Imperial China's mathy post-punk probably won't be the next dispensable soundtrack to an iPod commerical, and the D.C. band knows it. The trio is playing a free set in the Apple Store at the Tysons Corner mall tonight at 6 p.m., and the performance apparently merits this disclaimer: "Yes, really."

OK, so Imperial China's jagged, discursive aesthetic doesn't quite fit with Apple's peppy minimalism in the same way that Steve Jobs seems to have taken to his new liver. That's cool: You were probably putting off a trip to the Genius Bar, anyway. This way, you get to hear some tunes from the band's forthcoming full-length (out this fall) while no doubt finding amusement in your fellow mallgoers' confusion—over Imperial China's aggro experimentalism, of course, not to mention the vagaries of Apple's new operating system. Can you get any more win-win?

Check out the show deets after the jump.

Imperial China

Apple Retail Store, Tysons Corner

1961 Chain Bridge Rd.

McLean, Va., 22102

6 p.m.

Free

Photo illustration by Maciej Makalowski; source image courtesy of Imperial China's MySpace page.