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Welcome to Seven in Seven, where we take a 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 Sept. 23:

S.G. Goodman — Friday at Johnny Brenda’s

Fresh off an appearance on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, Kentucky native S.G. Goodman has hit the road in support of her sophomore LP, “Teeth Marks,” which employs razor-sharp writing and knack for vivid Southern imagery. The topics she explores in her songwriting are varied and important, like the ongoing opioid crisis, society’s lack of empathy, alcoholism, homophobia and the lasting psychological effects of trauma and unrequited love. Boasting a rock ’n’ roll demeanor somewhere between Patti Smith and Neil Young, Goodman’s unique sound blends an arrestingly haunting vocal with downtown rock and post punk energy of everyone from the Velvet Underground to Pavement.

The National — Saturday at Riverfront Park, Harrisburg 

The National have been playing a number of new songs live since returning to the road this May, and just recently, the group released one of them as a new single titled “Weird Goodbyes,” featuring Bon Iver. The song is technically the first single off the band’s eagerly anticipated new album, which will be their first since 2019’s “I Am Easy To Find.” The LP doesn’t have a title — or release date for that matter — but audiences on the current tour have been treated to the group working out the material as they go.

La Dispute — Sunday at The Theatre of Living Arts

Acclaimed post-hardcore band La Dispute are on the delayed 10-year anniversary tour in celebration of their seminal 2011 record, “Wildlife.” Formed in 2004 in Grand Rapids, Mich., the band continues with a firm passion for making music that is both artistically, technically and emotionally engaging in hopes of establishing legitimate connections with any and all interested people. It’s a hope that also encourages dialogue between those people and themselves about things in life that truly matter and that truly last.

New Order + Pet Shop Boys — Sunday at The Mann

Featuring an added bonus of Paul Oakenfold DJing before and between sets, the New Order and Pet Shop Boys tour is a new wave music fan’s dream lineup. Dubbed “The Unity Tour,” the co-headlining run will see each band perform full sets. Expect New Order to roll out ’80s dance club classics like “Ceremony,” “True Faith” and “Temptation” along with — spoiler alert — the Joy Division masterpiece “Love Will Tear Us Apart.” Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of Pet Shop Boys have been a bit more active in terms of releasing new material in recent years, so expect some of that along with their own synth-pop magic of “West End Girls,” “Rent” and “It’s a Sin.”

Hate — Monday at Underground Arts

No one combines death and black metal quite like Poland’s Hate. Putting forth an unflinching viciousness and a unique sense of atmosphere, “Rugia,” the band’s 12th full-length — released last Fall via Metal Blade Records — pushes the boundaries of their craft even further. Now they’re kicking off a tour at Underground Arts as part of a triple bill with Batushka and Hideous Divinity titled “North America Pilgrimage 2022.” The run will hit more than two dozen cities, spreading an ample amount of metal across the continent.

Micheala Anne — Wednesday at World Café Live, Upstairs

Nashville singer-songwriter Michaela Anne earlier this year released her new album “Oh To Be That Free,” a lush and cinematic collection full of country influences, indie-folk storytelling, sprawling swells of strings and catchy pop melodies. Unbeknownst to Anne when she wrote the songs, they became her life support as she confronted a painfully bittersweet new chapter. She became a mother while caring for her own mother, who had suffered a debilitating stroke and was hospitalized for months. Watching two of those most important to her live unsettling yet surreal parallels as they both slowly learned how to navigate a new world led her to search for the beauty in every imperfection and, across her entire new album, she realized healing was found as she learned to let go and embrace what’s in front of her.

Sigrid + Ber — Sept. 29 at the TLA

Norwegian singer/-songwriter Sigrid brings her brand of electropop/dance pop to town in support of her latest LP, “How To Let Go,” which came out in the spring. It’s her second album to date, and with assists from the likes of Bring Me the Horizon on the single “Bad Life,” is bound to raise her profile here in the States. Opening the show will be Ber, who originally hails from Bemidji, Minn. Having spent most of her early adult life residing in the UK before moving back Stateside in 2021 — where she lived in her uncle’s basement — she began to create her debut EP, “And I’m Still Thinking About That,” remotely while collaborating with the likes of Sfven, Hazel English and Hot Dennis.

• S.G. Goodman: “Space and Time”

• Pet Shop Boys: “Being Boring”

• Sigrid: “Don’t Kill My Vibe”

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