Genre: Alternative

Monday 05/01/23The Crocodile Presents:sunking w/ Jared Price & wet peynt$18 ADV / $22 DOS8pm doors / 8:30pm show21+https://sunkingexperiment.bandcamp.com/At its core, this is experimental music, says Bobby Granfelt. Theres elements of jazz and indie rock and hip-hip and electronic music, but ultimately, sunking is all about exploring the nooks and crannies between those genres, about throwing out all of the rules and expectations in search of something completely fresh and original.On Smug, the LA duos captivating debut for ANTI- Records, its safe to say theyve found it. Crafted piecemeal over the course of several years, the collection is wildly inventive and utterly hypnotic, filtering the pairs bold vision and virtuosic musicianship though the brash, DIY ethos of an underground punk band. Live horns and dreamy guitars brush up against lush synthesizers and propulsive beats here, with each of the albums 19 immersive, instrumental tracks clocking in around the two-minute mark. As mesmerizing as it all can be, theres also something perpetually unsettled about the music heresometimes its a dissonance or cacophony that craves resolution, sometimes its a groove that resists fitting neatly into any recognizable time signatureand thats by design. Nothing is sacred, nothing is precious. Like Johnny Greenwood scoring a David Lynch videogame, Smug is at once beautiful and unnerving, hyper-focused and surreal, challenging and transcendent.https://jaredprice.bandcamp.com/ https://wetpeynt.bandcamp.com/

Clock-Out Lounge Presents:Telehealth (Content Oscillator Album Release) Bryan John Appleby Mega DoseDJ set by Elliot and Yuuki Saturday April 1st 8:30 doors 21+ $15 coverhttps://telehealth.bandcamp.com/Elliot Jackson (Deep Sea Diver / Meat Hair) and Yuuki Matthews (The Shins / Richard Swift / Sufjan Stevens) are musicians based out of the PNW. They approach DJing as they do music, eclectic and full of feel. They love hearing an old favorite song or the discovery of something completely new. You will hear anything from Bowie to Badalamenti, Beefheart to Bacharach, a time to dance and a time to chill.

Clock-Out Lounge Presents: The Briefs w/ Special Guests Lysol, 38 Coffin Friday May 26th8:30pm doors21+$20 cover Punk rockers dont age, they just get weirder, baby. Twenty years have zipped by, and The Briefs are as frantic, energetic, and snotty as ever. Like a scud missile from outer space, the bands debut album, Hit After Hit, set out to destroy the new Millenniums flaccid alt-rock sceneand, in turninspired two decades of raucous radioactive fallout. Sewing together a tattered tapestry of 70s-style punkwith a nod toward Dangerhouse Records, DEVO, Thrasher Magazine, and ABBAthese iconic bleach blonde brutes have urged countless kids to grab a junk guitar, a pair of second-hand sunglasses, and a bottle of peroxide. What started with four idiot savants in a downtown Seattle basement has led to a remarkable two-decade career that has spawned some of the catchiest anti-hits this side of Y2K. Any self-respecting rocker will argue: Hit After Hit, (2000); Off the Charts, (2003); Sex Objects, (2004); and Steal Yer Heart, (2005); are more than essential punk classicstheyre commandments, damn it. Sweat-drenched singles like Rotten Love, and Poor and Weird may have even aided in reversing punks once terminal diagnosis. But how have they survived this long, this loud? A dynamic, leave-everything-on-the-stage live show paired with relentless US and European touring has garnered the band a fierce following (although you cant spot Briefs fan based on age, they are indeed known to harbor a certain swagger). 2008-2012 saw a muchneeded cat nap for the band, but diehard pals will tell you this was no radio silence. Guitarist Daniel Travanti formed Sharp Objects and co-founded Modern Action Records; guitarist Steve E. Nix and bassist Kicks formed The Cute Lepers; drummer Chris Brief formed Suspect Parts. In the end, it all came back around to the beginningto The Briefs. Yeah, the songs are brief (not unlike glue-induced euphoria), but the legacy is stickier than industrial hold hairspray. 2012-2015 brought fans a new box set of their previously released 7 singles, Singles Only, (2012; Modern Action Records), as well as the Briefs fifth LP release, Odd Numbers (2015), a love letter littered with studio outtakes, demos, and live recordings. The band also performed a number of U.S. West Coast tours, completed an East Coast tour with The Damned, and shook the main stage at Punk Rock Bowling in Las Vegas. In 2017-2018, the boys toured Europe on three separate occasions, played a set at Rebellion Festival in the UK, and recorded Platinum Rats, perhaps their most vivacious and vital album to date. 2019 once again had the boys back on the road, first with The Stitches in the USA, followed by a slew of club and festival dates throughout Europe. Whats next? Whatever they want. A US tour alongside the legendary Dead Boys kicks off Fall 2022, with European dates coming shortly thereafter. For the Briefs, the radiation is still in the water and – good news for the survival of our speciesthe mutations are alive and kicking. Hayley Crusher Cai

