A quick breakdown of this holiday weekend’s most worthy concerts. For a more comprehensive schedule, check out our Upcoming Events page.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

/The Tenant/The Tape Delay Cincinnati indie trio Slow Claw doses their alt rock with dulcet-toned melodies and unexpectedly complex arrangements, proggy in an appealing and accessible sort of way. Slow Claw is currently celebrating the release of their debut album, Grandfather Clocks, which they recorded over 10 days in Charleston, S.C. The Tape Delay is Tampa’s own post rock outfit, their drawn-out instrumentals ranging from ambient wanderings to heavy layers of driving sound, two guitars responsible for the music’s range of textures, from distorted riffage to screaming wails to warped or bent or twisted notes and lots of finely-placed reverb. And the new Orlando rock quartet led by Brad Register of the now-defunct Summerbirds in the Cellar, The Tenant, has its local debut at this show. 8 p.m., New World Brewery, Ybor City, $7.

Sara Haze [pictured] w/Mark & James/Friends of Giants/Nick Shanahan There’s a lovely husky quality to the vocals of flaxen-haired pop songstress Sara Haze, who plays piano and fronts a five-piece band that features a violinist and a drummer-percussionist who bring atmospheric vibes to Haze’s breezy uplifting songwriting. Haze self-released her debut, Ladder, in 2008 and is currently touring in support of its eight-track follow-up, Lovely EP; download it via iTunes and get three bonus tracks, too. 9 p.m., Orpheum, Ybor City, $10.

Dive Bar Stalkers Local psychobilly outfit that brings the smokin’ good times with its brand of twangy rocking ‘n’ rolling — big coarse vocals, springy rhythms, fiery slide guitar and raucous riffing, and the sort of straightforward lyricism that’s both fun and funny. 8 p.m., Skipper's Smokehouse, Tampa, $10.

This article appears in Dec 2-8, 2000.