You’ve seen it before—big, curly, long hair head-tossed over one shoulder and then the other, nimble fingers designing a Hendrix-inspired guitar riff that sends out electric vibes, hypnotizing a crowd of entranced listeners. But it’s not Slash, nor another hair-metal rocker, it’s a woman named Haale (pronounced “Hahl-lay”) who has turned her two very different backgrounds into a unique musical combination. Her parents hail from Iran, and she was born in New York City, so a marriage of sounds from the ancient Middle East and ‘60s-era rock (a major influence), nurtured in the modern-rock melting pot of New York City results in something completely different—what Haale describes as “psychedelic Sufi trance rock.” Don’t try to label her—she’s already taken care of that for you—just know that she pours out her soul just as well in Persian as she does in English, switching back and forth between the two with a voice as intense as Bono’s backed by a sound heavy enough to support it. Haale will split the bill for the evening with singer/songwriter Beth Hirsh. Hirsh was once best known for her vocal contributions to the French band Air (on the 1998 debut album Moon Safari) and has since gone solo. The recent release of her latest album, Wholehearted, has created an entirely new sound for her to run wild with.

Thursday, August 9 at 8:30pm. Nietzsche’s, 248 Allen St. (886-8539/http://www.nietzsches.com).

$6 advance (New World Record) or $8 at the door