Seattle Noise

Shout out to Bad Bar for hosting three of the recommended shows this week.

Modular Nights

Featuring Davnak (electronic), Leave Trace (electronic), NiGHTofAL (electronic darkwave), 480billion (experimental trashtronica), Danbala’s Horse (rhythmic noise & harsh techno) and Glace Places (electronic). Visuals by Commodore Crush

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

Age of Fiction / Power Skeleton / KLED

Age of Fiction (experimental art rock) will play along with Power Skeleton (experimental rock band), and KLED (experimental rock).

Sunday, February 11, 7:00 PM at Lucky Liquor - Event Page

Dicqbeats / 9-5 Hyperfuck / Bottle Meat / Cocaine Mitch

Visiting from Washington, DC is Dicqbeats (aggro industrial experimentl breakcore). They will be joined by 9-5 Hyperfuck (digital hardcore), Bottle Meat (experimental harsh noise), and Cocaine Mitch.

Monday, February 12, 7:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

Till the Teeth / Aaron Michael Butler / Corpse Pose / Changing Bodies

A special Valentine’s Day show featuring Till the Teeth (experimental noise rock), Aaron Michael Butler (experimental), Corpse Pose (ambient guitar drone), and Changing Bodies (experimental synth movement). DJ sonora enjambre will spin between sets and Colorbard will provide visuals.

Wednesday, February 14, 8:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

Inversa Spruce / NUDECONSUMER / Lured / Baphomet Sex

Another night of noise featuring Inversa Spruce (experimental noise), NUDECONSUMER (harsh noise wall), Lured (bimboviolence electronics), and Baphomet Sex (noise power electronics).

Thursday, February 15, 8:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

sonora enjambre / AVOLA / Kole Galbraith + Casey Adams / Raica

Makeup show because Portland took the brunt of the snow storm. Featuring sonora enjambre (ambient drone noise), AVOLA (experimental electronic), noise rivals Kole Galbraith and Casey Adams presenting a joint set, and Raica (electronic ambient).

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

Till the Teeth / Meadowgoat / Aaron Michael Butler & Peter Tracy

Till the Teeth (experimental noise rock) will play along with Meadowgoat (dungeon noise), and Aaron Michael Butler + Peter Tracy (experimental).

Sunday, February 4, 6:00 PM at Casa Del Xolo - Event Page

Globe Discount Center / Splasteen / Tear the Skin / Where the Light Goes

Globe Discount Center (experimental found sound), Spasteen (live modular noise), Tear the Skin (industrial screamo), and Where the Light Goes (Tuesday Oasis crew home-made noise-box ensemble)

Sunday, February 4, 8:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

A.F. Jones / Skunkcave / Water Shrews

Experimental musician A.F. Jones will play along with Skunkcave (Skunk Ape + Eniks Cave), and Water Shrews (experimental freak folk).

Monday, February 5, 7:30 PM at Casa Del Xolo - Event Page

somesurprises / Shitty Person / Patrick Toney

EP release show for Shitty Person (alternative shoegaze). They will be joined by somesurprises (dreamy karutrock) and Patrick Toney.

Thursday, February 8, 8:30 PM at Clock-Out Lounge - Event Page

Tuvan Shaman Chingiz Kam and Arrington de Dionyso

Returning again to Seattle as part of their US tour will be will be Tuvan Shaman Chingiz Kam (throat singing), along with Arrington de Dionyso.

Friday, February 9, 8:00 PM at Teatro de la Psychomachia - Event Page

Interlucid / Ionic / Kim Blythe

Interlucid (atmospheric synth) will play along with Ionic (electronic), and Kim Blythe (industrial).

Friday, February 9, 8:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

Jim E. Brown / Hate Knife Thee Effluvium

Cruising in town for a short PNW run of shows comes Jim E. Brown (all the way from the UK). He will be joined by Hate Knife and Thee Effluvium. This show will be at a house venue, I suggest sending a DM to one of the performers who are playing.

Sunday, January 28, 6:00 PM at House Venue - Event Page

sonora enjambre / Marcelle

A benefit show for Gaza featuring sonora enjambre (ambient drone noise), and Marcelle (dark ambient).

