Seattle Noise

Modbang: Krieger.47 / Astrospherian / pyroculumus / Riggsz

The monthly free showcase of all hardware electronic music will feature: Krieger.47, Astrospherian, pyroculumus, and Riggsz.

Tuesday, January 27, 7:00 PM at The 4Bs Tavern - Event Page

NonSeq Curators Concert

Each year Nonsequitur selects four artists to serve as community curators for the year. Each will curate three concerts at the Chapel. RM Francis (extreme computer music), Haley Freedlund (trombone), Cuong Vu (trumpet), and Gretchen Yanover (cello).

Thursday, January 29, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Serial Hawk / EAT THE SUN / Breath / Burial Cake / Droni Eye Omi

Strap in because this one will be heavy on the psych, sludge, doom, noise, and beyond. The 11th edition of the Guitar Worship Service, the first being held in Bremerton. Performances from Serial Hawk (loud doom sludge), EAT THE SUN (leviathan space drone), Breath (meditation doom) from Portland, Burial Cake (drone), and Droni Eye Omi (seismic riff metal) from Albuquerque.

Friday, January 30, 8:00 PM at The Charleston - Event Page

Dan K / Mundane Possession / sonora enjambre / DJ Ro

Benefit show for legal defense for Jose who is being held in immigration detention. Ambient music from Dan K (Horse Thief), Mundane Possession (existential bodywork and sonora enjambre. DJ Ro will play between sets.

Friday, January 30, 7:00 PM at Fashion Week - Event Page

Airport Noise Complaint / The Manholes / sonora enjambre / Lukas Dickson

Back to Bremerton with Airport Noise Complaint, my personal project of noise ambient. Joining me will be The Manholes, sonora enjambre (power ambient), and Lukas Dickson (noise).

Saturday, January 31, 2:00 PM at Beats N Cats Records (Bremerton) - Event Page

An open invite noise music event co-hosted by Noise Discord and Seattle Noise.

The Noise Music Discord Server, “a vector point for discussion of harsh noise and adjacent genres” creates online community for artisan purveyors of harsh noise. You can join the Discord server here and follow harshnoise.online for updates. Stream the event by joining the the Discord server or watch live on YouTube.

Noise Music is a Discord server created by Scarlet Death in 2017.

ACOMIP ( ambient noise )

-- https://soundcloud.com/barttomlin

monocot.zip ( electronic )

-- https://www.instagram.com/monocot.zip/

chigbarg ( experimental )

-- https://numbermuncher.bandcamp.com/

$10 suggested donation

doors at 7:30 PM, noise at 8:00 PM

no alcohol

RSVP here

Facebook Event Page

Mokujiki / Polt. / Tom Scully / Sandesh Nagaraj

Coming up from Olympia, Mokujiki (experimental ambient) will play with Polt. (experimental noise rock), along with Tom Scully (guitar), and Sandesh Nagaraj (experimental guitar).

Sunday, January 18, 7:00 PM at Drongo Tapes HQ - Event Page

Sheridan Riley / deadquiet / waxing crescent phase ensemble

A solo percussion set from Sheridan Riley, along with deadquiet, solo experimental saxaphone set from Victory Nguyen. The waxing crescent phase ensemble will also perform, consisting of John Teske (contrabass), Kole Galbraith (contrabass), Eric Lanzillotta (moog), Jason Lazer (clarinet), Stephanie Wood (gong), Hanna Broback (violin), and Noel Kennon (viola).

Thursday, January 22, 7:30 PM at The Royal Room - Event Page

Qu!ztomato / Radio Shock / Changing Bodies / Forrest Friends

Special collaborative noise set from Qu!ztomato, Quizmaster and SH!TOMATO. On tour from New York City, Radio Shock (cyberpunk no wave) will play with Changing Bodies (experimental synth movement) and Forrest Friends (weirdo cave-junk vibes. creep-jammers.).

