Monday >>Provided these thunderstorms pass us by in time, the place to be tonight is Fort Reno. First off, it’s free, and we know everyone’s wallets are light from all that gas you’re having to put in the car just to make a run to the beach. Second, recent Three Stars alums Garland of Hours are taking the stage, along with The Aerialist, and the excellently named Lady in the Radiator. 7:15 p.m., $0….

MONDAY >> Looking for an act whose name you are sure to forget at least once over the course of the evening? We give you an Orlando hip-hop duo with a name like a serial number: X:144 and SPS. Okayplayer called their debut collaboration, M.E., “a producer’s wet dream.” At the Red and the Black. 9:30 p.m., $8. >> After releasing solo CDs and making babies, Aterciopelados, Colombia’s finest rock en español outfit is back…

Compiled by Amanda Mattos, Kyle Gustafson, James Smalley and Chris Snyder MONDAY >> Fort Reno can be rained out but never washed away. Tonight, catch a make-up bill of City Goats, Sentai and Metropolitan (***). 7:15 pm, Free, Fort Reno Park, 3950 Chesapeake St Nw Washington DC. TUESDAY >> You’ll have to rub Craig’s tummy for tickets to this sold out show, but an acoustic evening with the ever dreamy Pete Yorn may just be…

The summer concert season is well under way, and few surprises remain, which makes concert news that cuts through the humidity all the more exciting. Here are a few new blips on the radar that we noticed, despite our holding pattern as we await the official VFest announcements this weekend. >> We hope you all got your Sleater-Kinney tickets; they sold out so fast that even the formidible Internet prowess of our own Jason Linkins…