Sunday, January 28, 8:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Chris Corsano / Hound Dog Taylor’s Hand / Jones/Galbraith/Adams

Coming back again for the second date in Seattle on tour is Chris Corsano (percussion). Joining them will be Hound Dog Taylor’s Hand (purveyors of the avant-primitive), and an experimental trio of A.F. Jones, Kole Galbraith, and Casey Adams.

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

Escuela Grind / Take Offense / Bonginator / Cult Sickness / Spurr

Visiting from Salem, Massachusetts, is Escuela Grind (grindcore). Joining them will be Take Offense (punk thrash) from Chula Vista, California, Bonginator (neon weed death) from Massachusetts, along with local support from Cult Sickness (hardcore), and Spurr (death grind).

Thursday, February 1, 7:00 PM at The Vera Project - Event Page

HEAT.wav (A Night of Chiptune, Hardware, and Dance Music)

Presented by Pacific Noise Works will feature Faux Macro, Danbala’s Horse (rhythmic noise & harsh techno), woebgone (unquantifiable sounds) and Petriform (NES x Vocoder Pinback Eclecticism) from San Jose, California. Visuals by Glitch_Wolfe and art by Dovahcaine.

Friday, February 2, 7:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

Fight Night (noise)

$$$ (members of CSTMR and Give Me The Money), Aquatic Bee vs 9-5 Hyperfuck, and Changing Bodies vs Skunk Ape. All noise.

Friday, February 2, 8:00 PM at Drongo HQ - Event Page

Drakul / Alumocculta / Vaulderie / Peste Umbrarum

Drakul (black metal) will play along with Alumocculta (atmospheric black metal) from Portland, Vaulderie (vampiric blackened thrash metal), and Peste Umbrarum (atmospheric black metal) from Portland.

Saturday, February 3, 7:00 PM at The Central Saloon - Event Page

Warming up the hype machine this week I find myself caught between the noise and the more psychedelic / experimental.

Bottle Meat / NUDECONSUMER / Takeshita / Adam Levitt

Bottle Meat (experimental harsh noise) will play along with NUDECONSUMER (harsh noise wall), Takeshita (harsh noise), and Adam Levitt (improvised noise).

Tuesday, January 23, 8:00 PM at Mudlark Oddities - Event Page

Public Pool / Intrinsic / Levi Pickett

Public Pool (indie pop) will play along with Intrinsic, and Levi Pickett (psychedelic).

Thursday, January 25, 8:00 PM at Blue Moon Tavern - Event Page

CSTMR x Coyote Teeth / Leather Jester / KōAN-DIN / EKG

Battle between long time noise rivals CSTMR and Coyote Teeth. Joining them from Portland will be Leather Jester (experimental), KōAN-DIN (controlled loud meditative explorations in feedback), and EKG (experimental party noise)

Friday, January 26, 8:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

Transient / Everything Oscillating / Contraband Countryband

Local prog heavyweights Everything Oscillating released their first album recently and will be playing a show along with Transient (experimental) from San Francisco, and Contraband Countryband (experimental country).

Friday, January 26, 7:00 PM at Lucky Liquor - Event Page

A Flawed Contraption

A Flawed Contraption (Greg Campbell, percussion, and Jesse Canterbury, clarinets) is the duo incarnation of a pair of musicians who have worked together for years in other situations. They share an affinity for careful and responsive listening and an appreciation of space in improvisation. The sonorities employed — percussion, vibes, clarinets — are particularly well-suited to the large and warm space of the Chapel. For this performance, they’ll present a mixture of improvisations and loosely structured compositions.

Saturday, January 27, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

The Seattle deep freeze is here, but there’s noise and experimental music to warm your ears. There’s several more shows I didn’t include on the calendar.

Modular Nights

The monthly free show and live stream. Featuring: - Synthiak, Balance Spring, DARK SPARKLER, SoundSweepsBy, Sean Hølt, and 4Dimensional Nightmare

Sunday, January 12, 5:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

Chris Corsano / Kelsey Mines / Casey Adams

Solo percussion performance from Chris Corsano, along with solo performances from Kelsey Mines, and Casey Adams. There will be another performance from Chris Corsano later on at the Chapel on January 29.

