The boroughs are alive with the sound of music in the coming months. Here are The Post’s picks for concerts and album releases to check out this fall:

Madonna

“Madame X” tour, Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM. Sept. 17 to Oct. 12

A residency is just about the only thing that Madonna hasn’t done in her 37-year career. But hey, Madge may still be capable of throwing us a few wrinkles — of the good kind. She’ll kick off her “Madame X” world tour with an 18-night stand at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House. It’s hard to imagine a woman who has sold out stadiums, let alone arenas, scaling it down to the 2,098-seat theater, but it will be interesting to see how she pulls it off. Judging by how energized she sounded on her adventurous “Madame X” album — the first one of her 60s — you’d be a fool to bet against her.

Charli XCX

“Charli,” Sept. 13

Britain’s Charli XCX has been known to play well with others: She’s had successful collaborations as a featured artist and songwriter with the likes of Icona Pop (“I Love It”), Iggy Azalea (“Fancy”) and, this summer, Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello (“Señorita”). But now it’s back to her solo career with her third studio album, “Charli.” Still, the “Boom Clap” singer gets a little help from her friends, including Troye Sivan, Christine and the Queens, Haim and Lizzo, who turns up on the electro-bouncy “Blame It on Your Love.”

Brittany Howard

“Jaime,” Sept. 20

Every singer who goes solo after a successful recording career with a group doesn’t turn out to be Beyoncé. But with Alabama Shakes taking a break — although the band hasn’t broken up — frontwoman Brittany Howard is keeping those bluesy pipes in righteous shape with her debut solo album, “Jaime.” The soulful single “Stay High” — a romantic flight with echoes of classic Motown — certainly points all signs upward. You can hear Howard do her new tunes live at the Beacon Theatre on Sept. 24.

Keane

“Cause and Effect,” Sept. 20

I’ve always had a soft spot for Keane, the British piano-rock band who were dismissed by some as Coldplay clones. They hadn’t made a studio album, though, since 2012’s “Strangeland,” during which time lead singer Tom Chaplin pursued a solo career. But now they’re back with a new LP, “Cause and Effect,” and it’s good to hear them pounding out those anthemic sounds on tracks such as “Love Too Much” and “The Way I Feel” that aren’t afraid to brazenly reach for the heavens.

Global Citizen Festival

Great Lawn of Central Park, Sept. 28

Having become a rite of early fall since its inception in 2012, Global Citizen Festival will be back for its eighth edition on the Great Lawn of Central Park. And, as always, the lineup is killer: Alicia Keys, Pharrell Williams, OneRepublic, H.E.R., Carole King and — in a performance that is sure to rock the masses — Queen + Adam Lambert. The trick is always, how do you score those free tickets? Well, you gotta get on GlobalCitizen.org and find ways to do some good. That’ll still only give you a chance in the lottery, but as they say, you gotta be in it to win it.

Kacey Musgraves

“Oh, What a World: Tour II,” Radio City Music Hall, Oct. 15 and 16

If you missed Kacey Musgraves’ “Oh, What a World” tour when it hit the Beacon Theatre in January, you’re in luck because the country-pop darling — whose “Golden Hour” won Album of the Year at February’s Grammys — is coming back for more. And she’s taking it up a level to Radio City Music Hall. Musgraves’ shows are like a religious experience for fans, so get on your high horse and grab this chance to see her before she’s playing arenas the next time around.