BONNIE RAITT “Force of nature’’ is an overused claim, but really, how else to describe the renaissance run Raitt’s sustained for more than 25 years? Barely 10 seconds into her new album, “Dig in Deep,’’ the slinky buzz of her bottleneck slide shows you’re in for a hot time. Tickets are scarce for this one, so call before you queue in vain – and circle Aug. 20 on your calendar, since that’s when Raitt (pictured) hits town next. March 29, 7:30 p.m. $48-$93.50. Orpheum Theatre. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

SEAN WATKINS He’s been a first-class picker since his salad days in progressive-bluegrass trio Nickel Creek, and a compelling storyteller just about as long. But it’s on his recent solo albums — the newest, “What to Fear,’’ is just out — that Watkins has emerged as a deft arranger and producer. Be punctual: You do not want to miss the opening duo of Petra Haden and Jesse Harris. March 30, 8 p.m. $25. Club Passim. 617-492-7679, www.passim.org

JUNIOR BOYS Reunited on record for the first time in five years on the new “Big Black Coat,’’ the Canadian duo of Jeremy Greenspan and Matt Didemus enriches its customary mix of electropop and R&B with generous doses of Kraftwerk and Detroit techno. (Don’t miss the Robert Hood remix of the title track.) Lyrically the album’s a gripper, the titular cloak a metaphor for loneliness, lust, isolation, and more. April 1, 8 p.m. $15. Brighton Music Hall. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

SAVAGES Having put itself on the map everywhere with the short sharp shock of 2013 debut “Silence Yourself,’’ this explosively innovative London postpunk quartet broadens its perspective on the newly issued “Adore Life.’’ The musical attack remains edgy and lacerating, but the sentiments now feel less willfully corrosive, at times even cautiously celebratory. April 1, 8 p.m. $22. Paradise Rock Club. 800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com STEVE SMITH

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