Sondre Lerche (above) At the Paradise, tonight. The Norwegian singer-songwriter spins through town again, this time on a solo acoustic tour, in support of his excellent new album, “Phantom Punch.” Former Semisonic frontman Dan Wilson opens the show. Doors are 7; tickets are $16.50 at ticketmaster.com or 617-931-2000. Coheed and Cambria At the Palladium, Tuesday. The rising emo-prog outfit is touring behind “Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Vol.

2: No World For Tomorrow,” the concluding installment of its two-part opus concerning homocide, family, and the apocalypse. Clutch and the Fall of Troy open the show. Doors are at 6; the all-ages show starts at 7. Tickets are $28 at tickets.com or 800-477-6849. The Dan Band At the Roxy, Thursday. Dan Finnerty has forged an unlikely career out of covering songs made famous by ’80s radio divas like Laura Branigan and Toni Basil. Expect a few racy holiday anthems, as well.

Doors are at 7; show starts at 8. Tickets are $20 at ticketmaster.com or 617-931-2000.

My Brightest Diamond and Tim Fite At the Museum of Fine Arts, tonight. Indie-pop wonder woman Shara Worden, a.k.a. My Brightest Diamond, a.k.a. Sufjan Stephens’s cheer captain, brings her own quirky fusion of opera, cabaret, chamber music, and rock to Remis Auditorium. Tim Fite, who raps about consumer culture, opens the show at 7:30. Tickets are $15, $12 for students, seniors, and MFA members, at mfa.org or 617-369-3306. Spiritualized At the Museum of Fine Arts, tomorrow.

Accompanied by a string quartet and gospel singers, singer-guitarist Jason Pierce and company perform “Acoustic Mainlines,” a stripped-down set that features unplugged versions of Spiritualized and Spacemen 3 songs as well as new material and covers. Simple Kid opens. The show is at 8; tickets are $35, $28 for students, seniors, and MFA members, at mfa.org or 617-369-3306. The Swell Season At the Orpheum, Wednesday.

Frames frontman Glen Hansard and Czech singer-pianist Marketa Irglova - the star-crossed almost-lovers from the film “Once” - formed a band in real life and are touring behind their small but lovely repertoire of hushed, somber ballads. Martha Wainwright opens at 8. Tickets are $25-$32 at ticketmaster.com or 617-931-2000.