MUSIC

Pick your rock-music flavor: The Sea & Cake at Black Cat or AIDS Wolf at Comet Ping Pong. Tough, huh? How's this: If you're already wearing a tasteful Gap mock-neck, go with Sea & Cake; if you've got on a torn-up T-shirt with crusty snot and ketchup stuck between the ribbing, try AIDS Wolf.

Other options: On the backstage at Cat, Medications is playing with Cleveland's Cloud Nothings, whose frontman was interviewed on Arts Desk yesterday. 8 p.m. $10. There's even more energy to be found at the 9:30 Club, where the always robust, Michael J. West-approved Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue takes the stage after a set by Fort Knox Five. 7 p.m. $25. Then, right around the corner, Afropop ensemble Elikeh plays Bohemian Caverns at 8 p.m. $10. Or maybe—just maybe—you're booked tonight, because you've got tickets to Sting at DAR Constitution Hall.