Seattle Noise

Itai Anker / Trabajo / Teemed Theist / Planar Drift

Another installment in the South Seattle noise pool party series. This week’s edition features Itai Anker (industrial textures), Trabajo (experimental sound collage), Teemed Theist (duo of MouseMan with guest), and Planar Drift (acid techno).

Tuesday, August 5, 7:00 PM at Tuesday Oasis - Event Page

Shermy / Special Moves Band / Neutral Shirt / Malasada

Shermy (indie pop) will play with Special Moves Band, Neutral Shirt (alternative) from San Diego, and Malasada (di), formerly known as Blanket Truth.

Tuesday, August 5, 7:00 PM at Drongo Tapes HQ - Event Page

the Zero Collective / Baglady / Crippled Pigeon / Awolf / Dustin Elrod

Visiting from Los Angeles, the Zero Collective (noise) will play along with Baglady (experimental), Crippled Pigeon (harsh noise), Awolf (experimental), and Dustin Elrod (sound).

Wednesday, August 6, 8:00 PM at Under 1st Ave Bridge - Event Page

Enviromental Studies / Nathan Ho / Mouseman

Environmental Studies, “a group of Los Angeles musicians that blends unusual electronics, left-field rhythms, and warped brass instruments. They will be joined by Nathan Ho (experimental electronic) and MouseMan (electronic experimental).

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

Matryoshka / Expressway / Unnunnd

Tape split release show for Expressway (ambient) and Unnunnd (elusivespheric ambient music). Supporting them will be Matryoshka (ambient) Movement by sullivan f.

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

Forrest Friends / FHTAGN / KalloHumina / Dead Baby Birthday Party

Not part of the Dead Baby Downhill. Forrest Friends (weirdo cave-junk vibes), FHTAGN (noise), KalloHumina (harsh chill) from Portland, and Dead Baby Birthday Party (electroclash), also from Portland.

Saturday, August 9, 7:30 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

nilc / Annihilation Squares / BlueJao / Enemy Zero

nilc (gentle chaos) will play with Annihlation Squares (electrified beats), BlueJao (noise), and Enemy Zero (extreme theatre of the senses).

Saturday, August 9, 8:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

Another abbreviated week but I am somehow less behind and also behind at the same time.

CSTMR / Glad We’re Together / My Mistress' Sparrow / Scott Adams

This will likely be your last chance to catch CSTMR before they go on a bit of hiatus. Casey and Tom have been hard at work showing up playing, booking shows and being part of the noise experimental community here in Seattle. They are playing a small run of shows outside of Seattle. Check their Instagram for the details. Joining them will be Glad We’re Together (noise werido), My Mistress' Sparrow, and Scott Adams.

Tuesday, July 29, 7:00 PM at Tuesday Oasis - Event Page

poetry lab: now that we’re alone

poetry lab is a series by Eric M Acosta as part of unpoetry. Instead of a group show with multiple perfomers, poetry lab presents a single performer or group followed with a small interview. This edition features movement from Now That We’re Alonge, a collaboration with dance from @wigglyboy420 and sound by @licensetoobliterate.

Wednesday, July 30, 8:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Ragana / Couch Slut / Sunrot / Tylo

I saw Ragana headlining at Cascadian Midsummer this year. They will be joined by Couch Slut (gutter rock) from New York City, Sunrot (post-noise power sludge), and Tylo.

Friday, August 1, 8:30 PM at Belltown Yacht Club - Event Page

Guitar Worship Service #8

Hard working experimental and noise related guitarists will come together for " presentations from select musicians and sound sculptors to freely interpret what a guitar is". Hmmm. Featured performers include Pink Void, BLUEs.WEAVE, MONED, and Sandesh Nagaraj.

Saturday, August 2, 6:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

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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.

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

THEDISEASEYOUGETFROMEATINGHUMANBRAINS (harsh noise)

-- [www.youtube.com/watch

Temptshun Milt (noise)

-- https://www.instagram.com/crongardens/

Lobotomite (noise)

-- https://www.instagram.com/lobotomite.beats/

Party Store (ambient experimental)

-- https://partystore.bandcamp.com/

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

no alcohol

Facebook Event Page

RSVP here

Somehow I’m still a bit behind.

