Seattle Noise

The heat wave is backing down this week, but there’s still plenty of shows to see.

August 22 - Portrayal of Guilt / Gag / Nuclear Daisies / Haunted Horses

Austin based Portrayal of Guilt (black metal), along with Gag (punk), Austin Nuclear Daisies (punk), and Haunted Horses (industrial punk).

8:00 PM at Barboza - Event Page

August 23 - Deathroes / Moth Drakula / Infinexhuma / Xiphoid Dementia

Philadelphia based Deathroes (experimental) will play along with Houston based Moth Drakula (experimental electronic), Infinexhuma (black drone), and Xiphoid Dementia (power electonic noise).

8:00 PM at Belltown Yacht Club - Event Page

August 24 - Aquatic Bee / Changing Bodies / Forrest Friends / Myaku

Aquatic Bee (dark ambient noise) will play along with Changing Bodies (experimental synth), Forrest Friends (freak folk), and Myaku (afroindustrial).

8:00 PM at Jules Mae Saloon - Event Page

August 25 - Metal Mother / enereph / Terror Apart / Alien Angel

Los Angeles based Metal Mother (electro pop), enereph (electronic bedroom pop), Portland based Terror Apart (death industrial), Los Angeles Alien Angel (electronic) along with visuals by Arabella Bautista.

8:00 PM at Chapel Peformance Space - Event Page

August 26 - Lagoss / Starving Weirdos / This World is Unreal Like a Snake in a Rope (Sublime Frequencies)

Tenerife based Lagoss (electronic) will play along with Starving Weirdos (experimental) from Humboldt County, Califorina . 2011 film This World is Unreal Like a Snake in a Rope will be screened along with Robert Millis playing rare Indian 78rpm shellac discs.

7:30 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

August 13 - NUDECONSUMER / Takeshita / CZMB / Tax Evader

NUDECONSUMER (harsh noise wall) will play along with Takeshita (harsh noise), CZMB [Control Zone Metaphorical Body] (harsh noise), and Tax Evader (grindcore).

7:00 PM at The Vera Project - Event Page

August 13 - Miccatepuztli / sonora enjambre

A night of converging music between Brooklyn and Seattle featuring Miccatepuztli (dark drone):

1. Metal del difunto
2. The soundscape duo of m and k specializing in 9v improvised requiems

Joining them will be sonora enjambre (ambient drone).

7:30 PM at Casa Del Xolo - Event Page

August 18 - horopter

Outside of a sparse August schedule for the Chapel comes a unique show featuring poetry from Ankober Yewondwossen, Niccolo Bechtler, Emma McVeigh, and Eric M Acosta. Producing accompanying sounds will be Portland based Ceremonial Abyss.

8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

August 19 - ⚡Overdose the Katatonic / Jasper Zeus / Bottle Meat ⚡

Overdose the Katatonic (power electronics), will play along with Jasper Zeus (textural beats), and Bottle Meat (experimental) and possible one more. Address can be found on the event link.

8:00 PM at SODO zone - Event Page

Just a video today from Hell Baby (loud, fast, in your face punk) featuring Lolli Morlock (formerly Mommy Long Legs). I hear TikTokers like it. They’ve put out so far three releases:

• 2022 - All Babies Go To Hell
• 2023 - Sour (single)
• 2023 - Burnt

Hell Baby is a brand new band out of Seattle consisting of seasoned veterans of the local scene: Lolli (of Mommy Long Legs, Tummy), Sylva (of The Carols, Plexi), Sidney (of Sleepover Club, Miscomings), and Speen (of Scorn Dog, Titanic 2). - Youth Riot Records

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August 8 - Art Gray Noizz Quintet / Quid Quo / DJ The Dim Locator

On tour from New York City is Art Gray Noizz Quintet (noise rock) along with Quid Quo (post-punk) along with DJ The Dim Locator.

8:30 PM at Clock-Out Lounge - Event Page

August 10 - Wolf Eyes / FINE / RN White

Wolf Eyes (experimental electronic) will play along with FINE (post-punk synth), and RN White (experimental).