Thursday, January 22, 7:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

Hoof/Hand / Deafbloom / Worldwide Levitation

Hoof/Hand (garage punk) will play with Deafbloom (blues rock), and Worldwide Levitation (noise rock).

Friday, January 23, 7:00 PM at Blue Moon Tavern - Event Page

IROIRO / SEVEN COLORS / Trigger Object

Experimental ensemble IROIRO will play with SEVEN COLORS (gnawa jazz-trance) with Gust Burns, Morgan Henderson, and Greg Campbell, and traveling from Portland, Trigger Object (experimental electronic).

Friday, January 23, 7:00 PM at Woodland Theater - Event Page

Tiger Poems / Ahmad Yousefbeigi

Trio performance from Arrington de Dionyso, Noel Kennon, and Gust Burns.

TIGER POEMS is not a concert, but the invocation of an ancient growl. In the resonant acoustics of the Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center, the trio weaves a collective, unrepeatable journey. Expect a transformative “beyond-listening” experience—a cascade of primal echoes, modern dissonances, and hypnotic rhythms that bypasses the intellect to speak directly to the body and the unseen.

Ahmad Yousefbeigi will perform a solo set on the Kurdish Daf (frame drum).

Saturday, January 24, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Modular Nights

The monthly free showcase of experimental electronic music will feature: Machine Oil, Rizoma, Vandi, Synthiak, cnicoll, CHAOS 101, and Body Falling Downstairs.

Sunday, January 11, 5:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

Cecyl Ruehlen / Bad Luck / SEVEN COLORS

Coming up from Arizona, Cecyl Ruehlen (experimental) will perform with long running duo Bad Luck (avant-garde free jazz), and SEVEN COLORS (gnawa jazz-trance) with Gust Burns, Morgan Henderson, and Greg Campbell.

Thursday, January 15, 7:30 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

The Red Permanence / Tape Kleaner Killing Spree / Pavement Princess / Ryan Norwine

A night of noise, grindcore, and post-hardcore, with The Red Permanence, (post-hardcore), Tape Kleaner Killing Spree, Pavement Princess (harsh noise), and Ryan Norwine (noise punk).

Thursday, January 15, 7:00 PM at The Mountain Room - Event Page

Phantom Guard Dog / Spitwolf / FR34KY9U9 / Ankoku Noise

Phantom Guard Dog (party noise) will play with Spitwolf (noise), FR34KY9U9 (devotional drone), and Ankoku Noise.

Friday, January 16, 7:00 PM at Teatro de la Psychomachia - Event Page

Height Bemtok / Lady Zade / John Swanke / E.H. Sterling’s Northern Broadcasters

Less noise and more folk with Height Bemtok (experimental), Lady Zade (cello), John Swanke (americana lofi modern), and E.H. Sterling’s Northern Broadcasters (members of Friends of the Road).

Friday, January 16, 7:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

Miser / Insufficient Despair / Jackie An + María Dolores A. Matienzo / Scarlet Death

Touring noise from Los Angeles with Miser (gnostic noise), Insufficient Despair (harsh noise), experimental duo of Jackie An and María Dolores A. Matienzo, and Scarlet Death (catgirl power electronics).

Saturday, January 17, 8:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

Friends of the Road / Casey Adams / what

Coming back from their tour, experimental folk drone band Friends of the Road will play along with Casey Adam (percussion). They will be joined by what, the experimental duo of A.F. Jones and Dave Abramson.

Tuesday, January 6, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

unpoetry

The ongoing series featuring poetry and experimental sound and movement organized by Eric M Acosta will feature Fern Pac Reyes, Hannah Rice, Passenger Pigeon, Kole Galbraith, Lauren Rodriguez, and Rebecca Brown.

Wednesday, January 7, 7:30 PM at Jack Straw - Event Page

Everylovin' Fountain You Are My Band / Recursive Transform Array / Quivering Lip / Feed Fatigue

Everylovin' Fountain You Are My Band will perform along with Recursive Transform Array (noise), along with Quivering Lip (noise) and Feed Fatigue (noise), both from Portland.

