Seattle Noise

Mason Lynass / Ian MacPhee

Mason Lynass (experimental electronic) and Ian MacPhee (experimental ambient).

Sunday, October 22, 8:00 PM at Woodland Theater - Event Page

Moraine / Spontaneous Rex

A night of local prog rock by Moraine (jazz prog rock fusion) and Spontaneous Rex (experimental jazz avant-rock band)

Wednesday, October 25, 7:30 PM at Royal Room - Event Page

Authentic Luxury / Bad Luck / Everything Oscillating

A night of legendary prog psychedelic jazz music to melt your face off. Featuring, Authentic Luxury (free jazz post-modern rock), Bad Luck (avant-garde free jazz), and Everything Oscillating (psych prog rock).

Thursday, October 26, 8:00 PM at Blue Moon Tavern - Event Page

Peopling (album release) / sonora enjambre / Arrington de Dionyso / CSTMR / Suncloud0

Emerging from Olympia with an album release will be Peopling, along with sonora enjambre, CSTMR (explosive noise rock), and Suncloud0 (noise experimental).

Thursday, October 26, 8:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

Changing Bodies / Aquatic Bee / skilasophia

Changing Bodies (experimental synth movement), Aquatic Bee (dark ambient noise), and skilasophia (experimental).

Friday, October 27, 7:30 PM at Casa Del Xolo - Event Page

Sh!tomato / Forrest Friends / Peopling / EKG / Coyote Teeth / Changing Bodies / DJ Goblin Joe

Way too much happening on the Saturday night before the actual Halloween but enough to get noise fans moving. Sh!tomato (harsh noise), Forrest Friends (freak folk), Peopling (noise), EKG (experimental electonic), Coyote Teeth (experimental drone noise), Changing Bodies (experimental synth movement) along with DJ Goblin Joe.

Saturday, October 28, 8:00 PM at Dracula’s Castle - Event Page

A touch busy from attending Norcal Noisefest, but still plenty of things happening this week.

Racer Sessions: Julio Lopez

Julio Lopez is a creative musician and music teacher living on Tohono O’odham land / Tucson, AZ. They are interested in sound as thought and thought as sound. Their work orients towards ideas around repertoire (cherished knowledge), ornaments, and emptiness, and sifts through “American” popular and folk musics from diasporic perspectives threading through them.

They also will be playing later on in the week with sonora enjambre at the Chapel Performance Space on Thursday, October 19.

Sunday, October 15, 7:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

🕋 Ironing / 🕋 Regosphere / 🕋 Fleetwood Snack / 🕋 SamanthaZero

Ironing (experimental noise) from Gainesville, Florida will play along with Regosphere (dark ambient death industrial), Fleetwood Snack (experimental noise), and SamanthaZero (electronic). Also including a dance piece from Changing Bodies.

Monday, October 16, 8:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

Oog Bogo / Axis Sova / Vintage Crop / Telehealth

A touch more on the experimental side is Oog Bogo from Los Angeles, Axis Sova (noise rock) from Chicago, Vintage Crop (rock) from Melbourne, and Telehealth (synth pop).

Wednesday, October 18, 8:00 PM at Billard Hoang - Event Page

Drongo Fest Friday and Saturday

A large bill over two days and three different venues in the U-District, too many bands to list.

Fri + Sat, October 20-21, 12:00 PM at Drongo HQ - Event Page

Give Me The Money / Flesh Produce / Rest Without Relaxation

It might be fall but the bridge shows are still happening. Give Me The Money (moneycore) will be performing along with Flesh Produce (digital hip hop), Rest Without Relaxation (emoviolence). And there will be a secret surprise band too.

Friday, October 20, 7:00 PM at Under 1st Avenue Bridge - Event Page

Sound of the Machine

A rather unique event in Georgetown in an old industrial setting, featuring performances from Demetrius Patin, Daughters of Cacophony, A Box in the Sea, DARK SPARKLER, RAICA, August V.M., Herr Shield, Malaise, Avola, Esteban Agosin, Bike Monday, Leeni, Lori Goldston + tondiue + Sue Ann Harkey, and Young Scientist

Saturday, October 21, 7:00 PM at Georgetown Steam Plant - Event Page

In other interesting news, I attended one of the unpoetry readings being put on twice a month and more by local noise bard Eric Acosta. There is a website and a mailing list and you should subscribe. Please do check the calendar on Friday and Saturday there are additional shows with noise music happening as well.

October 11 - Joseph Allred / Droneroom / Geist & the Sacred Ensemble (acoustic)

Visiting from Tennessee will be Joseph Allred (folk steel-string). A special acoustic set from Geist & the Sacred Ensemble (doom folk psychedelic) and Droneroom (drone cowboy).

7:00 PM at Drongo HQ - Event Page

October 12 - Blind Heresy / Mantle Collapse / Dead Sonics / KUMA

Coming up from Portland to play a new noise project will be KUMA, along with Mantle Collapse (sludge metal), Dead Sonics (loud racous metal punk), and Blind Heresy (tacoma punk)

7:00 PM at Lucky Liquor - Event Page

October 13 - 🤳 Overdose the Katatonic / 🤳 Bonsai Canoe / 🤳 Party Store / 🤳 Doug Sharp

Another generator show under the bridge featuring Overdose the Katatonic (power electronics), Bonsai Canoe (experimental sunshine doom), Party Store (experimental ambient), and Doug Sharp (weird synth).

