Week ahead: Badu double dips at DAR, Stone Temple Pilots release first album in nine years

Erykah Badu will be in D.C. for a pair of shows this weekend.

In concert: Soul queen Erykah Badu visits Constitution Hall for a pair of shows on Friday and Saturday. N.E.R.D. opens both, with ascendant superstar Janelle Monae joining for Friday's show. Neil Young performs a solo set at Constitution Hall tonight; tickets are sill available. The Reverend Horton Heat and Cracker appear together at 9:30 club on Saturday at a show that reminds me of that one episode of "120 Minutes." Michael Mayer, one of the head honchos for hugely-influential German electronic label Kompakt Records, stops by U Street Music Hall to spin on Tuesday.

In stores: There are new albums out this week from Stone Temple Pilots and Smashing Pumpkins, so happy '90s to you all! Well, the STP is a legit full length, while the Pumpkins disc is the first of an 11 EP set that will be released over the course of the year. Don't ask. A new one from jam band faves Widespread Panic, "Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook" by Bettye LaVette and Karen Elson's "The Ghost Who Walks" - produced by her husband Jack White - will also be released. And the reverb-heavy self-titled album by Beach Fossils and garage rockin' "Melted" by Ty Segall are both highly recommended.

On TV: Highlights include Bettye LaVette on "Leno" tonight, John Prine with Jim James of My Morning Jacket Wednesday on "Letterman," Reflection Eternal Thursday on "Fallon" and the National Friday on "Ferguson."