Friday, January 9, 7:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

rEEk / Bottle Meat / SPITRAT / Rising Plague Incinerator

Tape release show for rEEK (noise), along with Bottle Meat (noise), SPITRAT (no input sound), and Rising Plague Incinerator (noise).

Saturday, January 10, 9:00 PM at The Monkey Pub - Event Page

Keep Bremerton Feared Fest

Too many bands to link but I’ll list them for you. Lots and lots of noise in different flavors. Featuring Chin Up, Cicatrice, CZ, Dagger Wound, Death Spa, Feed Fatigue, Festering Estate, Florida Man, Midwestlust, Misandrist, MONED, Quivering Lip, RN White, This Is Meant To Hurt You, and Wicking Ground.

Saturday, January 10, 5:00 PM at The Charleston (Bremerton) - Event Page

A bit of a slow week winding down from the holidays. If you are interested in playing one of our meatspace shows at Gallery 1412, dates are now open: February 13, March 13, April 10, and May 16. Our previous recorded shows can be viewed on the Noise Discord YouTube.

Modbang: Planar Drift / monocot.zip / _kaibuster / SoundSweepsBy

The monthly free showcase of hardware electronic music will feature Planar Drift, monocot.zip, _kaibuster, and SoundSweepsBy.

Tuesday, December 30, 7:00 PM at The 4Bs - Event Page

Ben Kaya / Last Train West / Aetheres

A contemplative night of ambient and electronic drone music with Ben Kaya (based on Belgium), Last Train West, and Aetheres.

Friday, January 2, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

A Heard Mentality, Volume 3

An evening of improvised music from Lu Evers (clarinet), Amy Denio (alto sax, voice), Lady Zade (cello), and Tom Scully (guitar). The joy of spontaneity, sharing in the moment of awareness, the scintillating particles in the diverse array of dimension.

Saturday, January 3, 7:30 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Tapes Only

DJ night spinning only cassettes, with Fleetwood Snack, DJ Elle, and EXPRESSWAY 2YRSKULL.

Monday, December 22, 9:00 PM at The Runaway - Event Page

Channel Dark / Blue55 / Love Victory Rose / Wren WX

If the holidays have you feeling blue, come out to a show in the comfort of the old warm train cars, with Channel Dark (synthwave), Blue55, Love Victory Rose (liberation folk), and Wren WX (vocalist and poetry).

Tuesday, December 23, 7:00 PM at Orient Express - Event Page

Dream Pool: Shimi & Friends

Ambient night at the chapel, along with poetry readings. Bassariscus will use “hypnotic percussion and animal calls”, frrn will feature “sweeping drones and fragments of texture and tone” along with Shimi, offering “a forest-born performance of spoken word and music”. Poetry from Rose Novick, Nocski :3, Twig, and Trop. Presented by Impact! Foundation

Saturday, December 27, 5:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Black Doubt / Kalimotxo / The Red Permanence

Black Doubt (metal) will perform with Kalimotxo (instrumental metal), and The Red Permanence (post-hardcore).

Saturday, December 27, 8:00 PM at The Kraken Bar & Lounge - Event Page

It might be the winter holidays, but there are still plenty of shows to go on these cold dark nights.

Modular Nights

The monthly free showcase of experimental electronic music will feature: Marc Barreca, RFX/DKD, greymadr, Alpha Stream, Brad Anderson, and Four Dimensional Nightmare.

Sunday, December 14, 5:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

Electric Blue: Leandrul / Huggy Pillow

Part of an ongoing series every other monday, Leandrul (electronic singer-songwriter) and Huggy Pillow (electronic).

Monday, December 15, 8:00 PM at Black Lodge - Event Page

Katherine Whatley / Noel Kennon / Robert Millis

An evening of solo and trio performances with Katherine Whatley (koto), Noel Kennon (viola), and Robert Millis (ukelele and electronics).

