EMA will perform at U Street Music Hall on Saturday night. Photo by Francis Chung.

MONDAY

The music world revolves around SXSW this week, but concertgoers not making the trip to Austin will have some appealing local options, starting with tonight’s performance by Roomrunner, a hard-hitting four-piece featuring former Double Dagger drummer Denny Bowen. Priests and The Deads round out the bill at the Black Cat Backstage. $8. 8 p.m.

>> 9:30 Club: Gomez, Hey Rosetta!. $20. 7 p.m.

TUESDAY

Weakerthans frontman John K. Samson plays the Black Cat, offering folk-inflected songs from his first solo LP, Provincial. Singer-songwriter Shotgun Jimmie opens. $15. 8 p.m.

>> U Street Music Hall: Four Tet, Falty DL. $20. 9 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Rick Froberg and his current band, Obits, unleash their taut, jaggedly-melodic garage rock at the Black Cat Backstage, with Fists and Talk It adding supporting sets. $12. 8 p.m.

THURSDAY

Former bandmates of Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon in DeYarmond Edison, Megafaun’s Brad Cook, Phil Cook, and Joe Westerland released their self-titled third LP last year, smoothing over some of the experimental edges of their earlier recordings in favor of a more straightforward folk-rock sound. The trio headlines the Black Cat on Thursday night, with guitarist Wiliam Tyler (Lambchop, Silver Jews) opening. $12. 8 p.m.

>> Red Palace: Jenny Owen Youngs, Beach Week, Marian McLaughlin. $10 in advance / $12 doors. 8 p.m.

FRIDAY

As part of the club’s anniversary week, Chicago house luminary Derrick Carter spins at U Street Music Hall along with French electronica standout Alan Braxe. $10. 10 p.m.

>> 9:30 Club: Dr. Dog. Sold out. 8 p.m.

SATURDAY

Five months after her electrifying five-song mini-set at the 9:30 Club, Erika M. Anderson — a.k.a. EMA — returns to D.C. for what she says may be one of her final U.S. shows focusing on material from her widely-acclaimed solo debut, Past Life Martyred Saints. If you haven’t heard the bracing live versions of songs like “The Grey Ship” and “Red Star,” be sure to catch Anderson and her band at U Street Music Hall on Saturday night, with Vancouver punk trio Nü Sensae opening. $12. 7 p.m.

>> Red Palace: Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes), Amy LaVere. $20. 9 p.m.

>> State Theatre: The Psychedelic Furs, Dance for the Dying. $36. 9 p.m.

SUNDAY

Long Island-based DIY enthusiasts Bomb the Music Industry! bring their irreverent ska-punk sound to the Black Cat, with Classics of Love and Mike Park sharing the bill. $10. 8 p.m.