Concert previews of The Felice Brothers, David Wax Museum, Speedy Ortiz, more [Seven in Seven]

Welcome to Seven in Seven, where we 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 Dec. 29:

The Felice Brothers — Friday at Brooklyn Bowl

A close-knit band led by siblings and co-vocalists Ian and James, The Felice Brothers are self-taught, and not one of them played an instrument prior to their inception as a musical unit in 2006 when they started busking in New York City subway stations. Earlier this month, the group surprise-released a new record, “Asylum on the Hill,” exclusively on Bandcamp. The folk/country rockers recorded the 12-song collection in May of this year in an old church in Harlemville, N.Y., which seems to add to its depth and rootsy feel.

Jamie McLean Band — Friday at 118 North

A musical gumbo that incorporates New Orleans soul, Delta blues, middle America roots and New York City swagger, Jamie McLean Band have toured the globe from Madison Square Garden to Japan’s Fuji Rock. McLean’s blue-eyed Southern soul vocals ooze real emotion while his top line songwriting chops have crafted honest and heartfelt songs that will keep you singing and dancing along.

Max Swan — Friday at MilkBoy

Saxophonist, vocalist and producer from Philadelphia by way of Perkasie, Bucks County, Max Swan channels influences from the likes of Stevie Wonder, James Blake, Donny Hathaway and Michael Brecker. His music combines his passion for jazz fusion, 21st century soul and contemporary hip hop, featuring his vocals, saxophone and EWI, aka, Electronic Wind Instrument. A classically trained jazz musician, Swan is no stranger to navigating the delicate balance between discipline and the ability to free flow, making his live shows feel loose and always prepared to deliver the unexpected.

Microcave — Saturday at Silk City

Based out of New York/Long Island, jamtronica quartet Microcave focuses primarily on improvisational electronic-rock music, and ranges through a variety of genres, including dance, trance, classical, funk and rock. Members of the band are also involved in the projects Horizon Wireless and Tractorbear: A Tribute to The Disco Biscuits, which gives a further indicator of their sound. The band excels in interweaving their songs with electronic styled jams through a wide variety of genres to sonically take the audience through the metaphorical “caves” of the mind.

David Wax Museum — Saturday at 118 North

David Wax Museum blends the ancient and ever-relevant rhythms of traditional Mexican music with amber pop tones, their unabashed rock riffs filled with an air of AM radio circa the mid ’70s, all tethered together by seductive harmonies. It’s a seamless tapestry of boundless curiosity, a display that blurs cultures and eras of music. The band’s most recent effort, “You Must Change Your Life,” features everything from electric guitar and bass clarinet duets to the large-bodied Mexican huapanguera, fiddles and marimbas adventuring through effects and a saxophone sounding unlike anything heard before, leaving each tune inching toward pop glory.

Speedy Ortiz — Sunday at MilkBoy

Late summer saw the release of “Rabbit Rabbit,” the long-awaited new album from Philly indie rock quartet Speedy Ortiz. Drawing from literary influences that include workplace apocalypses, magical realist family dramas and artists’ biographies, it was the band’s most ambitious and expansive record to date. Guitars remain the focus — the group played on about 50 of them, through over 100 effects pedals and 30 different amps — but also incorporated were a wide range of found sounds, sampling everything from bedpans to debit cards to car washes to BB guns. How is all that pulled off live? Spend New Year’s Eve finding out and chances are you won’t be disappointed.

Drew Nugent & The Midnight Society — Sunday at The Lounge at World Café Live

Philly jazz musician and composer Drew Nugent’s primary instruments are piano, trumpet, voice and, believe it or not, the tea kettle, specializing in playing in the traditional “hot” jazz style of the 1920s. His band, known as the Midnight Society, is regarded as one of the best in the business and has been together for over a decade. Under Nugent’s leadership, they bring forth an authentic, yet original approach to an art form over 100 years old with New Year’s Eve the perfect time to celebrate it.

Soundcheck

• The Felice Brothers: “Jazz on the Autobahn”

• Jamie McLean Band: “Paradise Found”

• Max Swan: “Slow Jail”

• Microcave: “Windmills”

• David Wax Museum: “You Must Change Your Life”

• Speedy Ortiz: “Plus One”

• Drew Nugent: “It’s No Fun”