MONDAY: >> For $15 at the 9:30 Club, you can check out the Next Big Thing Out of Sweden (TM): The Soundtrack of Our Lives, who play Beatle-esque tunes and have a clean, poppy sound. With The Dears. TUESDAY: >> Time for some more 90s-era musical nostalgia: influential Kentucky post-rockers Slint have reformed and are back on the road, hitting the 9:30 Club this evening for $25. WEDNESDAY: >> Three fun options tonight: There’s whimsical…

Goodness – there are concerts flying so fast at our head that we hardly know where to look. Should we go to Crooked Fingers at the Black Cat, or Steve Earle at the 9:30 Club? Indie Rock Karaoke at DC9, or Jump, Little Children at Iota? Or – the best option of all – the Backstreet Boys show at the 9:30 Club on March 30? Tickets go on sale this Saturday at noon, and we…

Don’t get yourselves down about the gloomy weather, fellow DC-ites. Capital Weather suggests that it’ll get sunny by tomorrow afternoon, and there are plenty of goodies to keep you occupied this weekend. FRIDAY: >> Local band Full Minute of Mercury (pictured here) plays the Velvet Lounge tonight. Read a review and see pictures over at Seeking Irony. She calls them “fun girl-fronted powerpop with a smile.” Plus, we think they’re hot. >> The Fraser Gallery…