MONDAY>> We're excited to see Glasgow indie-pop group Camera Obscura headlining the 930 Club tonight. We last saw them at the Black Cat and compared them to Belle and Sebastian. The group's latest album, Let's Get Out of This Country, is whimsical, romantic and will make you feel a little bit better about your life, or at least, this dreary weather. Vermont via Brooklyn band Essex Green opens. 9:30 p.m., $15.

>> If your Fugazi T-shirt is still in heavy laundry rotation, we'll see you tonight at the Black Cat as Joe Lally headlines. With Capillary Action. $8, 9 p.m., back stage.

TUESDAY
>> Distortion, noise and earplugs -- the three things you need for a great night. Don't bother bringing a date, Pinebender is too loud to carry on any type of conversation. Des Ark opens. 9 p.m., $8.

>> There's no live music involved, but head on over to The Red & The Black for "Fat Tuesday's Phat Haircut and a Shot!" night. $12 will buy you a new look and the liquid courage it takes to get your hair cut in a cajun-themed rock club.

WEDNESDAY
>> You can't argue with a free night at club Five. With $5 drinks (including top shelf), we smell some serious hip-shaking a-cookin'. This week they bring you DJs Anton Chasm, Wickity, BFD, Section 8, Proxxy, DJ Illicit, Unknown and Logic. Time to bring out those silver spandex dancing pants you've been saving for just such an occasion. 9 p.m.- 3 a.m.

THURSDAY
>> If you haven't had your fix of post-rock yet this year, check out bass and synth heavy Bellflur at the Black Cat. Their atmospheric and melodic sounds are more experimental than the like of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, but no less intense. The Sad Little Stars and The Hidden Ratio open. Backstage, doors at 9p.m., $8.

>>Holy big show alert! We have the illustrious Red Hot Chili Peppers, bringing their brand of cool, and the soulful and funky Gnarls Barkley, bringing their own, to the Verizon Center tonight. We imagine that a night of two sure-fire hit-makers will probably be pretty spectacular, if not at least, pyrotechnically. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and tickets are going for $69.50.

>> Baltimore's Payola Reserve and D.C.'s The Roosevelt (***) play the Rock and Roll Hotel tonight. 8 p.m., $10.

>> Thursday through Sunday the Velvet Lounge will play host to Emergenza. Partake in the world's largest organization of unsigned bands and let us know how it all goes down.

FRIDAY
>> D.C. favorites the Washington Social Club take on the Black Cat with a duo of excellent local bands -- These United States and Let's French. DCist has interviewed two of these bands before, so check out what they have to say before checking out this great night of local rock. It's a good way to get excited for an upcoming chance to see TUS that we're just a wee bit excited about. Mainstage, 9:30 p.m., $10.

>> This week's wait in line and hope it happens opportunity comes courtesy of Kristin Hersh. The founding member of Throwing Muses, 50 Foot Wave will be playing at Crooked Beat Records. Come early -- they can only fit 30-35 people in the store. 6 p.m., Free.

>> Teenyboppers and indie lovers alike will be flocking to the 9:30 club to check out Brandon Boyd's notorious abs. Incubus plays both tonight and tomorrow, with The Strokes' Albert Hammond Jr. opening. The tickets are sold-out, but you may have some luck on craigslist. 9:30 p.m.

SATURDAY
>> Part sex, part jazz and with a touch of electronic music, Jette-Ives are throwing a CD release party for In the Deep, at the Rock and Roll Hotel tonight. Jette Kelly will be joined in concert with DJ Delphi, jazz bassist Matt Lewis, and percussionist Rex Riddem of Thunderball Sound System. DAM! Fest alum Soft Complex and buzzlife DJ Buster open. 9 p.m., $10.

>> DC9 plays host to Nouvea Riche -- a dance party! Complete with the staple of any decent indie dance party: free Sparks and entry from 9-10 p.m. $8 after 10.

>> Tell Bilal in person what you thought of his souled out cover of Radiohead's "High and Dry" when he takes the stage at the Black Cat with W. Ellington Felton this Saturday. Saturday, January 27, 2006, 9:00 p.m., $22.00

As always- feel free to leave suggestions of other musical happenings in the comments.

Photo of Camera Obscura from their myspace page . Photo of Cee-lo by Leafblower. Amanda Mattos and Celeste Dawn Mitchell contributed to this week's agenda.