American indie rock band Low will give a show Wednesday.

The music of Low is characterized by slow tempos and minimalist arrangements. Early descriptions sometimes referred to it as a rock subgenre called “slowcore.”

The band’s members are Alan Sparhawk on vocals and guitar, Mimi Parker on vocals and drums and Matt Livingston on bass and vocals. Parker and Sparhawk’s striking vocal harmonies represent perhaps the group’s most distinctive element; critic Denise Sullivan wrote that their shared vocals are “as chilling as anything Gram and Emmylou ever conspired on — though that’s not to say it’s country-tinged, just straight from the heart.”

Low is known for their impressive live performances. Rock club audiences sometimes watch the band while seated on the floor. During their early career, the band often faced unsympathetic and inattentive audiences in bars and clubs, to which they responded by bucking rock protocol and turning their volume down. The huge dynamic range of Low’s early music made it susceptible to background noise and chatter since many of their songs were very quiet. A performance in 1996 at the South by Southwest festival was overpowered when a Scandinavian hardcore band was booked downstairs.

Their shows often feature drastically reinterpreted cover versions of famous songs by the likes of Joy Division and The Smiths, in addition to their own original material. In performance, Low shows off a sense of humor not necessarily found on their recordings; a tour in early 2004 featured a cover of OutKast’s hit song “Hey Ya.” At a gig in Los Angeles on Halloween 1998, the band took the stage as a “Misfits” tribute act, complete with corpse paint and black clothing.

Time: 8:30 p.m., July 1

Tickets: 160-200 yuan

Venue: B10 Live, North Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意文化园北区B10现场)

Metro: Luobao Line, Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A