Portable Shrines

A night of new weird electronic sounds this thursday at the Comet.

This Saturday and Sunday at the Crocodile- The Japanese fuzz gods known as BORIS will be doing a very special two night event.   Saturday 5/18 they will be revisiting “All Time Classics” from throughout their 20 album, 20+ year music career and 5/19 they will perform the monolithic dream drone epic “Flood” in its entirety. Joining them the 1st night will be House of Low Culture (featuring members of Isis and Stephen O’malley of SunnO))) and opening the 2nd night  will be drcarlsonalbion (AKA Dylan Carlson of Earth).

DJ One Eye of Portable Shrines will be spinning cosmic jams between sets on both nights and Saturday there will be an after party with Seattle’s Noise-A-Tron. Both nights are all ages + bar w/ ID and start at 8:00pm so don’t be late.  Poster design by Dax Anderson

An unbelievable succession of mind blowing events in Seattle this week starting this Thursday 5/2 Portable Shrines & Chop Suey present Masaki Batoh’s Brain Pulse Music (see below for more details) then continuing all weekend long with the sixth annual Debacle Fest Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Tuesday May 7th Acid Mothers Temple returns to Seattle with Tjutjuna and Master Musicians of Bukkake at Chop Suey. Wednesday night in Ballard- Portable Shrines & the Sunset present the Laurels (Australia), Wooden Indian Burial Ground (PDX) and Ecstatic Cosmic Union. There’s more but I can’t think about it right now…

Hypnotrop from Marko Martini on Vimeo.

Mind Over Mirrors play Debacle Fest Saturday 5/3.

Poster by Rena Luelle

May 8th at the Sunset in Ballard- The Laurels from Sydney, Australia will be heading up to Seattle after an appearance at Austin Psych Fest. With Portland’s Wooden Indian Burial Ground and Ecstatic Cosmic Union.

Poster by Steve Quenell and Aubrey Nehring. See below for more details…

What do our brains sound like? Find out when Masaki Batoh of japanese progressive psych-rock legends Ghost brings his Brain Pulse Music project to the states for the first time. He’ll be appearing at the Communikey Festival in Boulder, CO April 26, Austin Psych Fest on April 27th and on May 2nd he brings his multi-media mind experiment to Chop Suey in Seattle. Brain Pulse Music is described as “experimental bioelectric procedure that uses electronic and musical processes developed by Batoh to reconcile the spirit and the body. The project is the result of years of research into the bioelectric functions of the human brain combined with the traumatic aftermath of Japan’s Great East Earthquake.”

Chop Suey & Portable Shrines Present:

Masaki Batoh’s Brain Pulse Music
With Special Guest Vance Galloway and Noise Poet Nobody
8pm doors $12 Adv/ $15 DOS www.strangertickets.com

Dig up on this deeply funky Moroderized remix by White Rainbow from Moon Duo’s lmtd ed. remix album out on record store day. Zummertime dizco jamz.

Wow, there is  a ton of great stuff going on next month in Seattle but first we’re making a pilgrimage to Mecca, California for the Desert Daze Festival at the Sunset Ranch Oasis. Tuareg desert rockers Tinariwen head up a packed line up of amazing bands like Lumerians, Chelsea Wolfe, Entrance Band, Dahga Bloom and Feeding People. Should be some fun.

The Entrance Band Live at Dunajam in Sardegna Featuring Shazzula Nebula from Onward Into The Future on Vimeo.

Some Laser guided melodies from Seattle’s Jetman Jet Team

Eiderdown Records has been putting out some great tapes the past year or so by Datashock, A Story of Rats and Planets Around the Sun to name a few. The next batch features tapes by UK guitar soloist Jon Collin and Seattle duo Ecstatic Cosmic Union. They’re coming out this week and the release party is this Friday the 29th at Cairo (507 E.Mercer). Also playing will be two more prolific diy soloists- John Krausbauer (of Tecumseh and Trees) and Damien Johnston(Great Falls). For more info- https://www.facebook.com/events/428056510606932/   Poster by Steve Quenell

Fans of outsider electronic music take note- this Wednesday Fallopian Tunes, a label from Melbourne, Australia brings three intriguing acts to Seattle as part of their West Coast/SXSW tour.
Big Yawn, Document Swell and Yolke will play the High Dive in Fremont along with Rainbow Wolves the new project from Randall Skrasek of Hypatia Lake, Soft Hills and This Blinding Light.

We are very excited to see the return of Psychic Ills to Seattle along with their Sacred Bones label mates all the way from Santiago, Chile- Föllakzoid! It’s been quite a few years since the Ills have been up to Seattle and since those days they’ve seemingly reversed engineered their sound from free-form alien soundtracks into a levitation inducing slow-mo desert boogie.  After a long journey through the psychedelic jungle they’ve found themselves back at the sacred temple of the eternal 4/4 backbeat getting their groove on.

Föllakzoid on the other hand are on their first trip to the states and bring intense and futuristic Krautrock rhythms that seem to push the listener sky-ward in dizzying and euphoric fashion. Their latest release “II” is one of the finest new records I’ve heard in some time and this rare appearance is not one to sleep on. Have a listen to the black hole space disco of this track entitled “Pulsar”-

We are stoked to have locals Kingdom of the Holy Sun open the evening up with their heavy and hypnotic vibes. Show up early, these guys just got back from a West Coast tour and have been putting on some great shows over the past year or so and recording some killer stuff which you should check out HERE.

Portable Shrines and the Crocodile Present: Psychic Ills, Föllakzoid and Kingdom of the Holy Sun

Monday March 4th at the Crocodile 2200 2nd AVE Seattle  doors open at 8PM All-ages + bar w/ ID

Far-out folk punks from Ann Arbor, MI the Bad Indians are leaving home and heading across the country in support of their excellent new album on CQ Records. After releasing a string of great singles and tapes Bad Indians have really honed their mix of primitive soul, girl group sounds and psychedelic fuzz pop. They put on a great show so be sure and check them out at SXSW or on some of their other upcoming tour dates.

Watch their new video below shot in glorious 16mm B&W and featuring drummer and vocalist Autumn Wetli

Bad Indians – Babydoll from Jo))) Rakowski on Vimeo.

http://cqrecords.com/album/bad-indians-are-on-the-other-side