Tuesday, January 16, 8:00 PM at Casa del Xolo - Event Page

9-5 Hyperfuck / Myaku / Astral Jukebox / Cuvier

9-5 Hyperfuck (digital hardcore) will play along with Myaku (afroindustrial), Astral Jukebox (experimental psychedelic), and Cuvier (post-grunge)

Thursday, January 18, 7:00 PM at Shanghai Room - Event Page

Filth Is Eternal / Zookraught / Flesh Produce / Stumpgrinder

Big line-up featuring Filth Is Eternal (grunge punk), Zookraught (dance punk), Flesh Produce (digital hip hop), and Stumpgrinder (noise collab between RN White + r33k + Ornament & Crime)

Friday, January 19, 8:30 PM at Clock-Out Lounge - Event Page

Illusion of Safety / Daniel Menche / A.F. Jones

A night of improvised music featuring A.F. Jones (lap steel guiter + electronics), along with Daniel Menche (experimental noise), and Illusion of Safety (post-industrial dark ambient noise)

Saturday, January 20, 8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Tuvan Shaman Chingiz Kam with Arrington de Dionyso

On tour of the US will be Tuvan Shaman Chingiz Kam (throat singing), along with Arrington de Dionyso.

Wednesday, January 10, 7:00 PM at Rabbit Box Theater - Event Page

Butler + Tracy / Carraher / Nagaraj

An evening of experimental music featuring Peter Tracy and Aaron Michael Butler “bowed cimbal / cello things”, along with Ryan Carraher (guitar), and Sandesh Nagaraj (experimental improvisational noise).

Wednesday, January 10, 8:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

AVOLA / Kole Galbraith + Morher / Raica / SRS DRMZ

A night of electronic focused music featuring AVOLA (experimental electronic), duo of Kole Galbraith and Morher (noise), along with Raica. It will also be the debut of SRS DRMZ, a new project by Natasha El-Sergany (somesurprises). //edit note: this show ended up getting cancelled//

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

Eating / RN White / 👽 / Parabola / Unborn Hacker

Experimental Eating (duo of Max Nordile and Ange Duvall) from Olympia will play along with RN White (harsh noise wall), 👽 (alien emoji) (noise), and Parabola (noise duo of Kole Galbraith and Adam Levitt). DJ Unborn Hacker will be spinning in between sets.

Friday, January 12, 8:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

Power Strip / somesurprises / Welp Disney / Skunk Ape

Power Strip (ambient) will play along with somesurprises (dreamy krautrock), Welp Disney (experimental electronic), and Skunk Ape (experimental noise)

Friday, January 12, 7:00 PM at Black Lodge - Event Page

unpoetry @ Bulldog News

Part of the ongoing series of poetry and experimental/improv music curated by Eric Acosta Featuring: Casey Adams, Martha Ryan, Victoria Tatianna, Coe Colette, Kyndra Lee, Amanda Baker, and Darryl Foto. Eric also has a monthly newsletter to subscribe for future updates.

Saturday, January 13, 7:00 PM at Bulldog News - Event Page

It’s hard to be surprised by music but it happens every now and then. My friend (superfan Adam Fuzz) had American Gothic from Denver based band Wayfarer listed as one of his top metal albums of 2023. I took a listen and have been hooked. I thought to myself, this sounds like “spaghetti western black metal” and typed this into my search engine of truth, just to see if anyone were making those sort of musical association connection as I was. Only to discover an album titled exactly Spaghetti Western Black Metal - Duelist (Butte, Montana). Watching their music video, it’s hard not to be reminded of There Will Be Blood.

The new year is here, a little slow on the noise, but there’s plenty of other interesting shows happening.

Degraved / Adipocere / Skelm / Killcam / Puritan

Another show at the Pizza Twist. Featuring Degraved (death doom metal), Adipocere (hardcore death metal), Skelm (deathcore), Killcam (gamer violence), and Puritan (hardcore).

Monday, January 1, 6:30 PM at Pizza Twist - Event Page

Christopher Icasiano / Abbey Blackwell / Lillian Minke Tahar

A night of experimental music to start the year off featuring Christopher Icasiano (percussion), Abbey Blackwell (bass), and Lillian Minke Tahar (multi-instrumentalist)

Wednesday, January 3, 7:00 PM at Rabbit Box Theatre - Event Page

Dross Twin / Lost In The Sound / Glass Noose

Dross Twin (alternative goth), along with Lost In The Sound (grunge), and Glass Noose (art rock).

