D.C. native Kelela comes home, plus a look at some shows you’ll have to scalp tickets to attend.

Deerhunter has grown up a lot in the past three years. Since emerging in 2007, they’ve gone from upstart psych-rockers with the barest semblance of control to established compatriots of current indie rock greats who consistently put out top quality material. Tuesday night was their first real opportunity in D.C. to demonstrate this development — they’ve previously only made it to the 9:30 Club as openers, and their last time headlining a major room came on the same night as something just a wee bit more important.

Last night’s show at the 9:30 Club was just one more piece of evidence to prove that Spoon may be the best touring band in America right now. Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Rob Pope and Eric Harvey played 23 career-spanning songs with an emphasis on the last two albums (well, 22 and one cover of a song by The Damned), and adeptly showed the crowd just what divides the men from the boys in the…

It’s not terribly clear that Deerhunter’s decision to play D.C. on election night was a good one. Oh sure, once the show ended, the Atlanta quintet (of very vocal Obama supporters) had the opportunity to partake in the historic celebrations invading U Street just like the rest of the city. But unlike their visit to the Black Cat Backstage last year, the audience had ample breathing room and filled up maybe a third of the…