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