7:00 PM at Vera Project - Event Page

August 11 - Sounding: to rearrange stones in a stream

Visiting from Olympia is percussionist Mark E Kaylor along with John Teske (double bass) and Noel Kennon (violist)

8:00 PM at Good Shepherd Center - Event Page

August 11 - Zookraught / Black Ends / Rat Queen / Velvet Q

Zookraught (dance punk) will play along with Black Ends (gunk pop), Rat Queen (pop punk), and Velvet Q (punk).

7:30 PM at Tractor Tavern - Event Page

I typed out this post half on my computer and half on my phone, so every character feels rather purposeful.

July 30 - 👽 - r33k - reVErse.NUrSe - Scarlet Death - CEO’s Incorporated - Dead Iverson

Generator show happening with 👽(Alien Emoji) (noise) will perform, along with r33k (freak improv noise), reVErse.NUrSe (experimental), Scarlet Death (psych violin noise), CEO’s Incorporated (noise), and Dead Iverson (harsh noise wall). Note, there is also a unrelated generator show also happening at the opposite end of the bridge.

8:00 PM at Under 1st Ave Bridge Event Page

July 31 - Ladders / Eyecandy / Swamp Wife / VVilfred

On tour from Santa Cruz is Ladders (experimental post-punk) and Eyecandy (noise pop), along with local support from Swamp Wife (punk), and VVilfred (death metal).

7:00 PM at Casa del Xolo - Event Page

August 4 - Sounding : Eternities

Eternities from New York City is stopping by, a sonic experimental duo of Katie Porter and Bob Bellerue. Joining them will be Peopling (noise), along with improvisers Arrington de Dionyso et Noel Kennon along with Stephanie Wood (improvised gong) and David Nicholson (solo horn and woodwind).

8:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

August 5 - Izthmi / Ragana / Drowse / To End It All

Izthmi (progressive black metal), Ragana (blackened doom) from Oakland, Drowse (black metal krautrock), and To End It All (death industrial doom).

7:00 PM at Belltown Yacht Club - Event Page

July 25 - Serpentent / Headstone Brigade / Cradle of Judah / Morher

An evening of dark folk with Serpentent (doom neofolk), Headstone Brigade (depressing polka), Cradle of Judah (apocalyptic folk), and Morher (dark ambient noise).

8:00 PM at The Central Saloon - Event Page

July 27 - Mizmor / Usnea / Witch Ripper / Undulation

Portland based bands Mizmor (black doom metal) and Usnea (funeral doom) will play along with Seattle bands Witch Ripper (stoner sludge metal), and Undulation (avant-garde black metal).

7:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

July 27 - Golden Feelings / EKG / Danbala’s Horse / UAP

On tour from Ypsilanti, Michigan is Golden Feelings (dark ambient drone), along with EKG (experimental), Danbala’s Horse (rhythmic noise wall) and UAP (noise ambient aliens).

8:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

July 28 - Xoth / Nordus / Sam Cobra

Sci-fi power metal band Xoth will play along with Nordus (grunge heavy metal), and Sam Cobra (psychedelic rock).

8:00 PM at High Dive - Event Page

I for the longest time never quite understood the appeal of this band. Just seeing them in person a few times does not exactly allow one an easy understanding into a band who have played together in one shape or another in Seattle since 1998. The right entry point is essential, so starting with their live improvised recordings seems logical (Sonarchy Radio 2011-06-27 and Sonarchy Radio 2013-09-23, as well as KEXP 2019-01-17). A quote from Lori Goldston comes to mind:

“I’ve just been in Seattle a long time, so I like noisy, distorted, growly, psychedelic, amplified kind of metally, amplified music. I just it’s in the water here, and then it’s certainly has gotten in my playing,”

Kinski of course has that same multi-dimenstional complex improvised pull, a rather ellusive sensation to describe. But it is not impossible to understand, just from the onset not obvious. Perhaps “Kinski face melt” from a 2011 recording at The Comet sums it up best.

