>> A solid small local show at the Red and the Black tonight, with the pleasing rock of The Charm Offensive, Cheverly Hot Noodle, and Baltimore’s Lawnchair. $8, 9:30 p.m. >> It might be easy to dismiss Galactic as some frat boy-friendly jam band, but the funk and jazz-influenced quintet are practically royalty in their hometown of New Orleans, and tonight they’ll perform with a series of well-respected MCs in support of their latest…

Euros Childs is best known as the frontman of Welsh popsters Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci. Formed in 1991, the group, along with the Super Furry Animals, Catatonia and others repped for Wales during Britain’s Britpop era in the mid-1990s. The group, a critical darling that never quite found their place in the mass populace, called it quits in 2006 after a long career that included 10 albums. Since the group’s split, Euros has released three…

Venues aren’t exactly action-packed this week, but there are a number of opportunities to see some bands hovering just beneath the radar. And there’s Blowfly (more below). Monday: The Black Cat show looks promising. The keyboard-heavy pop band, Karmella’s Game, a DCist favorite from Charm City, takes the stage with interesting Chicago (Evanston?) act The Reputation. On the backstage. $6. Tuesday: Sadly, Ladybug Mecca, of Digable Planets, has cancelled on the Black Cat. There is,…

FROSTBURG, Md. — From the DCist mobile command center on I-68, we present to you our picks for stuff you should do this weekend. (Actually, we did this early this morning, we think we’ll be around Frostburg around lunchtime. But wouldn’t it be cool if we did have a mobile command center? C’mon Jake, can you spare a few pennies for that? We promise we won’t take it on any joyrides …) Anyhow, with Catherine…