Clutch/The Messthetics/Lionize/The Mike Dillon Band

Headlining one of the few national tours hitting Cleveland in this final week of the year, Clutch promises an evening of that fine, fine metaphysical desert rock. One can and must argue, though, that the band’s iconic sound is nested in its first two albums: Transnational Speedway League and the self-titled sophomore effort. Both are legendary for straddling the hardcore and stoner rock scenes. The latter, with its centerpiece, “Spacegrass,” is a legitimately trippy album. Growling frontman Neil Fallon memorably speaks those eerie lines in the first “Spacegrass” verse, “T-minus whenever it feels right, Galaxy 5-0-0, planets align, a king is born,” and we’re off. The current tour comes in the wake of the recent release of Book of Bad Decisions. (Eric Sandy)