A reunited Black Tambourine will be heading Chickfactor 2012: For the Love of Pop at Artisphere on Saturday night. Tickets, miraculously, are still available.

TUESDAY

Athens’ kings and queen of decadent stage setup and vaudevillian costumes, of Montreal, return to the 9:30 Club. We’re not sure whether the stage setup will resemble a Bacchinalian fantasy, a mime show, Sesame Street on acid or something totally different and off the wall but we are sure of two things: 1) we’ll jump as soon as we hear our favorite songs from The Sunlandic Twins and 2) Kevin Barnes will remove his shirt. Loney Dear and Kishi Bashi open. Sold Out, 7:00 p.m.

For a show where you can actually get in, head across the street to DC9 where cheerful New York indie poppers Pomegranates will be headlining a show along with Pity Rally and local act We Were Pirates, who you may remember from this appearance. $10, 8:30 p.m.

DAR Constitution Hall: Moody Blues. $58-$88, 8:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Joan Osborne’s one radio hit in the ‘90s brought her the avid sort of cult following that still allows her to tour regularly fifteen years later with a bluesier sound and hit spots like The Birchmere on those tours. Lera Lynn opens. $35, 7:30 p.m.

Black Cat: Beanstalk Library, Color Bars, Archivists. $10, 8:00 p.m.

THURSDAY

They mix punk with traditional Jewish songs and their explosive live shows have gained them comparisons to Sleater-Kinney. The Shondes, who we managed to miss at SXSW are traveling back to Brooklyn from the festival and stop by the Rock n Roll Hotel with Troll Tax and Fell Types.

Black Cat: School of Seven Bells, Exitmusic. $15, 8:00 p.m.
Velvet Lounge: The Deads, The Fordists, Set and Setting, Bereft. $8, 9:00 p.m.

FRIDAY

We may have enjoyed SXSW, but the obscene amounts of people, sounds and shameless advertising is enough to induce an overstimulation headache. This weekend, Travis Jackson of Windian Records gives his second annual middle finger to music industry elitism with his F*** SXSW two day show at the Montserrat House. Tonight’s garage rock all star acts include locals like the wonderfully shambolic Suns of Guns and the magnetic Foul Swoops as well as out of towers The Penetrators, The Bizarros and Paint Fumes. $12 in advance, $15 at the door and two night passes $22 in advance/$30 at the door, 8:30 p.m.

Artisphere: Chicfactor 2012: For the Love of Pop with Stevie Jackson, Frankie Rose, Honey Bunch and Dot Dash. $25 in advance/$27 day of show, 8:00 p.m.
Black Cat: Cursive, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Conduits. $16 in advance/$18 at the door, 9:00 p.m.
Red Palace: Plants and Animals. $10, 9:00 p.m.
9:30 Club: Snow Patrol, Ed Sheeran. First of two nights. Both Sold Out, 8:00 p.m.
Comet Ping Pong: Title Tracks, Teenage Aviation, Teen Mom.

SATURDAY

Chickfactor Magazine is turning 20! On the second night of this commemorative set of celebratory shows, co-founder Pam Berry will be playing with a reunited Black Tambourine along with rare performances from the Lilys and Fan Modine and an opening set from a reunited Lorelei. The festivities will be happening at Artisphere. $25 in advance/$27 day of show, 8:00 p.m.

Montserrat House: F*** SXSW with Thee Lolitas, The Shirks, Doozies, The Psyched, Static Eyes, Spider Fever. $12 in advance, $15 at the door, 8:30 p.m.
Iota: Cobra Collective, Bellflur, Olivia Mancini and the Mates. $10, 9:00 p.m.

SUNDAY

New Jersey’s purveyors of heavy guitar riffs, the Screaming Females, will be tearing through the Black Cat to melt more faces with their feral vocals and their hard and fast playing. Laura Stevenson & the Cans open. $10 in advance/$12 day of show, 8:00 p.m.

Galaxy Hut: Prabir/Goldrush, The NRIS. $5, 9:00 p.m.