Cal Anderson Sound Experience

Hosted by myself in the park with Thee Lobotomite (noise), UHURA (harsh noise), Glad We’re Together (noise weirdo), Lukas Dickson (noise), and Meadowgoat (dungeon noise). Find us near the basketball hoops.

Sunday, July 20, 3:00 PM at Cal Anderson Park - Event Page

evel & dan levine w/ Lucas Kieve

The final stop on tour for musicians from Texas will feature evel (experimental ambient), dan levine (experimental guitar), and Lucas Kieve.

Sunday, July 20, 7:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Miscomings / Celestial Sewer / Three Seattle Dog Night / SPLASTEEN X NILC

Kickoff to a series of house shows at Tuesday Oasis. DM one of the bands for the address. This one will feature Miscomings (nasty noise punk), Celestial Sewer from Olympia, Three Seattle Dog Night (noise collaboration between Adam Levitt, Phone Call Communication, and rEEk), along with set with both SPLASTEEN (live modular noise) and NILC (gentle chaos).

Tuesday, July 22, 8:00 PM at Tuesday Oasis - Event Page

Broken Crow & Gabie Strong / A.F. Jones & Mathieu Ruhlmann / Rachel LeBlanc / Noel Kennon & Kole Galbraith

Broken Crow (experimental) from Portland along with Gabie Strong (experimental) from Los Angeles will play. Joining them in support will be a experimental duo with A.F. Jones and Mathieu Ruhlmann, Rachel LeBlanc (experimental), and experimental noise duo of Noel Kennon and Kole Galbraith.

Thursday, July 24, 7:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Katherine Van Bebber / Aluna / Stevan Like 7

Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Katherine Van Bebber will play along with Aluna, (songwriter), and Stevan Like 7 (guitar songwriter).

Friday, July 25, 8:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Midwestlust / Hidden Gateways / Pain Chain / Nurser / Bering Sea / CZ

Something between noise, crust, metal, grind. Midwestlust (noise grind) will play along with Hidden Gateways (ambient metal), Pain Chain (harsh noise), Nurser (grindcore death metal), Bering Sea (post-hardcore), and CZ (noise).

Saturday, July 26, 7:00 PM at Lucky Liquor - Event Page

Everywhen Unplugged

Multimedia event with art and proceeds going toward mutual aid. Featuring [Wren WX(https://www.instagram.com/wren.wx/) (vocalist and poetry), Ttwopercentmilk (music and poetry), Mar (ambient duo), Cortinoias (ambient and anti-folk), AgitProp (poetry), and Ember Silverfield (music and poetry).

Saturday, July 26, 7:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Other / Sataray / Sony Voodoo / Pavor Nocturnus

Album release show for Other (dark ambient). Supporting them will be Sataray (dark ambient), who we did a short interview earlier this year, along with performances from Sony Voodoo (performance art), and a DJ set by Pavor Nocturnus.

Saturday, July 26, 7:00 PM at The Mountain Room - Event Page

Coming back to finish this even though all of these events have already passed. (edited 7/19)

Modular Nights

The monthly free showcase of electronic music will feature SoundSweepsBy, prismofeverything, make space! make space!, unnunnd with movement from Changing Bodies, Cameron MacNair, Paulus van Horne and Monocot.zip.

Sunday, July 13, 5:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

R.A. Jones / Wild Strawberries / RM Francis

New York based composer R.A. Jones (electronic) will play with Wild Strawberries, a collaboration between Nick Bindeman (Eternal Tapestry) and Ryan Carlile (Visible Cloaks. RM Francis (extreme computer music).

Tuesday, July 15, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Terror Cell Unit / Blood Stained Concrete / Disease / Angel of the Meadow / Lesion

Terror Cell Unit (noise power electronics) will play along with Blood Stained Concrete (grindcore) from Los Angeles, Disease (grindcore), Angel of the Meadow (harsh noise power electronics), and Lesion.