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

October 14 - Myaku / Death Spa / Forrest Friends / 9-5 Hyperfuck / Scarlet Death

All local noise at the old Bartell Drugs on Third Avenue. Afroindustrial music by Myaku, Death Spa (death metal hardcore), Forrest Friends (freak folk), 9-5 Hyperfuck (digital hardcore), and Scarlet Death (psych violin noise).

6:00 PM at Nii Modo - Event Page

I hate to say it, but I think this is the first time so far where there isn’t any noise shows, but plenty of experimental space to indulge in.

October 1 - Racer Sessions: Evan Woodle

Percussion from Evan Woodle and open jam.

7:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

October 3 - HALLOWS / Dead Spells / Fotoform

HALLOWS (sadwave / nowave) from Los Angeles will play along with Dead Spells (darkwave), and Fotoform (dreamy post-punk).

7:00 PM at The Central Saloon - Event Page

October 4 - Diminished Men / No Existo / Corespondents

Resident deviant noir band Diminished Men will open for the vinyl release show for Corespondents (psyche rock). Joining them from Mexico will be No Existo (experimental krautrock).

7:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

October 7 - Ornamental / Dust Mice / Everything Oscillating / The Glutz

Ornamental (electronic kraufthouse) from Germany will play along with Dust Mice, Everything Oscillating (psych prog rock), and The Glutz (psych prog rock).

8:00 PM at Darrell’s Tavern - Event Page

September 26 - Kids on Fire / Middle Finger Drive / Miss Prince / Mutual Stoke

Kids on Fire (pop punk) will play along with Middle Finger Drive (punk rock), Miss Prince (punk rock sludge), and Mutual Stoke (hardcore punk).

7:00 PM at Lucky Liquor - Event Page

September 28 - Trigger / Disease / Impulse Noise

On tour from Germany is Trigger (grindcore powerviolence), Disease (grindcore), and Impulse Noise (grindcore).

8:00 PM at Jules Maes Saloon - Event Page

September 29 - Compactor / Sleeping With The Earth / Lye Feast / RN White

Visiting from New York City is Compactor (death industrial powerviolence), Sleeping With The Earth (death industrial noise) from Portland, Lye Fest (death industrial noise), and RN White (harsh noise wall).

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

September 30 - Overdose the Katatonic / Zebadiah Witch / Heck House / Lukas Dickson

Overdose the Katatonic (power electronics) will play along with Zebadiah Witch (shoegaze doom rap), Heck House (industrial), and Luka Dickson (from Bremerton).

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

On a sopping wet night on October 21, 2022, I went to a show at Bad Bar for the first time. The lineup was Fungal Abyss, Ben Von Wildenhaus, and Loose Wing. For whatever reason, my initial impression wasn’t much, but later on with the right lens and a second listen to their 2020 release Everything in Flower did it all start to come together. They describe themselves as “guitar noir litewave psychotica” and “easy listening for demons”, but it’s more on the psychedlic pop experimental end than the heavier psychedelic doom (thankfully). I like Drones, but the song Working on My Novel speaks to me as I have been working on a novel for far too long, in some shape or another.

Von Wildenhaus is from SEATTLE, WA. Billie Bloom, vocals. Ben von Wildenhaus, guitar, vocals. Caleb Thompson, acoustic guitar, vocals. Andru Creature, rhythm, contraption, Aaron Harmonson, bass, synth, recordings. Jon Sampson, saxophones, pianos. … Von Wildenhaus, hailing from the fog-drenched Pacific Northwest, is an apocalyptic avant-pop lounge act, a bizarro rock & roll band as comfortable working in American folk idioms as covering Klaus Nomi. Ben Von Wildenhaus leads a cast of shadowy conspirators in conjuring this darkly sonorous music, most notably, the spectral presence of singer Billie Bloom, who delivers ecstatic melodies with fearless and riveting devotion that have found admirers in The Quietus and Iggy Pop.

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Each week there are trade-offs, should I go to this show or that show? I' looking forward to the first Racer Sessions at Gallery 1412. Nothing is new about either the event or the venue, but the two compliment each other.

September 17 - Racer Sessions: Tom Baker / Kelsey Mines Duo

The return of the Racer Sessions will feature Tom Baker (guitar) and Kelsey Mines (double bass), along with a open jam.

7:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

September 18 - Field of Fear / Death Mask / Till the Teeth / Droneroom / XLV

Out by the railroad tracks and eco-blocks will be a generator show featuring Field of Fear (experimental power electronics) from the Bay Area / Oakland, along with Death Mask (experimental synth), Till the Teeth (experimental noise rock), Droneroom (experimental ambient drone), and XLV (harsh noise wall).

8:00 PM at Generator Show - Event Page

September 21 - Darsombra / Fungal Abyss / Authentic Luxury

On tour from Baltimore will be Darsombra (trans-apocalyptic galaxy rock), Fungal Abyss (psychedelic improvisers), and Simon Henneman psychedelic (formerly Cantrip), Authentic Luxury.

