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.

>> The Rock and Roll Hotel hosts Austin’s electro-indie Octopus Project and Shout Out Out Out Out. $10, 8:30 p.m. >> Rustico in Alexandria is bringing back its delightfully insane Don’t Hassel the Hof Brau party, which honors Munich’s famous Hofbrau Oktoberfest beer as well as perennial German favorite and noted drunk entertainer, David Hasselhoff. Free Hofbrau mugs with every beer, and our own beer guy, Eric Denman, will be tending bar and sporting…

MONDAY >> Were you out of town this weekend, wishing you were home soaking in the goodness that was the DAM! Festival? Fear not. Tonight there is one more show, and it happens to be the festival’s biggest. The chanteuse to give all other indie chanteuses a run for their money, Cat Power, is taking the 9:30 Club stage with the Dirty Delta Blues, and a little help from openers Childballads. $25 or your…

>> Continuing their trend of showing only the weirdest awesome movies for free in this city, the Library of Congress’ Mary Pickford Theater will actually screen an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 tonight as part of their Screening Shakespeare series. Really. It’s the episode of MST3K where the crew is forced to watch a laughably bad German made-for-TV adaptation of Hamlet — as the press release rightly notes, “is that Ricardo Montalban as…

MONDAY >> The City Veins are a strong local outfit that’s been making their debut around town over the course of the past few months. They just formed in March and are already more mature and ready to bring the rock than a lot of bands with a lot more stage time. And hey, they have a blog! See what you’re missing tonight at Solly’s Tavern on U Street. 10 p.m. >> Do you…