Wednesday, July 16, 6:30 PM at Mudlark Oddities - Event Page

Rushadicus the Cello Goblin

Rushadicus (Rushad Eggleston) the infamous Cello Goblin from the land of Sneth brings his one-man, immersive, improvisational show to Bad Bar in Seattle. Featuring experimental cello “metal”, goblin stunts, and nonstop “jicking”.

Thursday, July 17, 7:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

Spawn / Enemy Zero / 9-5 Hyperfuck / SH!TOMATO / Peopling

This event ended up getting cancelled. It would have featured Spawn (experimental noise), Enemy Zero (extreme theatre of the senses), 9-5 Hyperfuck (digital hardcore), SH!TOMATO (noise), and Peopling (party noise).

Friday, July 18, 8:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

Eye Music

Now in it’s 19th year, Seattle ensemble Eye Music presents a concert of text based and graphic scores chosen for their ability to be interpreted in both sound and movement. The group of eight musicians are joined by dancer Katrina Wolfe. The works include pieces composed for the group by Eric Lanzillotta and historic compositions by Mieko Shiomi, David Toop, and Richard Teitelbaum.

Friday, July 18, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Neal Kosaly-Meyer & John Teske: Gradus ad Ignotum

Neal Kosaly-Meyer presents his ongoing work for solo piano, Gradus: For Fux, Tesla and Milo the Wrestler.

A large, mixed ensemble will perform John Teske’s novelty generator, a new improvisation framework for durational performance. Both works will be performed simultaneously as a two-hour piano concerto, with the ensemble encircling the piano … ‘novelty generator’ will be performed by: Matt Benham, Hanna Broback, Aaron Michael Butler, Haley Freedlund, Noel Kennon, Dave Knott, Christian Pincock, Greg Sinibaldi, Dave Stanford, John Teske, and Evan Woodle.

Saturday, July 19, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Yes I might have missed a show here or there. Check the calendar for more shows not mentioned below.

Bitter, Inc. / Dosenoeffner / Cathartech

Bitter, Inc. (astro-industrial) is from Greenville, North Carolina. Local noise standard-bearers Dosenoeffner and Cathartech will also perform.

Sunday, July 6, 6:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

Courtney Doorhinge / The Mummer / Enormous Face / Forrest Friends

Weird is an interesting word. There’s often one weird trick to cure whatever ails you. A show I helped book “got weird”, so we’re pivoting. Someone gets too weird at a show and they might be asked not to come back. This “weird” show won’t make you too uncomfortable but will feature Courtney Doorhinge (performance art), The Mummer from Christiansburg, Virgina, Enormouse Face (performance art), and Forrest Friends (freak folk).

Tuesday, July 8, 8:00 PM at Under 1st Avenue Bridge - Event Page

An Apparition x Lav Andula / LONELYGIRL15 / 9-5 Hyperfuck

Coming up from California, An Apparition (digital hardcore) will play with Lav Andula (harsh dance music). They will be supported by LONELYGIRL15 (digital hardcore), and 9-5 Hyperfuck

Wednesday, July 9, 7:00 PM at Baba Yaga - Event Page

Half Bird / The Social Stomach / Bottle Meat / SH!TOMATO

Visiting from Portland, Half Bird (improvised punk) will play along with The Social Stomach (nuclear pop) also from Portland, Bottle Meat (experimental), and SH!TOMATO (noise).

Thursday, July 10, 7:00 PM at Bulldog News - Event Page

Drongo Fest 3

Three days of people playing all sorts strange sounds inside the living rooms, a carport, backyards, and maybe even a front porch? This will likely be your last chance to catch Stumpgrinder.

Friday, July 11 - Sunday July 13, 4:00 PM at Various - Event Page

Yard Party III

Head down to Tacoma for a house show featuring Arrington de Dionyso, Gazillionares, Miscomings, Mantle Collapse, Give Me The Money, Catica, and Flea Male.

