George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic are at the 9:30 Club tonight MONDAY George Clinton returns with Parliament Funkadelic to put on an always eye popping and booty dropping experience. For some reason, tickets to tonight’s 9:30 Club show are still available. $40. 7 p.m. DC9: Weedeater, Black Tusk, Struck By Lightning, Nihilitia. $14. 9 p.m. Black Cat: Freddie T. and the People, Brandon Butler. Backstage, $8, 9 p.m. TUESDAY Justin Trawick is an old…

Japandroids headline tonight at the Rock and Roll Hotel. Joining them on the bill are Love is All and local rockers Tennis System. Photo from band myspace page, by Leigh Righton. MONDAY >>No matter what era of rock history, there’s always a kick-ass two piece purveying some degree of “back to the roots” guitar-based and song-centric revivalism. Does it matter that, for Japandroids, those roots are in the early to mid-90s? I would argue…

Deer Tick (without Brian Williams, sadly) will be at the Black Cat on Tuesday MONDAY >> Japandroids and their new wave garage rock are at the Rock and Roll Hotel this evening, with New Jersey’s Real Estate and Brooklyn’s Neon Indian. $10/$12, 8:30 p.m. >> When we profiled True Womanhood in a Three Stars piece, we were smitten with their “crazy beats to go along with their highly emotive songs.” See if that promise…

We Were Promised Jetpacks play the Black Cat on Monday night with Brakes and The Twilight Sad. MONDAY >> Something about Great Britain’s rainy days and gray skies help produce more delightfully melancholy indie pop groups than anywhere else. And wouldn’t you know it, the Black Cat bundled up three of them in a convenient little package for you, all for one convenient, low price ($12 in advance, $14 at the door). The Twilight…

Flo and Eddie are one of the many hit 60s acts playing with the Hippie Fest tour this summer, which hits Wolf Trap on Tuesday. Photo from Paradise Artists.MONDAY >> Here’s a good reason to spend the hottest day of the summer in a cool, dark place. Franz Nicolay, he of thee immaculate Rollie Fingers mustache (oh, and of thee Hold Steady), comes to the Black Cat backstage in support of his recent solo…

One-man band of horses: William Elliot Whitmore plays the Black Cat Wednesday. MONDAY >> There’s no rock like garage rock. No music besides garage rock tonight, either, really. And so: The Breakups with Balmer surfcats Thee Lexington Arrows at the Black Cat Backstage. $8, 9 p.m. >> A few blocks north and a few blocks east, Get Laid and self-described “abortioncore” purveyors (really, guys?) The Jarbabies play The Velvet Lounge. $7, 9:30 p.m. >>…

Mac Lethal MONDAY >> Kansas City isn’t exactly known for its vibrant hip-hop scene. That fact, however, hasn’t stopped Missouri MC Mac Lethal from planting his name on the map. Rapping over everything from harmonica loops to folky ballads and referencing Wilco and Nick Drake in his songs, it’s no stretch to say that Lethal isn’t your average hip-hop artist. That said, fans of acts like Atmosphere and Sage Francis will find plenty to…

MONDAY >> Long Beach, California’s Crystal Antlers have been the subject of much hype during the past few months, as they’ve traveled up and down the coasts peddling a fractured hodgepodge of post-punk, psych and garage. Come catch their infamously raucous live show before the band makes the inevitable jump to larger venues. At the Black Cat, with D.C.’s own avant-poppers True Womanhood, $8, 9:00 p.m. >> At the crossroads between English folk and political…

At this point in December, holiday concerts and Handel’s Messiah have completely hijacked the classical music schedule. Here are a few other events, not all of which avoid the spirit of the season. After this post, the Classical Music Agenda will take its end-of-the-year hiatus, to return in the New Year. >> On Tuesday, the final concert sponsored by Washington Performing Arts Society this calendar year features young violist Jennifer Stumm and Finghin Collins at…

As highlighted in this week’s Classical Music Agenda, the newly appointed music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Maestra Marin Alsop, is the first woman to take the helm of a major American orchestra. Tonight in the Music Center at Strathmore, she will lead the BSO in a program that features Fearful Symmetries by American composer John Adams. Last night, Marin Alsop sat down with John Adams at the quirky alternative venue known as Baltimore…