Thirty years later, David Lynch's 1977 debut feature,"Eraserhead", is still a jarringly bizarre test of endurance — but not without its rewards. It chronicles a man who tries to cope with looming urban psychosis, fathers what appears to be E.T.'s crack baby and has his gray matter extracted and placed on top of a pencil.

» AFI Silver, 8633 Colesville Rd., Silver Spring; Mon., 9 p.m., $9.75; 301-495-6720. (Silver Spring)

"Petal Pushers: A Rock 'n' Roll Cinderella Story" is Laurie Lindeen's memoir of growing up in Madison, Wisc., and eventually marrying Replacements singer Paul Westerberg and starting a family. In between, Lindeen tells of touring the country as frontwoman for the all-female punk trio Zuzu's Petals.

» Olsson's, Dupont Circle, 1307 19th St. NW; Mon., 7 p.m., free; 202-785-1133. (Dupont Circle)

Mary Tillman's "Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman" is a moving portrait of her son and an indictment of a military and government that misinformed her about the cause of the Army Ranger's death. The family is told so many different stories about how Pat died that it becomes impossible to determine what happened.

» Olsson's, Penn Quarter, 418 7th St. NW; Mon., 7 p.m., free; 202-638-7610 (Gallery Place-Chinatown)

Tension juts from every inch of Snowden's 2006 debut full-length, "Anti-Anti," an album written, performed, and recorded almost entirely by leader Jordan Jeffares. The result is a stark, idiosyncratic disc that might be the apotheosis of dance-punk, even as it shuns most of the cliches of the genre.

» Rock & Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE; with Colour Revolt and The Epochs, Tue., 8 p.m., $123; 202-388-7625.

Indie-electronicists Uh Huh Her have whipped up an out-of-nowhere buzz that’s suggesting big things for their soon-to-be-released full-length debut, "Common Reaction." A duo of musician-actress Leisha Hailey (from "The L Word") and Camila Grey (formerly of Mellowdrone), Uh Huh Her lands squarely within the modern synth-dance trend.

» 9:30 Club, 815 V St. NW; Wed., 7:30 p.m., $10; 202-265-0930. (U St.-Cardozo)

Black Kids’ name is a debatable one, considering the group is three-fifths white — but even more incongruous is that its jangly indie rock isn’t made in England. After last year’s "Wizard of Ahhhs" EP made good on the web, Black Kids inked a deal with Columbia to issue a debut album, "Partie Traumatic," in July.

» Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW; with Cut Copy and Mobius Band, Mon., 8 p.m., $13; 202-397-7328. (U St.-Cardozo)

The Welsh septet with the Spanish moniker, Los Campesinos! made fast friends with the Broken Social Scene scene and landed themselves on that band’s Arts & Crafts label. This year’s full-length debut, "Hold On Now, Youngster…," is a swirling cyclone of bright indie-rock bits and pieces, whipping catchy hooks around in a whimsical furor.

» Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW; Fri, 9 p.m., $12; 202-397-7328. (U St.-Cardozo)

None of them blonde (nor verifiably long), The Long Blondes are a hep Brit-rock band into fitful rhythms and haunting hooks rooted in goth. There’s something spectral pulling at their melodies, and the clacking rock parts are post-punk ’80s. Imagine The Fiery Furnaces with goopier eye makeup and less intricate songs.

» Rock & Roll Hotel, 1353 H St. NE; with Drug Rug, Sat., 8:30 p.m., $13; 202-388-7625..

The Brooklyn indie-pop trio Bishop Allen released an EP a month in 2006 — and it still had enough tunes left for the full-length CD, "The Broken String." Bishop Allen's songs are uniformly catchy, minimalistic '60s-style folk-pop, but since the trio tours as a sextet, expect deluxe editions of the songs.

» Black Cat, 1811 14th St. NW; with The War on Drugs and Deleted Scenes, Sun., 8 p.m., $12; 202-397-7328. (U St.-Cardozo)