Saturday, July 12, 3:00 PM at Sweat Lodge (Tacoma) - Event Page

A bit of an abbreviated show suggestions this week and also posting this rather later even by my own standards as I have been feeling rather unwell this whole week.

Returning / Geist & the Sacred Ensemble / End of Small Sanctuary

Butoh metal band from Olympia, Returning will play along with Geist & the Sacred Ensemble (doom folk psychedelic), and End of Small Sanctuary (atmospheric black metal)

Sunday, June 29, 8:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

No Signs of Serenity / Wutthphuk / Hidden Gateways

No Signs of Serenity (blash thrash core) will play along with Wutthphuk (industrial punk), and Hidden Gateways (ambient metal).

Wednesday, July 2, 7:30 PM at Sunset Tavern - Event Page

Anti-Fash Fourth Bash

Hosted by Finger Tight Productions. Power Skeleton will play. Proceeds to support Gazan families in need.

Friday, July 4, 12:00 PM at Cal Anderson Park - Event Page

DATH Quartet

The DATH Quartet will perform, featuring Dan Clucas on cornet, Aniela Perry on cello, Tom Varner on horn, and Heather Bentley on Viola.

Saturday, July 5, 7:30 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

note the full text was not posted on 06/20, just the events.

Shin Chida / Zestie Bumwhig / RM Francis / Seed Order

Visiting from Tokyo, Shin Chida (magnetic tapes) will play along with Zestie Bumwhig (duo of Chris Cooper and S. Glass from the Bay Area. RM Francis (extreme computer music) and Seed Order will also play.

Monday, June 23, 8:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

ZARA / Quilli Fin / iffin

Baroque pop from ZARA, along with Quilli Fin (experimental) and iffin (brittle pop).

Tuesday, June 24, 7:30 PM at The Central Saloon - Event Page

Dana Ollestad / Glacial / Sh!tomato / Changing Bodies

Dana Ollestad (experimental field recordings) from Japan will play with Glacial (noise), Sh!tomato (noise), and Changing Bodies (experimental synth movement)

Wednesday, June 25, 8:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

Nohup / Bad Luck / thc.xlr

Performances from Nohup, Bad Luck (avant-garde free jazz), and thc.xlr (ambient inspired jazz music).

Thursday, June 26, 7:00 PM at Baba Yaga - Event Page

Facing Yiddishland

Rooted in Eastern European Jewish life, Yiddish music holds echoes of migration, memory, and revolution. In Facing Yiddishland, three bold artists push this tradition into new terrain. Lori Goldston, Chaia, and Levoneh reimagine the Yiddish song tradition through glitchy and psychedelic performance techniques.

Featuring Lori Goldston, Chaia, and Levoneh.

Thursday, June 26, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Solar Return

Presented by Marginal Frequency, featuring Solar Return, along with supporting performances with duo of Anthony J Stillabower and Sam Klapper from Portland, duo of Sheridan Riley and Noel Kennon, and a solo from Joel Nelson from Portland.

Friday, June 27, 7:30 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Samvega / Thee Effluvium / Hidden Gateways / Lukas Dickson

Heavy psych from California, Samvega will play along with Thee Effluvium (experimental noise), Hidden Gateways (dark ambient), and Lukas Dickson.

Sunday, June 15, 7:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

Dagger Wound / enerph / Wizard Moded / Angel of the Meadow

Coming out from Los Angeles, Dagger Wound (harsh noise electronics) will play along with enerph (experimental), Wizard Moded, and Angel of the Meadow (harsh noise power electronics).

Wednesday, June 18, 8:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

Friends of the Road + Water Shrews / WHAT / CSTMR

Tour kickoff show with Friends of the Road (experimental drone folk), Water Shrews (free drone), WHAT (experimental cosmic pedal steel), and CSTMR (explosive noise rock).

Thursday, June 19, 7:30 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

EERIÆRMOR / Coyote Teeth + Impressionists / Bottle Meat / Lye Feast

Visiting from Oakland, EERIÆRMOR (experimental ambient) will play along with Coyote Teeth and Impressionists. Joining them will be Bottle Meat (experimental), and Lye Feast (death industrial).

