Friday

U.S. Air Guitar Championships: Washington D.C. Regional Competition. 9:30 club. $15. All ages.
Concrete Blues. Bangkok Blues. Call for price.
Candy Dulfer. Birchmere. $39.50.
Toadies, The Willowz, Backyard Tire Fire. Black Cat. $15. All ages.
The Marquees (featuring former members of Marvin Gaye’s first band). Champions Billiards. Free.
Future, Among Criminals. IOTA Club & Cafe. $10. +21.
Britny Fox, [...]

If this week's Opeth and Enslaved bill at the 9:30 Club was an inspired pairing, the combination of Isis and Pelican tomorrow at the Black Cat is almost too obvious. Imagine post-rock played with heavy metal riffs and you've got the right idea for both these groups. Isis are touring in support of [...]

Well, if you didn't stay out until 3:30 a.m. last night like I did, maybe you'll be up for this show—a weird bill, but one that should appeal to fans of off-center metal. Pelican are like the Explosions in the Sky of post-metal—instrumental, surprising amounts of major-key melodies, generally upbeat and pretty but still packing [...]