Rock/pop

Chinatown's getting a rep for rock shows that drift toward performance art. If you were at Battle Ready's Vox Populi gig last summer — where Andy Ryan rode atop an inflatable orca in a Last Starfighter helmet as spacey guitar drones rattled the windows over Arch Street — you know what I mean. Saturday's appearance at Space 1026 by Colleen, led by Parisian multimedia artist Cecile Schott, should be much more sedate but no less of an experience. Her current The Golden Morning Breaks (Leaf Label) is a gentle wash of chiming glockenspiel and piano, lightly shaded by crystalline guitar strums that hardly sound like guitar. Notes flow together into songs, which flow together in seas of sound and will be backed by projected animated footage. Based on Morning's accompanying video clip, we're talking graphic art somewhere between floral landscapes and mitochondrial examinations. For those in the mood for something less peaceful and beautiful, arrive early for A Hawk and a Hacksaw. This loopy project by Neutral Milk Hotel collaborator Jeremy Barnes has a danceable Eastern vibe to it, with bleating horns, shaky percussion and gypsy violin that might be at home in a Moroccan street market.

Sat. Aug. 13, 8 p.m., $10, with Ris Paul Ric and Earthen Sea, Space 1026, 10th and Arch sts., all ages, www.r5productions.com.