TUESDAY, MARCH 26

D.C. band Prisms specializes in fuzzy shoegaze with a hint of pop influences. Expect tracks from their third album Noise, released last year, when they play Rock & Roll Hotel, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, $12, all ages, accessible venue

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27

Eleven years after he became known as the baby-faced runner-up on the seventh season of American Idol, David Archuleta is … well, still blessed with great skin. He’s also built up a catalog of pop ballads that might turn Simon Cowell’s heart, along with the stray Christmas album or two. We can bet those won’t be on the setlist when he performs at The Birchmere this week. 7:30 p.m., $29.50, all ages, accessible venue

Matt Berry of West Coast-based bands Happy Diving and Big Bite went personal for his new solo project—so solo, Berry called his new act Berries. There, he abandons the noisy sound of his previous work and tries out something new: jangly Americana. Hear the sound of his debut album Start All Over Again at Songbyrd. 8 p.m. doors, 9 p.m. show, $10 suggested donation, all ages, accessible space

THURSDAY, MARCH 28

NoVa quartet Albino Rhino brings their jazzy funk sound to Gypsy Sally’s with fellow funk band Sun & Rain. 7 p.m. doors, 8:30 p.m. show, $10, 21+, accessible venue

“I need to kill them!” Missouri-based Radkey chants in one of their punchy recent singles. Pretty alarming, except the track is called “Spiders” (relatable in context!) and is based on a character in an action manga. The young garage rock trio has energy to spare: See for yourself at Black Cat this week. 7:30 p.m. doors, $15,  all ages, accessible venue.

FRIDAY, MARCH 29

Elena & Los Fulanos wants to start parties and conversations, as in the 2017 video for the single “Ponle Fin.” “They tell men to be firm, to be harsh, to mistreat others,” Elena Lacayo sings in Spanish over scenes of the band jamming on Metrobus, leading a parade through the streets of D.C., and at the U Street Metro station. “I just cannot accept these things, I cannot conform myself to accept them. Put an end to that!” Join the party at Capitol Cider House. 7 p.m., FREE, all ages, accessible venue

Local band Homosuperior describes its sound as “queerpunk.” Or as lead singer Donna Slash put it to the Washington Post, it’s also “scary, nightmarish stuff—but with sparkles.” Hear what Slash means when the quartet plays Comet Ping Pong alongside Baltimore’s Hex Girlfriends and Wipeout. 10 p.m., $12, all ages, accessible venue

SATURDAY, MARCH 30

D.C.’s Afrofunk group Chopteeth brings a dance party to Pearl Street Warehouse. 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, $20, 21+, accessible venue

Ghostface Killah and Raekwon have performed and collaborated together for the better part of 25 years—most recently alongside fellow Wu-Tang member Method Man on the remix of Teyana Taylor’s “Gonna Love Me”—so you know they’ve got their live act nailed down by now. See them at The Fillmore this weekend. 8:30 p.m., $29.50, all ages, accessible venue

The indie pop quartet The Radiographers has admitted that because of the band’s name, some of their followers expect a little less music and a lot more medical technology. But their sound, a beachy rock vibe honed over years in the University of Maryland music scene, has attracted plenty of fans, too. See them at The Pie Shop, 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, $10, 18+, inaccessible venue

SUNDAY, MARCH 31

In apple-doesn’t-fall-far-from-the-tree news, Lilly Hiatt, daughter of country-Americana star John Hiatt, has inherited her old man’s musical talent. But three albums into her career, she’s developed a straightforward lyrical style and brassy tone that’s all her own. Hear it at Pearl Street Warehouse. 7 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show, $12-$15, 21+, accessible venue.

While there’s truly no photographic evidence that Mariah Carey has ever shown up onstage in anything that makes her look like less than a blonde disco ball, early reports are that Mimi is really going all out for her latest tour (the word “resplendent” is being thrown around), supporting her 2018 album Caution. Fingers crossed she pulls out some Glitter tracks at The Theater at MGM National Harbor. 8 p.m., $269-$610, accessible venue

MONDAY, APRIL 1

Let’s Eat Grandma has certainly grown up since their 2016 debut: Where the British duo broke out with sing-song vocals over dreamy muted beats, their 2018 follow-up, the critically acclaimed I’m All Ears, they shift to more polished pop, borrowing from Lorde and Cults. Catch them at 9:30 Club. 7 p.m. doors, $20. All ages, accessible venue