesday night, sharing new songs like “The Way It Goes” along with older standouts like “Everything Is Free”. Sold out. 8 p.m.

>> 9:30 Club: Bon Iver, The Rosebuds. Sold out. 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

A longstanding stalwart of Chicago’s vital avant-jazz scene, multi-reedist and composer Ken Vandermark has showcased his virtuoso chops in acclaimed groups including the Vandermark 5, DKV Trio and NRG Ensemble. On Wednesday, Vandermark teams with percussionist Tim Daisy at Twins Jazz, promoting a new live recording made at Chicago’s Velvet Lounge, the venerable jazz club/dive bar formerly run by the late, great Fred Anderson. $15. 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Amy Farina of The Evens. Photo by Francis Chung.

THURSDAY

The Fort Reno season concludes with an excellent twin bill featuring the strident folk-punk of Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina’s The Evens and the soulful sonic fusion of Laughing Man. Free. 7:15 p.m.

>> Rock and Roll Hotel: Cold Cave, Austra. $14. 8:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

1990s indie-rock mainstays Archers of Loaf have reunited for a tour that stops at the Black Cat on Friday night, giving fans a chance to revisit noisy anthems like “Web in Front” and “Wrong”. Electric Owls offers a supporting set. Sold out. 9 p.m.

>> Rock and Roll Hotel: Drop Electric, Constant Alarm, Oh So Peligroso. $10. 9:30 p.m.

>> Artisphere: Cane & The Sticks, Heavy Breathing. $8. 9 p.m.

SATURDAY

L.A.’s El Ten Eleven have crafted a dynamic, expansive post–rock sound using a remarkable economy of means, with drummer Tim Fogarty anchoring the layers of riffs and textures Kristian Dunn coaxes from his double-necked guitar-bass. The duo plays the Black Cat on Saturday night, along with Globes and Prussia. $12. 9 p.m.

SUNDAY

Somewhere along their inexorable route towards enshrinement in the adult-contemporary canon, Death Cab For Cutie lost much of the poignant, youthful vibrancy that made the best of their earlier work so endearing, though they continue to dutifully soundtrack the lives of countless romantics with mildly off-center musical tastes. Currently touring behind their tepidly-received seventh LP, Codes and Keys, Ben Gibbard and his bandmates play Merriweather Post Pavilion on Sunday, with Glaswegian indie-rockers Frightened Rabbit opening. $35-45. 6 p.m.

>> The Birchmere: Fountains of Wayne, Nicole Atkins. $29.50. 7:30 p.m.

>> Black Cat Backstage: Mercies, Jake Troth. $8. 9:00 p.m.

>> Wolf Trap: Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Dawes. $48 in-house, $30 lawn. 8 p.m.