Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the International Noise Conference is a sometimes touring event masterminded by veteran noise dude, Rat Bastard, and headlined by his band the Laundry Room Squelchers. For each stop on the tour, Rat selects a local curator to put together a bill of performers who each perform for 15 minutes or less. Other rules include: no laptops, no droning. The definition of "noise" is often vague, and will include harsh feedback-driven assualts, hardcore free jazz, confrontational performance art, and sometimes pretty electronic music. This show is curated by The Lab's Executive Director, Sarah Lockhart.
PERFORMERS INCLUDE:
enigmatic percussion and electronics ensemble, Zeek Sheck
http://www.swezlex.com/zeek.html
psychedelic-influenced weird jazz group, Wiggwaum
http://www.youtube.com/user/wiggwaum
Obstacle Corpse, solo set by founding member of noise/grindcore legends, Sissy Spacek
electronics master and iPad music app proselytizer,
Wobblyhttp://www.detritus.net/
Wobbly/
ideosyncratic manic percussionist, Moe! Staiano
http://www.moestaiano.com/
chaotic keyboard-based masked jesters, Commode Minstrels in Bullface
http://www.myspace.com/commode
ad hoc hardcore meets free jazz group, Murder Murder
experimental musician-verging-on-performance artist,
Headbogglehttp://
Headboggle.tumblr.com/
noise scene vets, Pigs in the Ground
https://soundcloud.com/abscurics/sets/pigs-in-the-ground-no-stone
the new trio of three awesome ladies, Weather And (Nicole of Head/Head, Julia of Waxy Tombs, and Madalyn Merkey)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuhFCvVLM_I
synth-based improvisers, Tinker/Wang,
https://soundcloud.com/that-hideous-strength/sets/that-hideous-wang-cassette
experimental noise duo, A White Hunter
awhitehunter.tumblr.com
and the exultant return of metal-meets-free jazz duo, Ettrick (
Jacob Felix Heule and Jay Korber)
http://ettrick.org/
and of course, the Laundry Room Squelchers
http://squelchers.com/
http://squelchers.net/inc.htm
Cost: $5-10 sliding scale