Baltimore’s Future Islands plays a sold-out show tonight at the 9:30 Club. Check out the track “Seasons (Waiting on You).”

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.

Raleigh, North Carolina’s Heads on Sticks came about as a side project of Birds of Avalon’s bassist David Mueller. An established musician and producer in his own right, Mueller sought to explore the psychedelic sounds that have influenced him. “I wouldn’t know where to start,” said Mueller when asked to ascribe a genre to this project. Kindred spirits are hard to nail down, but upon listening it’s difficult to not draw comparisons to fellow Raleigh natives Future Islands. Maybe it’s something in the water?