Seattle Noise

No post for last week or this week, I’ve just been too busy with other things at the moment.

March 29 - Jessica Lurie, Marina Albero, Marina Christopher, Sheridan Riley & special guests.

A night of jazz featuring Jessica Lurie (flute/saxophone), Marina Albero (piano), Marina Christopher (bass), Sheridan Riley (drums) and special guests.

9:30 PM at Sea Monster Lounge - Event Page

March 30 - a M b I e N t _ M 3 M 3 5 showcase

Closing out at one of the last shows at Lo-Fi will be Josh Medina (experimental drone), Pearl Grays (warm ambient drone), sonora enjambre (ambient drone), and Coyote Teeth (experimental doom drone noise).

7:00 PM at The Lo-Fi Peformance Gallery - Event Page

March 31 - Automelodi / Profit Prison with DJ sets

Montreal based Automelodi (minimal synthpop) will join Profit Prison (dark ambient post-punk) along with DJ sets by Sharlese, Lord Phatrick and DJ SH1-TR.

9:00 PM at Clock-Out Lounge - Event Page

Every day this week has something experimental going on, not even including Seagaze Festival at Lofi.

March 20 - Kate Olson + Rocky Martin / FORAGER

Kate Olson (saxaphone) will join Rocky Martin (drums) to “stretch the boundaries of the traditional roles of instruments within a duo setting.” Rocky Martin FORAGER will follow with Martin Budde (guitar), Julian Weisman (bass), and Jackson Cotugno (tenor saxophone).

7:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

March 22 - improvised music and dance

Two groupings of sound and dance: Tariq Mitri (dance) + Michael Hilger (dance) + Abbey Rae Blackwell (bass) and Macie Stewart (violin) + Alyza Del Pan-Monley (dance) + Lia Kohl (cellist).

7:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

March 23 - August / sonora enjambre / Mind Mirage / Balcony View

August (ambient freak folk) will join Balcony View (improvised noise / drone), along with Oakland based Mind Mirage (ambient dark wave) and sonora enjambre (ambient drone).

8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

March 24 - CSTMR / Vardaman Ensemble / Style King of the Week

Explosive (controlled) noise rock band CSTMR will play along with Portland based Vardaman Ensemble(experimental jazz), and Style King of the Week (drums + analog synth + cassettes).

8:00 PM at Blue Moon Tavern - Event Page

March 25 - liminal bliss

Blessed Blood (experimental looping drone) will play along with brilligh, sonora enjambre, Los Angeles based white boy scream (experimental doom drone) and Los Angeles based morher (dark ambient).

8:00 PM at Teatro de la Psychomachia - Event Page

There are three shows on Saturday night you might have a hard time deciding which one to attend. Also check out a recently launched email newsletter from Geist and the Sacred Ensemble for more related updates and events from long-standing Seattle band.

March 16 - Forrest Friends / Sophie Gross / Peopling / Time Addict

A night of strange and weird noise performances from Forrest Friends (experimental weirdo noise folk), Sophie Gross (trash fairy), Peopling (noise), and Time Addiction (Olympia)

8:00 PM at Shanghai Room - Event Page

March 18 - Penultimate Peril II: Not a Rock Show

A night of dance, noise, puppet theater and experimental music at the Hiawatha Art Lofts in the Central District. Lineup includes: Woody Flowers (lute + dance), Quill, Kate Skye Paisley (dance), Alisa, Adam Levitt (improvised noise), Fantasy Dumpster Circus (puppets), Erica Badgeley, and Dogcrush (experimental asmr punk).

6:30 PM (7:30 PM sharp start) at Hiawatha Art Lofts - Event Page

March 18 - Broken Crow / Ornament & Crime / RN White / DJ Abacus Finch

First show for concussion noise Oranament & Crime (Casey Adams), along with Portland based Broken Crow (improv duo of Caspar Sonnet and Joel Nelson), RN White (primordial noise wall), and DJ Abacus Finch (rEEk).

8:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

March 18 - Kieran Daly + A.F. Jones

Chicago based Kieran Daly will play guitar based on “idiomatic forms of bending, buzzing, honking, stepping, tuning, and their improvised ordering in time.” A.F. Jones will perform an improvised solo set using guitar, lap steel, or pedal steel.

8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

March 9 - Moraine / Everything Oscillating / Ffej

Moraine (progressive rock) will play along with relatively new psychedelic three piece Everything Oscillating (members from Moon Letters and Wah Wah Exit Wound) and Ffej (experimental electronic pop).

9:00 PM at Blue Moon Tavern - Event Page

March 10 - Pent Up! / Kitty Junk / I-90 Fiasco

Pent Up! (alternative rock) will join the exponentially energetic Kitty Junk (glam junk rock) and I-90 Fiasco (surf punk).

