friday

Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires

8 p.m. Milestone Club, 3400 Tuckaseegee Road. $7-$9. www.themilestoneclub.com.

Equal parts Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Stooges and vintage soul, this Southern soul-punk outfit busts out of Birmingham with its critically acclaimed debut album, “There’s a Bomb in Gilead.” Charlotte’s Temperance League, Hectorina, and Modern Primitives round out a solid bill.

A Silent Film

8 p.m. Fillmore Charlotte, 1000 NC Music Factory Blvd. $10.50. www.livenation.com.

Before relocating to Arizona, the Coldplay-esque English combo had a modest hit with the single “You Will Leave a Mark.” Its new album, “Sand & Snow,” traces its discovery of America, while at the same time, its music is being discovered by Americans through ads, TV and Sirius XM Radio.

saturday

Carrie Rodriguez

8 p.m. Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St. $12-$15. www.eveningmuse.com.

The Texas fiddler-turned-singer-songwriter continues to stretch stylistically on her new album, “Give Me All You Got” – which features standout tracks like the bluesy-rock “I Cry For Love” – and yet she still relies on her trademark twang and plentiful acoustic instrumentation.

The Midnight Ghost Train

8 p.m. Milestone Club, 3400 Tuckaseegee Road. $7-$9. www.themilestoneclub.com.

With rude, thick riffs, this psychedelic Heartland outfit’s new album, “Buffalo,” stomps in with the rumbling of the thundering herd from which it takes its names. Topped with growling vocals and bluesy riffs, the disc is as heavy as it is catchy – like Clutch at its most distorted and rumbly.

Wallace Coleman

10 p.m. Double Door Inn, 1218 Charlottetown Ave. $15. www.doubledoorinn.com.

After retiring from his bakery job at age 51, the blues hobbyist/harmonica player launched an award-winning music career as a member of Robert Lockwood Jr.’s band, then became a world-touring bandleader himself in the late ’90s. Nearing 80, he maintains a sporadic performing schedule.

monday

Meow Meow

7:30 p.m. (also Tuesday-Thursday). Stage Door Theater at Fifth and College streets. $30. www.blumenthalarts.org.

This Australian actress/singer won the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival prize in 2011 for turning cabaret topsy-turvy with an outrageous act. She draws on many eras and locales, from chansons (lyric-driven French songs) and 1930s Shanghai show tunes to ’80s new wave and modern alt-rock.

tuesday

Lindi Ortega

8 p.m. Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St. $10. www.eveningmuse.com.

This country honey, who has appeared on ABC’s “Nashville” and toured with Social Distortion, is a throwback to vintage honky-tonk. Her “Cigarettes & Truckstops” made Spin magazine’s best of 2012 list, drawing on the barren desert and the Man in Black despite her Canadian roots.

thursday

Soul Asylum

8 p.m. Visulite Theatre, 1615 Elizabeth Ave. $25. www.visulite.com.

In October, guitarist Dan Murphy left the Minneapolis rock band – leaving frontman Dave Pirner its lone founding member. Still, 2012’s “Delayed Reaction” stands as its best record since the 1990s, when “Grave Diggers Union” and “Let Your Dim Light Shine” both went platinum.