Wednesday July 1 * doors at 7, music at 7:30 * $10-15

CS Cleaners (NYC) deliver 11 tracks of warped, day-glow art punk that lash out at the absurdity of contemporary living. The band is influenced by NYC downtown music from CBGB’s diverse first wave through the mutations and deconstructions of no-wave. But while CS Cleaners might have a sound rooted in music that can be severe at times, they are by no means taking themselves seriously: What’s This? is dance music first and foremost, albeit a form wild enough for these extreme times.

Chill Parents (DC; last show) - punk/grunge/crust/hardcore

Gorf (DC) - hardcore

SLOT (Baltimore) is the high-energy, dance-punk project with a genre-fusing sound described as gritty but flirty pop songs with a punk, in-your-face delivery, and pumping, heavy, danceable beats.