Opeth, Sprints, Brandi Carlile among area concert highlights [Seven in Seven]

Welcome to Seven in Seven, where we look at shows coming to the region over the next week. As always, whether your musical tastes are rock ’n’ roll, jazz, heavy metal, R&B, singer-songwriter or indie, there will always be something to check out. Here are seven of the best on the docket for the week of Feb. 6.

Electric Guest — Saturday at Union Transfer

Formed in 2011 by Asa Taccone and Matthew Compton, Electric Guest blends irresistible hooks and soulful melodies, alongside genre-blurring production, to create a signature indie-pop sound. Known for hits like “This Head I Hold” and “Oh Devil,” the Los Angeles-based duo has amassed over half a billion streams worldwide. Taccone — a Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer who has worked with The Weeknd, Portugal. The Man, and Carly Rae Jepsen — and Compton — an acclaimed film and TV composer — returned to their roots for their new album, “10K,” a vibrant and personal reawakening aimed at celebrating creative freedom and friendship.

Opeth — Saturday at The Fillmore

Some three decades plus into their career, Opeth have trained their fanbase to expect the unexpected. But even by those standards, the Swedish progressive metal titans conjured something extraordinary on their last LP, “The Last Will & Testament,” which was by far the darkest and heaviest record they made in decades. A concept album recounting the reading of a recently deceased man’s will to an audience of his surviving family members, it brims with haunting melodrama, shocking revelations, and some of the wildest and most unpredictable music that songwriter/frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has come up with to date. Live, the band will be spotlighting that material while dipping liberally into their back catalog.

Jeff Bradshaw and Friends — Saturday at City Winery – Main Stage

Born and raised in North Philadelphia, Jeff Bradshaw’s roots run deep in faith and music. Inspired by his father, a gifted musician and vocalist, he was immersed in horn-driven sounds from a young age and, while his early instruments of choice were the baritone horn and sousaphone, it was the often-overlooked trombone that ultimately spoke to him. Bradshaw’s distinctive and soulful voice redefined how the world hears the trombone, leading him to become a visionary of soul-jazz, hip-hop, and funk, as well as a principal figure in the neo-soul movement that flourished in his very hometown.

Irish garage punk outfit Sprints will be at Johnny Brenda's on Saturday. (Titouan Masse)

Sprints — Saturday at Johnny Brenda’s

Irish garage punk outfit Sprints return Stateside in support of their newest album, “All That Is Over,” which dropped in the fall. Coming on the heels of their widely — and wildly — acclaimed 2024 debut, “Letter to Self,” the LP plants its feet, squares its shoulders, and argues — loudly — for the necessity of art, hope, and love in a world that increasingly feels like it’s burning down around us. At the same time, it offers a knowing nod to Sprints’ own blistering ascent after cementing their status as one of the most vital breakthrough bands to emerge from the UK and Ireland in recent years.

Bobby Rush — Tuesday at Sellersville Theater 1894

During his renowned stage show, it’s not out of the ordinary to see Bobby Rush jump into the air, arms spread and legs tucked, only to land gracefully and return without a hitch to his dazzling routine. It’s a series of moves you might expect at a contemporary R&B show, but one that’s downright shocking when you realize the bluesman is in his early 90s. Growing up on his family’s Louisiana farm, picking cotton, tending to mules and chickens, and living in a home without electricity or indoor plumbing, Rush built his first guitar on the side of the family’s house out of broom wire, nails, bottles, and bricks. Later, his career led to him being crowned by Rolling Stone magazine as “King of the Chitlin’ Circuit” — the network of Black clubs that arose during the segregation era — and finally winning a Grammy at the age of 83. It’s almost no surprise Rush is still going strong, while it feels like he’s just getting warmed up.

Brandi Carlile — Tuesday at Xfinity Mobile Arena

Brandi Carlile brings “The Human Tour” to town next week, celebrating her October LP “Returning to Myself,” her eighth studio album and first solo project in four years. The record finds the singer/songwriter looking inward, reflecting backward, and ultimately, returning home after spending the last few years pouring herself into collaborations with musical icons and legends like Soundgarden, Dolly Parton, and Sam Smith. Carlile’s voice remains unmistakable, whether she’s working in a near-whisper or pushing full-throated intensity, moving easily between acoustic restraint and bigger, more direct rock moments. What’s new is the way she stretches and reshapes it, finding fresh contours without losing its core character.

Deraps — Wednesday at Sellersville Theater 1894

Canada’s blistering new hard-rock powerhouse Deraps are storming the United States for the first time ever, bringing their high-voltage, late-’70s-inspired sound to American stages with guitar prodigy — and band namesake — Jacob Deraps leading the way. He and the band are hell-bent on redefining just what modern classic rock can be by distilling it down to its bare essence of fierce, melodic, virtuoso-level, and full-throttle fun. So, if you’re a guitar fan, a rock fanatic, a lover of killer riffs, or just someone who needs to feel the floor shake again, this is the tour you’ve been waiting to come to town.

Soundcheck

• Electric Guest: “Stand Back for You”

• Opeth: “A Story Never Told”

• Jeff Bradshaw: “Make Some Time”

• Sprints: “Descartes”

• Bobby Rush: “Chicken Heads”

• Brandi Carlile: “Church & State”

• Deraps: “Last Fall”