“I wanna rock and roll,” declared Alex Turner in “Brick by Brick,” one of the new songs the Arctic Monkeys played Tuesday night at Washington’s 9:30 Club. To judge by the untested material the quartet ...

There’s something about the Arctic Monkeys’ music that absolutely screams October to me. Maybe it’s a murky combination of factors, maybe it’s just the vibe, but it’s something I haven’t ever been ...