At 9:30 Club last night, punk-rock juggernauts Against Me! and The Gaslight Anthem played before a sold-out crowd.

During springtime concert season in D.C., it can be hard to decide what shows to see. So, here are our reviews of sixteen acts that we saw at SXSW who are coming through town imminently.

Thursday night offered a reprieve from the sweltering heat — a blessing for anyone at the Black Cat with functioning olfactory bulbs — as two similar but distinct factions of punk fans converged: the young and crusty (literal) and the old and crusty (attitudinal).

Against Me! – the most accessible folk-punk band in the world – took the stage around 7:30 yesterday and were all business, plowing through twenty or so samplings of their fierce, Guinness-fueled brand of melodic rock in around an hour and a half. Those who managed to sneak out of work early to catch a good spot in the not-quite sold out crowd left drained and ready for the caloric replenishment that only the…