Chris Kelly

A wave of hardcore concerts is hitting D.C., plus shows by Julia Holter and Charlotte Day Wilson.

Blanchard’s groundbreaking opera, “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” will be performed in concert at the Music Center at Strathmore on April 26.

Post Malone, guest artist du jour, sings on Beyoncé’s brand-friendly “Levii’s Jeans” and Taylor Swift’s moody electropop “Fortnight.”

Daniel Lopatin, who performs as Oneohtrix Point Never, will play at the Howard Theatre on Thursday, April 25.

The Chattanooga-raised rapper will perform at Union Stage on Wednesday, April 17.

Spring means music festivals dedicated to hip-hop and electronic music, plus influential acts Drop Nineteens and Linda Smith return to the stage.

The Danish singer-producer will perform at the Atlantis on March 31.

The singer will perform at Fillmore Silver Spring on Wednesday, March 27.

“The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis” was recorded in two days, after just one day of rehearsal and before a debut gig at Blues Alley in D.C.

Brown will perform at the Howard Theatre on Friday, March 15.

Timony will play songs from her new album at the Black Cat on Thursday, March 14.

The band will play alongside Alkaline Trio at the Fillmore on Tuesday, March 5.

Kim Gordon at the Black Cat, Sleater-Kinney at the Anthem and more.

The experimental singer-songwriter will perform at DC9 on Feb. 21.

Ten years after his breakout, Shy Glizzy will perform for a packed crowd of hometown fans.

The band will play at the Atlantis on Tuesday, Feb. 13.

Tinashe’s six albums serve as a survey of the past decade’s confluence of rap-inflected R&B and underground electronic music

The DJ-producer-vocalist, who opened for Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour, will perform at 9:30 Club on Feb. 6 and 7.

Brittany Howard at 9:30 Club, Tkay Maidza at the Howard Theatre, Loud Boyz at DC9 and a Hast du Feuer party at Republiq Hall.

Meet Me at the Altar offers a familiar sound: hummable melodies, palm-muted riffs and straight-ahead, double-bass-powered drumming.