Thurston Moore. Photo by Francis Chung.

MONDAY

The Black Cat hosts an outstanding twin bill, as art-rock luminary Thurston Moore co-headlines with hirsute singer/guitarist Kurt Vile. Keith Wood’s Hush Arbors add an opening avant-folk set. Sold out. 8 p.m.

>> 9:30 Club: Theophilus London, Phony Ppl. $25. 7 p.m.

TUESDAY

Funk progenitor George Clinton makes one of his frequent visits to “Chocolate City,” playing the 9:30 Club with the current iteration of his Parliament Funkadelic collective. $45. 7 p.m.

>> Velvet Lounge: Monument, Victor Villareal, Bear Shark, Merryl. $8. 8:30 p.m.

>> Black Cat Backstage: Hail! Hornet, Zoroaster. $15. 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

At the Black Cat Backstage, London-based four-piece Veronica Falls share shoegazy indie-pop songs from their self-titled Slumberland Records debut, with San Francisco’s Brilliant Colors opening. $10. 8 p.m.

>> 9:30 Club: The Darkness, Foxy Shazam, Crown Jewel Defense. Sold out. 7 p.m.

THURSDAY

Brooklyn’s Royal Baths unleash their darkly-psychedelic garage rock at DC9, with Slowdance and Surgery Dot Com in support. $8. 8:30 p.m.

>> 9:30 Club: Rebirth Brass Band, The Funk Ark. $25. 7 p.m.

>> Black Cat Backstage: The Max Levine Ensemble, Traveling, Spraynard. $8. 8 p.m.

>> U Street Music Hall: Gigamesh, Summer Camp. $10 in advance / $12 doors. 9 p.m.

FRIDAY

Experimental percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani performs at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, conducting the Nakatani Gong Orchestra, a five-piece ensemble that generates walls of visceral, metallic sound from an array of custom-crafted instruments. Free. 6 p.m.

>> Red Palace: Howlin Rain, D. Charles Speer & The Helix. $12 in advance / $14 doors. 9 p.m.

Sharon Van Etten. Photo by Francis Chung.

SATURDAY

On her third LP, Tramp, Sharon Van Etten displays her continuing evolution as a songwriter, wrapping richer, more dynamic layers of instrumentation around her singular voice. Catch the Brooklyn-based singer/guitarist at the Black Cat on Saturday night as she and her three-piece backing band showcase the live arrangements of standout tracks like “Serpents” and “Give Out.” Austin’s Shearwater contributes an opening set of stately, folk-tinged indie rock. $15. 9 p.m.

>> DC9: Star Slinger. $15. 11 p.m.

>> The Fillmore Silver Spring: Steve Aoki, Datsik. $35. 8 p.m.

SUNDAY

Still touring behind 2011’s Only in Dreams LP and He Gets Me High EP, L.A.’s Dum Dum Girls close out a brief east-coast swing at the Black Cat on Sunday night, offering catchy, retro-leaning indie-pop compositions like “Bedroom Eyes” along with a well-chosen cover or two. Widowspeak and Punks on Mars round out the bill. $15. 8 p.m.

>> 9:30 Club: Die Antwoord. $25. 7 p.m.

>> Red Palace: This Will Destroy You, Amen Dunes, Mountains. $12. 7:30 p.m.

>> DC9: Cate Le Bon, Marian Fahey McLaughlin. $10 in advance / $12 doors. 8 p.m.