Wednesday, December 17, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Sullivan Forderhase + Eric M Acosta / CSTMR / Body of Eyes / V.Vecker

It’s winter break and CSMTR (explosive noise rock) is back. Joining them will be a duo of Sullivan Forderhase and Eric M Acosta, along with Body of Eyes (duo of Changing Bodies and Tarsier Eyes), and V.Vecker (minimal composition spiritual jazz).

Wednesday, December 17, 8:00 PM at Drongo Tapes HQ - Event Page

COUSIN Collective

Film and audio visual performances from indigenous artists, from COUSIN Collective, with Svetlana Romanova (Sakha/Even), al-yené vinokurova (Sakha), Kole Galbraith (Sinixt/Peoria), sonora enjambre (AYMARA), and Horse Theif (Diné).

Thursday, December 18, 7:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

esc / The Beachcomber Surfer’s Paradise

Final in a series, esc will conclude with experiments from Rawivati, along with contemplative sculptural and sound practice from The Beachcomber Surfer’s Paradise by Silas Morrow.

Friday, December 19, 8:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Guitar Worship Service #10

Since 2013, the Guitar Worship Service, “live performance event series encourages non-traditional approaches to guitar whether physically or conceptually.Artists have free reign to interpret this requisite.” This edition will feature Golden Counting, a trio of Sue Ann Harkey (12 string guitar), Lori Goldston (cello), and Tondiue (electronics), Daniel Menche (guitar) from Portland, Dave Webb (guitar) in his first solo Chapel appearance, The Colour Out of Space, Patrick Neil Gundran (electric guitar) and Blake DeGraw (various brass wind instruments), along with MONED (guitar noise), along with visuals by Color Bard. This one starts early.

Saturday, December 20, 6:30 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Faustian Headwound / Strange Bedfellows / Neil Welch

Your holiday toymakers have been hard at work and they are eager to share what they made with you. A night of doom, drone, and noise for the second darkest day of the year. Neil Welch opens with saxophone and electronic drones, followed by cozy noise duo Strange Bedfellows. Faustian Headwound closes with doomy strings and drums.

Saturday, December 20, 7:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

As a bonus this week, you should listen to two new demo releases from new projects from longtime Seattle musicians.

Kalimotxo is the instrumental metal duo of guitarist Carlos Cotallo Solares and drummer Aaron Michael Butler. They blend doom metal, sludge, and hardcore punk, while being equally influenced by their experience with experimental and avant-garde music, noise, and free improvisation.

Subversion Trigger features Dave Abramson (drums), Les Evans (guitar), Zu Leika (bass), Brad Mowen (vocals), and Dave Webb (guitar). Thrash metal with “punishing riffs, ferocious vocals, and all at a breakneck tempo with just enough reserve that you can still feel every note.”

Lukas Dickson / DJ Vinny L / Staple / Lobotomite

Take the ferry to Bremerton for a free show at a record store featuring Lukas Dickson (noise), DJ Vinny L , Staple (sounds), and Lobotomite (noise).

Sunday, December 7, 3:00 PM at Beats N' Cats Records - Event Page

HYPERDRIVE: Multimedia Winter Fundraiser

A multimedia fundraiser collecting clothing and nonperishable food, along with artists and music performances featuring Travel Agent (duo of tondiue and Ruben Filipi Shai), wizard moded (orb music), Nylondaughter, The Isabel Complex, and SYDD B.

Sunday, December 7, 6:00 PM at Woodland Theater - Event Page

Carlos Cotallo Solares + Ryan Carraher + Aaron Michael Butler

A live evening of free guitar improvisation by Carlos Cotallo Solares and Ryan Carraher, each unfolding a distinct approach to the instrument and its electronic extensions. Together, in duo and solo configurations, they engage the guitar’s uncanny versatility within a framework of spontaneous composition. Perussionist Aaron Michael Butler joins to present a new work for vibraphone and electronics by Jeff Herriott.