Friday, June 20, 8:00 PM at Teatro de la Psychomachia - Event Page

Mind Beams / Eater’s Digest / Dog Pact

Album release show for Mind Beams (swirling genre breaking heavy) and Eater’s Digest, supported by Dog Pact (grunge jazz-fusion).

Friday, June 20, 8:00 PM at Add-A-Ball - Event Page

THE 6TH & 7TH GUITAR WORSHIP SERVICES

Two night edition of the Guitar Worship Service. Friday will feature Blake Degraw & The American Society Of Evil Engineers, Burial Cake, and MONED. Saturday will feature Thatching, Solar Fat (Eric M Acosta), and Tom Scully.

Friday, June 20 and Saturday June 21, 7:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Summer Solstice Noise Summit

Big noise party jammer with Peopling, SH!TOMATO, FO/PO, JUICE MOUTH, Dunge, Enormousface, Slippage, and DJ ZZ B2B Meadow.

Saturday, June 21, 8:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

Fridays are becoming really busy so apologies on the delay but there’s plenty of experimental and strange stuff to check out.

The Force of Listening #4

Organized by REALMOREREAL, featured arists include the participants from this year’s session of Cambient. Performers will include Violet Palace, Leora Malka, Julia Edith Rigby, BC Welsh, Mary Edwards, Jak McKool, Perri Lynch Howard, Cheyenne Hendrickson, Theo Krantz, and Jenn Howd.

Tuesday, June 10, 7:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

36? / Power Skeleton / Forrest Friends / Fry’d

Art rock from Calgary, 36? will play along with Power Skeleton (experimental rock band), Forrest Friends (freak folk), and Fry’d (experimental drone) from Portland.

Tuesday, June 10, 7:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

unpoetry

The first of two unpoetry sessions at Jack Straw, this one will feature hyperboy, Casey Adams + Feed Fatigue, now that we’re alone, James Coffin, and Till the Teeth with Eric M Acosta.

Thursday, June 12, 7:00 PM at Jack Straw Cultural Center - Event Page

Ectopic Pregnancy / Lapse / Feed Fatigue / Casey Adams / Bad Noise Bears

Grill and chill action up in Everett with Ectopic Pregnancy (grindcore), Lapse (fastcore) from Anacortes, Feed Fatgiue, Casey Adams, and the debut performance of Bad Noise Bears (special collaboration between PRISONFOOD and new chlorine.

Friday, June 13, 5:00 PM at Pool House (Everett) - Event Page

Cyra Wirth / Lil T4T / 9-5 Hyperfuck / Orthodoxxer

Hyperpop night with Cyra Wirth (liminal pop), Lil T4T (cybergrind), 9-5 Hyperfuck (cybergrind for the girls), and Orthodoxxer (danceviolence).

Friday, June 13, 7:00 PM at Black Lodge - Event Page

FLOOM / Blessed Blood / Northwest Experimental Guitar Orchestra

Experimental solo doom metal from Portland, FLOOM will play along with Blessed Blood (experimental electronic drone), and the one, the only, Northwest Experimental Guitar Orchestra (multiple guitars).

Saturday, June 14, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Soundlab 2025

Organized by ArtLab Thuja out of Port Townsend, this site specific “daylong voyage of audiospatial exploration and discovery” will be split into two segments. Soundwalk will take place in the batteries and bunkers within Fort Worden’s Artillery Hill. Sound installations and performances will overlap in these old and resonant spaces. The evening program will feature Eye Music and the Animist Orchestra at Gallery Osminog Blanco with a excursion to the nearby beach during the program. Participating artists include: Dave Knott, David Stanford, Carl Lierman, Michael Shannon, Camille Hildebrandt, Soonie Kania, Eric Lanzillotta, David Noble, Dan Kibke, Emma Tomic, and Katrina Wolfe.

Saturday, June 14, 1:00 PM at Fort Worden / Gallery Osminog Blanco - Event Page