TUESDAY, JANUARY 14

Miami’s music scene is better known for all-night DJ sets and Latin pop than indie rock. Yet the trio Magic City Hippies has found an audience in their hometown for their laid-back fusion of funk, pop, hip-hop, and rock, releasing debut album Modern Animal in August. For a sample of the band’s sun-soaked sound, try the appropriately titled “SPF.” The Hamilton. 7 p.m. doors. 8 p.m. show. $17.50-$22.50. All ages, accessible venue.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15

Dance-pop band YACHT—Young Americans Challenging High Technology—did something unusual for the group’s latest album Chain Tripping: They used artificial intelligence to help craft it. The band built an intricate process involving A.I., old-school songwriting, and plenty of trial and error to create the album, which earned them a Grammy nod. Now they’re playing the whole record in full on tour. Songbyrd Music House. 7 p.m. doors. 8 p.m. show. $15. All ages, inaccessible space.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16

Mavi is from North Carolina but D.C. can claim the rapper as its own: The 20-year-old emcee is currently studying neuroscience at Howard University. On his 2019 debut Let the Sun Talk, Mavi (real name: Omavi Minder) explores the idea of black liberation over jittery, jazzy beats. Songbyrd Music House. 7 p.m. doors. 8 p.m. show. $12-$15. All ages, inaccessible space.

Lo-fi indie-folk singer Damien Jurado released his latest album of plaintive acoustic songs In the Shape of a Storm last April. For his current tour, Jurado has teamed up with comedian (and fellow Seattle native) Nick Thune for a night of “sad music” and “sad comedy.” The Miracle Theatre. 6:30 p.m. doors. 8 p.m. show. $25-$30. All ages, accessible venue.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17

After David Bowie died in 2016, Brazilian musician Seu George started touring hard performing his subtle and stark Portuguese language covers of Bowie’s songs, which he recorded for The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions in 2005. Now George is back with new music, a collaborative album with fellow Brazilian singer Roge: Seu Jorge & Roge Night Dreamer Direct-to-Disc Sessions. The album isn’t out until next month, so fans will get a preview when the pair play the Howard Theatre this week. 6 p.m. doors. 8 p.m. show. $45. All ages, accessible venue.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 18

There’s a dark edge to V, the fifth studio album from New York-based collective The Budos Band. Like past efforts, the horn-led group melds funk, jazz, Afrobeat, metal, and more over 10 instrumental tracks that are poised to open up in the concert setting. 9:30 Club. 10:30 p.m. doors. $25. All ages, accessible venue.

D.C.-based band Nah.’s take on dreamy indie rock comes with a positive message: raising awareness for mental health issues. It’s something that singer Emma Bleker overtly addresses on the band’s 2019 debut Patchwork. Last March, the band celebrated the release of the record at Pearl Street Warehouse, where they’ll return to headline on Saturday. 7 p.m. doors. 8 p.m. show. $12. 21+, accessible venue.

There’s a youthful energy to the music of Portland’s Strange Ranger that feels somewhere between the indie rock of the early 2000s and the pop-punk of the 1990s. So if a cross between The Shins and Sum 41 sounds like it would be your jam, give the band’s 2019 album Remembering the Rockets a spin before the band plays Songbyrd’s ground-floor Vinyl Lounge. 8:30 p.m. doors. 9 p.m. show. All ages, accessible space.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 19

Snoop Dogg is at the stage in his career where he can do whatever he wants. Co-host a cooking show with Martha Stewart? Sure. Make a gospel album? Praise be. Host a revival of the game show The Joker’s Wild? Why not. Release an album called I Wanna Thank Me? Of course. Snoop is currently touring behind the latest, his 17th studio album, which features his usual laid-back West Coast-style hip hop and guest spots from old friends Nate Dogg, Jermaine Dupri, and Slick Rick. Fillmore Silver Spring. 7 p.m. doors. 8 p.m. show. All ages, accessible venue. $59.75.

Genre-bending soul singer Elle Varner finally released a follow-up to her hit 2012 debut Perfectly Imperfect in July. Ellevation finds Varner continuing to blend R&B, hip-hop, and folk music across nine songs (aided by guest spots from Wale and Rapsody). City Winery. 6:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. shows. $35-$48. All ages, accessible venue.

Two bands that represent the past and future of D.C. will share The Hamilton’s stage on Sunday. First up is Dupont Brass, the New Orleans-style brass band that’s made up of several Howard University alums who began their career busking near Metro stations. Headlining is Rare Essence, the go-go institution that’s been at it since 1976. 7 p.m. doors. 8:30 p.m. show. $25-$35. All ages, accessible venue.

MONDAY, JANUARY 20

If you didn’t know any better, you might think English rock band Temples is some long lost psychedelic garage rock band from the late 1960s. The group, which actually formed in 2012, leans hard in that throwback direction on last fall’s Hot Motion—a return to form after the electronically-inclined Volcano in 2017. The band’s U Street Music Hall gig is a make-up date for a previously canceled show last November. 7 p.m. doors. $25. All ages, accessible space.