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Releases include

• 1999 - Space Launch for Frenchie
• 2001 - Be Gentle With the Warm Turtle
• 2002 - Semaphore
• 2003 - Airs Above Your Station
• 2004 - Don’t Climb On and Take The Holy Water
• 2005 - Alpine Static
• 2006 - I Didn’t Mean To Interrupt Your Beautiful Moment
• 2007 - Down Below It​’​s Chaos
• 2010 - A Clear Day and No Memories
• 2013 - Cosy Moments
• 2015 - 7 (or 8)
• 2018 - Accustomed to Your Face

July 16 - Cult Graves / Rainbow Coalition Death Cult / Cockring / All Beat Up

On tour from San Jose is Cult Graves (grind death metal), Rainbow Coalition Death Cult (hardcore punk), Cockring (thrash hardcore) from Sacramento, and All Beat Up (hardcore punk) from San Diego.

7:00 PM at Vera Project - Event Page

July 20 - CSTMR / Half Bird / Social Stomach

Coming up from Portland to celebrate the tour kick-off for CSTMR (explosive noise rock) will be Half Bird (improvised punk) and Social Stomach (experimental nuclear pop).

8:00 PM at The Shanghai Room - Event Page

July 21 - Waiting in the Willows / Choly / Rare Boars

Waiting In The Willows (punk) will play along with Choly (post-grunge) and Rare Boars (pop punk).

7:00 PM at Jules Mae - Event Page

July 22 - Courtney Doorhinge / Enormous Face / Contact Mike / sophia nothing / Glad We’re Together

On tour from Tucson, is Courtney Doorhinge (performance art), along with Enormous Face (noise puppets), Contact Mike (noise), sophia nothing (performance art) from Olympia and Glad We’re Together (experimental weirdo).

7:30 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Lots of weird stuff on the horizon this week. I’m a touch behind on what’s coming up as this post is getting out later than I would like, just have been busy with work stuff. All of it should clear up by the end of the week.

July 11 - the Three-Brained Robot / the XwetH / Klonoa Grace / Fantasy Dumpster Circus

Making the journey from New Orleans will be the Three-Brained Robot (ritualistic mating Dances, improv stand-up, performance art, broken pop music), Portland based the XwetH (dark electronic weirdness), Klonoa Grace (industrial pop), and Fantasy Dumpster Circus (puppets… and sounds? - a small universe of imaginal beings).

7:30 PM at Casa del Xolo - Event Page

July 12 - Silica Gel / Jr. Mint Prince / August / Ornament & Crime

Silica Gel (avant-folk), Jr. Mint Prince (noise), August (ambient freak folk), and Ornament & Crime (concussion noise).

8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

July 13 - Give Me The Money / So Pitted / Lonelygirl15 / Queen Chimera / DJ P Dubs

EP release show for Give Me The Money (money core), Lonelygirl15 (hip hop), Queen Chimera (riotgrrl queercore), and So Pitted (numetal), along with DJ P Dubs.

7:00 PM at Basecamp Studios (Belltown) - Event Page

July 15 - Headboggle / Malocculsion / r33k / the Late Unpleasantness

On tour from San Francisco, Derek Gedalecia’s long running project Headboggle (experimental electronic noise synth) will play along with Oakland based Malocculsion (industrial noise), along with r33k (freak improv noise) and the Late Unpleasantness (noise).

8:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

I first saw the new metal band Undulation (blackened melodic death metal) on Monday, June 5 2023 at Belltown Yacht Club. I hadn’t taken much time to listen to the them but I was blown away by the performance. Shortly after they releaed An Unhealthy Interest in Suffering and recorded is just as good as they are live, especially the vocalist. Members for this Seattle based band include The Executioner (vocals, also performs under Ex-Florist, formerly Guayaba), Dylan ‘Dahlia’ Berry (guitar), Nelson Payne (guitar), Zach Purtell (drums, also plays in Rainbow Coalition Death Cult and Seth Death (bass). It’s a pleasant surprise to stumble into a new project rather accidentally.