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Anyone out there who’s sick of hearing post-Littleton pronouncements about how to deal with the deep-seated angst and unbridled rage of young misfits might want to check out tonight’s bill at the Black Cat. Three bands, representing both Lovitt Records and the hardcore mecca of the Richmond-Arlington-Harrisonburg, Va., triangle will be sorting out post-adolescent dilemmas via a soundtrack of violence-free fever-pitched punk rock. Whereas the folks in Four Hundred Years take themselves way too seriously, Frodus provides full-blown goofy shtick. But the briefly reunited Sleepytime Trio does it best, meticulously building its dirges into crescendos of emotional release. Expect to have your eardrums blown, and consider it therapy. At 9:30 p.m. at the Black Cat, 1831 14th St. NW. $6. (202) 667-7960. (Colin Bane)