8:00 PM at Skylark Cafe - Event Page

March 11 - Forrest Friends / Steve Fisk & Lori Goldston / S. Glass (SFO) / Lara/Abyss (LA/PDX)

Lori Goldson (cello) and Steve Fisk (experimental) will play together along with Forrest Friends (experimental weirdo noise folk). S. Glass (experimental) from San Francisco and Lara/Abyss (sentimental acid) from Los Angeles / Portland.

8:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

March 1 - Human Issue Music Collective / City of Industry / Nurser

Post-punk San Diego based Human Issue Music Collective will join Seattle bands Nurser (crust death metal) and City of Industry (hardcore powerviolence)

8:00 PM at Belltown Yacht Club - Event Page

March 2 - Subvector Colloquy

Local improvisers will play “a medley of metal pipes assembled to conjure an evening of previously unimagined incantations and spells.” Performers will include Tom Baker (pedalboard), Leanna Keith (flute), Keith Eisenbrey (speculationist), and Jim Knodle (trumpet).

8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

March 3 - MYAKU / Mantle Collapse / King Naj

Afroindustrial band MYAKU will play along with Mantle Collapse (sludge metal) and King Naj (hiphop).

8:00 PM at Lucky Liquor - Event Page

March 3 - CSTMR + Bill Horist / Body Shame / Peopling / Archival Image

Local noise rock band CSTMR will join forces with local weirdo Bill Horist with Portland based Body Shame (industrial noise rock). Peopling (noise) and Archival Image (industrial noise pop).

8:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

March 4 - Rope / Dust Mice / Free Tampons / Snakebite Kiss

Album release show for Rope (heavy metal), joined by Dust Mice (post-punk garage rock), Free Tampons (hardcore riot grrl), and Snakebite Kiss (metal d-beat).

7:00 PM at Lucky Liquor - Event Page

There are a number of good shows coming up this week. Friday and Saturday may prove especially difficult to decide on what to attend.

February 20 - Walter Frosch / Evictions / Vance Latta / Ghost Fetish / Fight Milk

Synth wave pop Walter Frosch (Mike Saxer and Rune Dahl Hansen) from Switzerland will play along with Evictions (post-punk synthpop), Vance Latta (synthpop), Ghost Fetish (synthwave), and Fight Milk (Jackson from Fabulous Downey Brothers) (synth).

7:00 PM at The Central Saloon - Event Page

February 21 - Simone Baron & Marina Albero

Composer pianist accordian artist Simone Baron will play a night “fresh new music inspired by moss and somatic empathy” along with Marina Albero Music presented was developed as part of Simone’s residence at the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island.

8:00 PM at The Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

February 22 - Velvet Q / Rainbow Coalition Death Cult / Mold Mom

Velvet Q (avant-garde art-punk)will play with Rainbow Coalition Death Cult (hardcore punk), and Mold Mom (queercore ppunk).

7:00 PM at The Cherry Pit - Event Page

February 24 - Sam Cobra / Glass Beaches / Vews and the Vibes / Sabrina Pirzada

Seattle based Sam Cobra (psychedlic rock band) led by vocalist Stephanie Ward will play along with Glass Beaches (blues folk), Vews and the Vibes (pop), and Sabrina Pirzada (sad fairy music).

7:00 PM at The Central Saloon - Event Page

February 24 - Kinski / Chris Forsyth / Diminished Men

Long time Seattle band Kinski (alternative), will play with Chris Forsyth (experimental psychedelic rock), and noir deviant surf Diminished Men.

8:00 PM at Sunset Tavern - Event Page

February 25 - RN White / CBSM (PDX) / Scuzz Nun / Sophie Gross (Oly)

RN White (experimental) will play with duo CBSM Cody Brant / Shane Mcdonell (experimental noise) from Portland, along with Scuzz Nun (gendervoid omnichordist doom noise) and Olympia based Sophie Gross (trash fairy). Get weird.

8:00 PM at Under Pioneer Square - Event Page

February 25 - Ground Hum

An afternoon and evening of deep listening at a coverted industrial space (address TBA) in Ballard. Installation art by Gia Valente and Kate Van Ness. Dance performance by Maia Melene Durfee. Music performances from: Strategy, Lori Goldston, Patricia Wolf,enereph, tondiue, IVVY & Pascal, Selene, Hans Anderson, and ‘nohup’.

12:00 PM - Ballard - Event Page

We are blessed in Seattle to have nights where choosing between multiple excellent shows can be difficult. As always, check out the calendar for more.

February 15 - Oort Smog / Bad Luck

Duo Bad Luck (Chris Icasiano (percussion) and Neil Welch (saxaphone)), along with Sheridan Riley (percussion) will join Los Angeles based Oort Smog (Mark Kimbrell and Patrick Shiroishi) for a night of improvisational experimental jazz.