Thursday, December 11, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Mt Fog / Von Wildenhaus / Power Strip

Music video and new single release from Mt Fog (art pop folktronica), Von Wildenhaus (guitar noir litewave psychotica), and Power Strip (electronic ambient synth pop).

Thursday, December 11, 7:30 PM at Sunset Tavern - Event Page

6mm Jade / Doll Scheme / Phantom Guard Dog / Tripe

“Baby Jesus Demon Party”, a noisy, puppet filled punk rock holiday show set in hell, featuring performances with 6mm Jade, Doll Scheme (alt-rock), Phantom Guard Dog (party noise), and Tripe (egg punk).

Thursday, December 11, 7:00 PM at Darrell’s Tavern - Event Page

Noumena

A dayfest to bring abstract art forms forward, interrogating the real, presented by Marginal Frequency and unpoetry. Throughout the day attendees can listen to experimental composers, textual abstraction, noise music, fringe songwriters, nonrepresentative poetry, and a panel discussion that will involve the room.

Featured performers will include: CZ, blues.weave, Sullivan Forderhase, Tom Scully, Silas Morrow, Rhea Melina, Till the Teeth, Lori Goldston, Ulfire & Jale, Safe Westfall, Translucent Envelope, Nadine Maestas, Casey Adams + A.F. Jones, Emma McVeigh, Eric M Acosta, Jordan Eller, Sophie Chin, Shankar Narayan, and Lukas Dickson.

Saturday, December 13, 1:00 PM at Otherwise Society (Poulsbo) - Event Page

Thee Effluvium / Thatching / S. Maiden / Bowhead / Jak Mckool

Noise show with Thee Effluvium (experimental noise), Thatching (noise), S. Maiden, Bowhead (experimental drone), and Jakk McKool

Saturday, December 13, 8:00 PM at The Monkey Pub - Event Page

Flesh Produce / Florida Man

Free vegan meal and food drive. Bring what you have or take what you need. Performances from Flesh Produce (digital hip hop) and Florida Man (meme core)

Sunday, November 30, 7:00 PM at Cha Cha Lounge - Event Page

Till The Teeth / Phantom Guard Dog / Forrest Friends / Bottle Meat

Till The Teeth (experimental noise rock) will play with Phantom Guard Dog (party noise), Forrest Friends (weirdo cave-junk vibes. creep-jammers.), and Bottle Meat (noise).

Thursday, December 4, 8:00 PM at Kraken Bar & Lounge - Event Page

Michiko O / what + Andrew Drury

Michiko Ogawa is touring work from Pancake Moon, “her shō-playing “like a device that warps and expands time and space”. Joining her will trio performance with Andrew Drury, “using his ever-expanding techniques on the chosen apparatus of prepared floor tom”, along with duo what, A.F. Jones (steel guitars/electronics), and Dave Abramson (percussion).

Thursday, December 4, 7:30 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

basement stash

Sound, performance, words, and visuals with Strange Bedfellows (Adam Levitt + Silas Morrow), A.F. Jones, Max Nordile, David Stanford, The Puppet Perverts, Eric M. Acosta, G. Holman, Rivka Clifton, Cass Garison, Royce Hobbs, and Mother Olive.

Friday, December 5, 6:00 PM at Asylum Collective - Event Page

Mallory Field / Iridescent Infidelity / Love Victory Rose / Forrest Friends / Mere Death

A mutual aid benefit presented by Everywhen with Mallory Field, Iridescent Infidelity, Love Victory Rose, Forrest Friends, Mere Death, along with visual artists.

Saturday, December 6, 7:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Nosretep / Authentic Luxury / Maxx Shredroom

Progressive rock night with Nosretep, Authentic Luxury (free jazz post-modern rock), and Maxx Shredroom (brutal noise rock).

Saturday, December 6, 8:00 PM at Kraken Bar & Lounge - Event Page