8 buzzworthy concerts coming to Charlotte in the next week | Feb. 7-Feb. 13

Andrea Bocelli

8 p.m. Friday. Spectrum Center, 333 E. Trade St. $82 and up.

The legendary Italian opera singer performs in hand-selected cities for his annual Valentine’s Day show, and this year Charlotte kicks off the mini-stint as one of four special cities chosen. The tenor, who has been legally blind since age 12, will perform arias, crossover hits, selections from his top-selling album “Si,” as well as popular love songs alongside Opera Carolina Orchestra and Chorus.

Saint Motel

8:30 p.m. Friday. The Fillmore, 820 Hamilton St. $25.

Currently on a nationwide tour supporting its three-part 2020 release “The Motion Picture Soundtrack,” the progressive indie-pop band brings a savvy, tech-inspired element to infectious tunes. With multimedia approaches like music videos that utilize track-specific 3D virtual-reality experiences and live-show themes like an annual Zombie Prom and The Kaleidoscopic Mind Explosion 3D, the inventive band is an excitable catch.

Pullover

10 p.m. Friday. Snug Harbor, 1228 Gordon St. $8.

The local dream punks — who have been hard at work over the past few years refining their fuzzy, melodic tracks — celebrate the release of their anticipated full-length: the pristine “Forever,” released on Self Aware Records. The band (formerly known as Melt) has an effortless quality to its sound, with floating keys cascading into glimmering guitars, rich bass pulsing against full drums, and frontman Phil Pucci crooning about past friendships and current ambitions. The night will be rounded out by Rock Hill, S.C.’s dark avant-garde outfit GASP, Wine Pride and DJ Scott Weaver.

Cold War Kids

7:30 p.m. Saturday. The Fillmore, 820 Hamilton St. $25.

The California indie rockers made a name for themselves in the late 2000s with the first hit “Hang Me Up to Dry” and consistently churned out albums that displayed a swaggering, full-range edge to college alternative rock. Generating fresh energy and more complex compositions, the band’s seventh album has been split into a trilogy — the funky “New Age Norms 1” was released in late 2019, while the second and third installments are expected to drop this year. The band is known to grind its heels into live performances, propelling songs with upbeat, anthemic flourishes.

Poppy

8 p.m. Monday. The Underground, 820 Hamilton St. $24.

After a stint opening for Bring Me the Horizon and Sleeping With Sirens, this multifaceted and unpredictable performer embarks on her first headlining tour in support of her newly released nu-metal album “I Disagree.” She has released a slew of projects in the past that ranged from electro pop to ambient experimental before leaning into her current re-branded heavy-metal persona. Drawing comparisons to Grimes, Billie Eillish and Marilyn Manson, her enigmatic identity doesn’t distract from her high-energy live performances.

Bay Faction

10 p.m. Monday. Snug Harbor, 1228 Gordon St. $10.

Soft-rock and bedroom pop intersect in this Boston trio’s sound, which was formerly pigeonholed into the indie branches of emo and math-rock before the release of its cozy latest album, “Florida Guilt.” While the band still continues with a sprinkling of traditional emo angst, it is dipping into more dynamic instrumentation and structure after spending a large portion of the past five years together on the road, refining its live shows. Opening are ’80s-influenced indie band Superbody and local jangly emo-pop band It Looks Sad.

Arlo Guthrie

7:30 p.m. Wednesday. McGlohon Theater, 345 N. College St. $49.50 and up.

The folk songwriter (son of Woody Guthrie) is best known for writing the iconic 18-minute-long 1967 cult hit and Vietnam protest song “Alice’s Restaurant,” which plays on most classic-rock radio stations each Thanksgiving. He is a lifelong activist, spinning folk tunes about social justice since the ’60s and encouraging the songwriter genre throughout the ’70s with his uniquely smart storytelling. With Folk Uke, a ukulele and acoustic guitar trio fronted by Guthrie’s daughter Cathy and Willie Nelson’s daughter Amy.

Je Suis France

9 p.m. Thursday. The Milestone, 3400 Tuckaseegee Road. $7.

The Georgia post punks have been around for more than two decades, creating lasting rock with their tactfully underground and experimental style. Last year, they released their seventh studio album, “Back to the Basics of Love,” which saw them at their most cohesive after years of band members being spread out across the U.S. Influenced just as much by the timelessly friendly jangle of The Feelies as they are by the grated fuzz of Sonic Youth, the band brings high energy and impressive dynamics to its live performances.