Thursday, January 4, 7:00 PM at Chop Suey - Event Page

Lawyers / Broodzone / LAAMB / SUX

Lawyers will play along with Broodzone (doom sludge), LAAMB (grunge rock), and SUX (punk)

Friday, January 5, 7:00 PM at Blue Moon Tavern - Event Page

Ugly Bunch / End Times / MiSS PRINCE / Lie Ability

Ugly Bunch (hardcore punk) will play along with End Times (punk), MiSS PRINCE (punk), and Lie Ability (skate punk).

Saturday, January 6, 7:00 PM at Lucky Liquor - Event Page

The holidays continue into the new year. Not intentional to be so heavy on Lucky Liquor. Check the calendar for a few more.

Holiday Sedative: Erin Jorgensen

Improvised marimba and dreamy vocals.

Monday, December 25, 2:00 PM at 18th & Union - Event Page

The Raddigan Brothers Noise Experience / Dead Streets / Lie Ability

On tour from Poughkeepsie, New York is The Raddigan Brothers Noise Experience (hardcore ska-punk), along with Dead Streets (hardcore punk), and Lie Ability (skate punk).

Tuesday, December 26, 7:00 PM at Lucky Liquor - Event Page

Mr. Dinkles / Flesh Produce / Toxic Tears

Mr. Dinkles (punk) will play along with Flesh Produce (digital hip hop), and Toxic Tears (punk).

Friday, December 29, 7:00 PM at Lucky Liquor - Event Page

Loud Lust / Bassafras / Kid Leather

New industrial pop project from Seattle by Grace Hope (Goldfinch, exdreams, Apartment Lights) and Spoono Ghiefardi (Myaku), Loud Lust will perform along with Bassafras (punk), and Kid Leather (noise rock punk).

Saturday, December 30, 7:00 PM at Lucky Liquor - Event Page

The solstice is near. Always I feel it is a special time of year. As the darkest day of the year approaches, we are drawn together.

Velvet Q Release Show

A benefit for Casa Del Xolo / Lazy Cow Bakery featuring DJs and Velvet Q (punk)

Sunday, December 15, 7:00 PM at Casa Del Xolo - Event Page

Unity Garnish / Feast of the Epiphany / CSTMR / DJ Headwound

Unity Garnish (electronic) from Portland, along with Feast of the Epiphany (experimental) from New York City, along with CSMTR (explosive noise rock) and DJ Headwound

Tuesday, December 17, 7:00 PM at Black Lodge - Event Page

Solstice Fest Night 1: Kin of the Moon & Friends

Night One: Kin of the Moon and Friends. Heather Bentley (viola, cello), Kaley Lane Eaton (piano, voice), and Leanna Keith (flutes, voice) are joined by Seattle musical masterminds Raymond Larsen (trumpet) and Evan Woodle (drums) to thrum that light back into our daily rhythms.

Thursday, December 21, 8:59 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Gail Wolf / Ultra Hipsters / Jealous Yellow + Miles Fox / Robbo

Note this venue is a welding shop. Located at 7800 7th Ave S, Seattle WA 98108. Featuring Gail Wolf, Ultra Hipsters (noise by thebeach.comber and wyzecrackworld), Jealous Yellow + Miles Fox (punk) and Robbo.

Friday, December 22, 7:30 PM at Hazard Factory - Event Page

Solstice Fest Night 2: Light Is Returning

Six impro wizards herald the sun’s return:

Amy Denio, Bill Horist, Carol J Levin, Greg Campbell, Heather Bentley, James Falzone… on the instruments you know them to play, and others. Expect the unexpected – pairings & ensembles tbd.

Friday, December 22, 8:59 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

Spotlight on Femme: Liquid Letters / Hannah Rice & Sandesh Nagaraj / Quill / Changing Bodies

Liquid Letters (experimental winds, objects, vocals and electronics) from Olympia will play along with a movement and sound duet from Hannah Rice and Sandesh Nagaraj (experimental improvisational noise), along with Quill (experimental), and Changing Bodies (experimental synth movement).

Saturday, December 23, 7:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page