Seattle Noise

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.

• Official Website
• Bandcamp
• Facebook
• Instagram

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.

July 3 - Abbey Blackwell & Friends / Megadose / Peg

In July, Abbey Blackwell will release My Maze. In advance of the new album, they will play a show with Neil Welch, Alina To, Steve Moore, and Jacob Zimmerman. In addition will be Sheridan Riley (Peg) and Megadose (indie power pop).

8:00 PM at Sunset Tavern - Event Page

July 7 - Deathgrave / deathCAVE / Bummer / Colony Drop

On tour from San Jose, California will be Deathgrave (powerviolence death metal), joined by Bummer (grindcore), deathCave (heavy psychedelic doom metal), and Colony Drop (crossover thrash hardcore).

7:00 PM at Lucky Liquor - Event Page

July 8 - Shudder / Free Tampons / NUDECONSUMER / Dehiscent

Shudder (punk) will play along with Free Tampons (hardcore riot grrl), NUDECONSUMER (harsh noise wall), and Dehiscent (anti-fascist doom metal).

7:00 PM at Lucky Liquor - Event Page

July 8 - Coven 6669 / Gravewitch / DTI / Crüd Güns

Long time metal (anti-christian thrash) band Coven 6669 will play along with Gravewitch (melodic death metal), DTI (grindcore black metal), and Crüd Güns (thrash black metal).

7:00 PM at The Central Saloon - Event Page

June 26 - DOWM / Forrest Friends / Style King of the Week / Matthew Allen

DOWM (ambient/tape loops from Austria) will perform along with Forrest Friends (weirdo cave junk vibes, creep jammers), Style King of the Week (cassette tapes, synth, drums), and Matthew Allen (modular synth).

8:00 PM at Vermillion - Event Page

June 28 - Lainie Fefferman / Jascha Narveson / Raica

“Three sets of electronic music exploring voice, audience-phones-as-instrument, controlled feedback, and ambient space jams.” Featuring Lainie Fefferman, Jascha Narveson, and Raica.

7:30 PM at Chapel Performance Space - Event Page

June 29 - Lacabra / Doc Hammer / Serpentfoot

Lacabra (melodic black death metal) will play along with Doc Hammer (sensual party rock), and Serpentfoo (garage rock).

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

June 30-July 1 - Shimmer Seattle Summer Butoh Fest 2023

Two evenings of Butoh dance performances. Friday will feature Sheri Brown, Dhyana Garcia, Joan Laage (with music by Bill Horist) and Kaoru Okumura. Saturday will feature Aoi Lee, Shoko Zama (with music by Janice Giteck), Douglas Ridings (with music by Casey Jones aka noisepoetnobody), Helen Thorsen with Mary Cutrera, Cara Ross Berman, and Amy Ward (with music by Jackie An).

8:00 PM at Yaw Theater - Event Page

July 1 - Penultimate Peril: Not a Rock Show 3

A free show bringing together a variety of different acts and creative mediums. Featuring sound sculpture, experimental/noise muisic, dance, standup comedy, TV install, and poetry. Performing will be

• Idaho Joe, Bart Tomlin and Changing Bodies: Sound sculpture, noise and dance (movement) collaboration.
• Glitt: Dream Grunge
• Light Aloud: QT sound project featuring guest musicians, dancers and artists +
• Carl Marti Germain
• Peopling (noise)
• Ben Goosman (dance)
• Michael Bellevue (stand-up comedian)
• Universe ᗺ (TV install)
• Ensemble Unnamable (music and spoken word)

6:30 PM at Artspace Hiawatha Lofts - Event Page

June 19 - M. Maria / Balcony View / Sonora Enjambre / Aaron Michael Butler

Visiting from New York, M. Maria (dark ambient sorceress) will play along with Balcony View (ritual drone), sonora enjambre (ambient drone), and Aaron Michael Butler (meditative percussion and field recordings)

7:00 PM at Bad Bar - Event Page

June 20 - Virovka

A new klezmer music project, Virovka features Lori Goldston on cello, Sylvia Wiedemann on accordion, Eric Padget on trumpet, Evan Strauss on bass, and Dave Abramson on drums will be playing their debut show at Woodland Theater, along with Shpilkis.

8:00 PM at Woodland Theater - Event Page

June 23 - Kinski & Love Devotion Surrender

Long time Seattle rock band Kinski (alternative) will headline along with a special project to the 1970s John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana LP “Love Devotion Surrender.” Love Devotion Surrender is made up of Simon Henneman, Dave Webb, Abbey Blackwell, Scott Goodwin, Mike Murphy, and Bob Rees.

8:00 PM at Blue Moon Tavern - Event Page

June 24 - Soft screening & noise show

Short film screening for Soft (2023) directed by Kyndra Lee, along with a performance from TAB IN/TAB OUT (harsh noise wall) and noise video art from RN White (Rachel LeBlanc).

7:30 PM at Casa Del Xolo - Event Page