Portable Shrines

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.

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.

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

This Thursday 2/21 at the Electric Tea Garden on Capitol Hill- an evening of electrically elevated sonic meditations and cosmic jams.

Featuring-  Ecstatic Cosmic Union, Panabrite and Mood Organ with audio/visual incantations by DJ EYE + a special Mood Organ DJ set.

If you haven’t checked out the Electric Tea Garden it is a very groovy spot to hang and soak up some vibes. See ya there.

If you haven’t already- listen to the audio from last year’s “lecture” at the Clocktower Gallery

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Journey to the underworld and ascend to the higher realms. MORE INFO…

This Sunday at Vermillion on Capitol Hill- So Pitted, Kingdom of the Holy Sun and Ecstatic Cosmic Union

8pm-12am  21+  ((\\\FREE/// ))

This Saturday 12/8 at the Sunset in Ballard- Moon Duo, Phil Manley Life Coach and Brain Fruit.
Sounds pretty damn good to me.

Moon Duo – Mazes (Official Video) from Souterrain Transmissions on Vimeo.

Come get even more Distorted this Wednesday 11/28 during the Lunar Full Moon Eclipse! It’s the 2nd installment of the bi-monthly {{DISTORTIONS}} Psych DJ Night at the LoFi. Resident DJs Explorateur and Veins have been burning up the decks lately with some of the most finely curated and far-out sounds you are likely to hear on this backwoods planet. Alien soundtracks, acid rock, psych funk, vintage electronic futurism and uncategorizable delights will pass through your ear holes all night. This time they will be joined by DJ One Eye of Portable Shrines (who used to bring you ye olde Wednesday night freak-outs at The Living Room). One Eye’s Portable Shrines Light Show will be in full effect as well so prepare to have your orbs dazzled by synergistic 4-D light mandalas.

9:00PM-2:00AM 21+ The LoFi 429 Eastlake Ave East, Seattle

Prepare to be turned on. This Wednesday space truckers Explorateur and Veins begin a new bimonthly edition of their excellent DISTORTIONS psych DJ outfit at the Lo-Fi. Expect a sonic journey into parts unknown.

With a live set by local space-gazers Jetman Jet Team.

This week the Grand Illusion Cinema is screening a new 35mm print of Vera Chytilová’s 1966 film Daisies. Called “one of the most anarchic films of all time”, Daisies is a mind blowing and hilarious experience that always makes me hungry and glad to be alive.
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