8:00 PM at the Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

February 17 - Felsenmirror / Izthmi / To End It All

Izthmi (black metal doom) will play one of the final shows at Bar House, along with Portland based Felsenmirror (black metal doom) and To End It All (dark ambient doom). Vanessa Skantze will perform butoh as well.

7:00 PM (sharp start) at Bar House - Event Page

February 17 - The Cumbieros / Terror/Cactus

Seattle based, but South America influenced cumbia band The Cumbieros will play with Terror/Cactus electronic psychedelic cumbia.

8:00 PM at the High Dive - Event Page

February 18 - Obscure & Terrible Showcase

Olympia-based Domenica Diavoleria will play experiemental ambient synth. Empire State Observatories (Sean Curley) will play ambient experimental guitar/keyboard, along with Kole Galbraith (harsh noise drone) and duo Medina/Walsh (Josh Medina and Paurl Walsh) will present experimental electronic drone.

8:00 PM at the Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

February 18 - Arrington De Dionyso, Ben Bennett, Noel Kennon / Eric Lanzillota

On brighter note during these cold winter days, Olympia based sacred mushroom musician Arrington De Dionyso will join with long time collaborator improviser Ben Bennett and Noel Kennon for a trio performance of improvised sound. Eric Lanzillota will present low end synth drone.

8:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Another week of picks for noise and experimental music in Seattle. Be sure to check the calendar for other shows not listed below.

February 7 - Odachi / anMech / Rat Rot

Odachi (sludge doom metal) will play along with anMech (nintendocore metal) and Rat Rot (experimental punk).

8:00 PM at The Central Saloon - Event Page

February 8 - Seattle Jazz Wednesday: Marina Albero

Highly acclaimed pianist Marina Albero will play at Vermillion for the weekly Seattle Jazz Fellowship series. She will be joined by Kelsey Mines (bass), Hannah Mowry (trumpet), Jessica Lurie (saxaphone) and D’Vonne Lewis (drums).

7:30 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

February 9 - Screen Frogs / Dead Energy / Coastal Cleanup

Described as a love letter to their favorite kraut and psych bands, Screen Frogs will “take you on a journey through the muck and slime that is the existential nonsense of humanity.” They will be joined by Dead Energy (psychedelic garage), and Coastal Cleanup (surf shoegaze).

8:00 PM at Conor Byrne Pub - Event Page

February 10 - Texture & Tone

Aaron Michael Butler (percussion) will present loud dense cathartic sounds. Balcony View (James Chancellor ‘Chance’ Bridges) will perform improvised noise/doom with various noise makers. Corpse Pose (Stephan Blount) will play ambient guitar drone and Meadowgoat will play dungeon harsh noise.

8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

February 11 - Jim E. Brown / Thee Effluvium / Unborn Hacker / Coyote Teeth / Glad We’re Together

Jim E. Brown from the UK will play synthpunk. Thee Effluvium will play experimental noise, joined also by Coyote Teeth and Glad We’re Together. Unborn Hacker will youtube dj. It will be weird.

7:00 PM (approximately) in Beacon Hill Event Page

February 12 - Modular Nights: t4mber re4ll / Noisepoetnobody / Carbon in Prose / Casual Decay / Trachea / __l_a__l_u_z__

Every second Sunday at Substation, Modular Nights presents a free showcase of modular synth artists. Lineup will be t4mber rec4ll, Noisepoetnobody, Carbon in Prose, Casual Decay, Trachea, and __l_a__l_u_z__. Visuals by Camille Nibungco

5:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

My picks for this week in Seattle shows.

February 1 - Blood Handsome / Shanghai Beach / Licorice Chamber / Neuroprison

A night of solo dark synth music. Blood Handsome (LA) is a dark synth project by Gerren Reach. Shanghai Beach (NYC) is a Brooklyn based project from Steven Salazar performing dark synth. Licorice Chamber (Seattle) is a solo project of Layla Reyna (vocalist for Strap On Halo (2008-2021)). Rounding out the evening is Neuroprison (Seattle) and Vox Sinistra will also present a DJ set.

7:00 PM at The Central Tavern - Event Page

February 3 - CSTMR / Flesh Produce / Florida Man / Bitchflexx

Catch a show at the Kraken before it closes at the U-District location. CSTMR, a thrashy chaotic improvisational two piece band plays along with Flesh Produce, crashing improvised electronic noise, Florida Man, post-violence 3-piece, and Bitchflexx metal hardercore.

8:00 PM at The Kraken - Event Page

February 4 - The Quickening: An Imbolic Celebration

Duo Sataray and Vanessa Skantze will present dark liturgical ambient music along with the duo Helen Thorsen with Jackie An (violin). Scuzz Nun will present solo doom noise and visuals.

8:00 PM at Teatro de la Psychomachia - Event Page