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

September 22 - King Parrot / Filth is Eternal / Spirit in the Room / Nurser

Visiting from Melbourne, Australia will be King Parrot (grind thrast metal), Filth is Eternal (punk), Spirit in the Room (punk) from Los Angeles, and Nurser (deathgrind).

7:00 PM at Substation - Event Page

September 23 - Leila Abdul-Rauf & Thomas Carnacki / To End It All / M. Sauder

Coming up from Oakland, will be Leila Abdul-Rauf (cinematic dark ambient) and Thomas Carnacki (dark ambient) from Berkeley, along with locals To End It All (death industrial doom), and M. Sauder (solo experimental) of Geist & the Sacred Ensemble

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

The summer is winding down, but still there’s something to do every week. There is now a Facebook page for Seattle Noise Music, but the primary source will remain the blog and Instagram.

September 10 - Creature Hole / Changing Bodies / Forget Me Not

Creature Hole (electronic pop) will play along with Changing Bodies (experimental synth) and Forget Me Not (electroacoustic).

7:00 PM at Blue Moon Tavern - Event Page

September 11 - Nico Play / winehouse / somesurprises

On tour from Chicago, Nico Play (acoustic) will play along with winehouse (alternative pop) from Olympia and somesurprises (dreamy krautrock).

7:00 PM at Jules Maes Saloon - Event Page

September 12 - Unwed Sailor / Tremours / X Suns

On tour from Tulsa, Unwed Sailor (dream pop post-rock) will play along with Tremours (psychedelic dream pop) from Los Angeles, and X Suns (instrumental space rock).

7:00 PM at Belltown Yacht Club - Event Page

Wednesday, September 13 - CSTMR / Till the Teeth / Cheli/Davis / Dirty Carpets

Explosive noise rock CSTMR will play along with Till the Teeth (experimental noise rock), Cheli/Davis (avant-garde free jazz) from St. Louis, and Dirty Carpets (experimental).

8:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

Friday, September 15 - Bit Graves / Benjamin Marx / Mason Lynass

Bit Graves (experimental electronic), Benjamin Marx (experimental), and Mason Lynass (experimental electronic).

8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

September 16 - Agente Costura / Suncloud0 / Where Among Wires / Airport Noise Complaint

Agente Costura (sewing machines and synth), Suncloud0 (noise experimental) Where Among Wires (experimental ambient), and Airport Noise Complaint (field recordings from the airport).

8:00 PM at Gallery 1412 - Event Page

September 3 - Moira Scar / Attic Ted / Sailing Camp / DJ Winter Night

The second night for Moira Scar (masked doom deathrock) from Oakland, along with Texas based Attic Ted (weirdo gothic performance art), and Sailing Camp (glam punk). DJ Winter Night will also play.

7:00 PM at Lucky Liquor - Event Page

September 6 - The Infinity Ring / Geist & the Sacred Ensemble / Headstone Brigade

The Infinity Ring (dark folk) from Boston is playing along with Geist & the Sacred Ensemble (doom folk psychedelic) and Headstone Brigade (depressing polka).

8:00 PM at Jules Maes Saloon - Event Page

September 7 - Stefan Spirodon Christoff + Lori Goldston + Christopher Icasiano

Montreal based Stefan Spirodon Christoff (piano) will play along with local legends Lori Goldston (cello), and Christopher Icasiano (percussion).

8:00 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

September 9 - Drone Sleepover

A different type of music event (continuous 8 hours of ambient drone) presented by Chicago based Stretch Metal featuring Mason Lynass, Casual Decay, Playback Head, Little H Collective, Elijah Knutsen, and Asa Nakagawa.

11:00 PM at Fremont Abbey - Event Page

August 27 - RN White / The Late Unpleasantness / Ornament & Crime / Annihilation Squares

Coming back around from a mini PNW tour will be RN White (harsh noise), along with The Late Unpleasantness (noise), Ornament & Crime (concussion noise), and Annihilation Squares (electrified beats).

8:00 PM (SHARP!) at Vermillion - Event Page

September 1 - Knuckle Sandwich / Cherry Dragon / Power Skeleton

Knuckle Sandwich (rock) will play along with Cherry Dragon (rock), and Power Skeleton (experimental rock band).

8:00 PM at Lucky Liquor - Event Page

September 2 - Seward Park Showdown

An outdoor show in Seward Park with Portland based Rank and Vile (death grind), Impulse Noise (grindcore), Worth Nothing (groove violence), Portland based Shell Shock (hardcore), Portland based Simian (power violence), Killcam (gamerviolence), Portland based Father’s Milk (power violence), and NUDECONSUMER (harsh noise wall).

4:00 PM at Seward Park Amphitheater - Event Page

September 2 - Max Nordile / Glad We’re Together / ACOMIP / Darn Tasty

Max Nordile (experimental), Glad We’re Together (experimental weirdo), Darn Tasty (CEOs Inc / EKG), along with ACOMIP.

9:00 PM at Monkey Pub - Event Page