YES Music Productions presents:Milliken ChamberProfit PrisonHallowsSwish BladeDJ Morgue Anne Doors 8:30pm / Show 9pm$15 adv / $20 dos // 21+

Clock-Out Lounge Presents: To Bring You My LoveThe Music of PJ HarveyFeaturing Kathy Moore, Sera Cahoone & Alex Guy w/ DJ Mike Steve Friday January 13th 8:30 doors 21+ $17adv/$20dosSera Cahoone – seracahoone.comAmericana singer-songwriter Sera Cahoone is the daughter of a dynamite salesman who grew up in the Colorado Foothills. She played her first gig on drums in a Denver dive bars open blues jam at age 12. A young adult, she moved to Seattle where she played drums with the adored indie rock group, Carissas Weird, and later Band of Horses. She then went on to release four solo acoustic records, two with Sub Pop. In 2019, Cahoone received a Gold Record for her work with Band of Horses.Cahoone has toured with many artists such as Indigo Girls, Tift Merritt, Gregory Alan Isakov, Kathleen Edwards, Son Volt, Matt Costa, Mason Jennings, Fruit Bats and Band Of Horses. Most recently, Cahoone partnered with SMASH Seattle and Dave Matthews for the Songs of Hope Benefit. In April 2021, she was featured in the book Bring Music Home. This book celebrates venues like Stubbys, Babys All Right, and The Fillmore with artists Alice Cooper, Dehd, Native Sun, The Black Angels and many more.In addition to her work on drums and as a singer-songwriter, Cahoone has produced her own records as well as Margo Cilkers new record, Pohorylle, which was released in November 2021. Cahoone and Cilker are currently in studio working on record number two.Cahoone has earned great praise from KEXP, NPR series Tiny Desk Concert, First Listen and Songs We Love. Her work has been featured in numerous publications including the Seattle Times, UPROXX, ELLE and KEXP, and The Stranger.https://www.kathymooresuperpowertrio.com/#/Alex Guy: www.instagram.com/ledtosea/

False Prophet and Hierophant Booking Present:AutomelodiProfit PrisonDJ sets from Sharlese, Lord Phatrick and DJ SH1-TRhttp://automelodi.com/en Montreal based synth pop duo Automelodi is returning to the US for the first time in 3 years! Friday March 31st 9pm doors 21+$12adv/$15dos

Clock-Out Lounge Presents: Chief Ahamefule J. Oluo and The Shrine All-Star Band w/ Chong The Nomad Friday Nov. 11th 8:30 doors 21+ $17adv/$20 dosThis show is part of the Cloudbreak Music Fest- helping to revive our local music venues. Our music venues were silent for much too long, and its time to revel in the magic of live music once again. Stay in a participating downtown Seattle hotels and receive your FREE LIVE MUSIC PASS to experience select shows for free from November 3-23, 2022. Just show your FREE LIVE MUSIC PASS along with your hotel key card to receive this benefit. Space is limited and shows are first come first served.https://cloudbreakmusicfest.org/ Ahamefule J. Oluo – TrumpetSkerik – SaxophoneJerome Smith – Tuba and TromboneJosh Rawlings – KeysMarina Christopher – BassDVonne Lewis – DrumsPhinehas- Guest Vocalist https://oakheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-honorable-chief-ahamefule-j-oluohttps://chongthenomad.bandcamp.com/

Clock-Out Lounge Presents:BlessedStuck w/ Eat Crow Friday Nov. 25th 9pm 21+$15 adv/$18 doshttps://blessedtheband.com/Blesseds sophomore release, Circuitous, cements and expands on their status as a bands band: a patient, eclectic career outfit guided by the intense pursuit of an internally-dictated creative agenda. Here, the group has sharpened their strengths, bringing an ever-growing depth of songwriting and artistic evolution to their craft.Composed from hours of jam material and hundreds of demos, Circuitous comprises eight tracks that sprawl and thrash and burst and fall a sweeping, hyperreal, industrial art-rock tragedy rendered in walls of noise, controlled drums, meandering ambience, and staccato syncopation. The record speaks on agoraphobia, isolation, grief, the hyper-control of capital and the numbness it breeds.creditsreleases October 28, 2022https://www.stuckchi.bandcamp.com/album/change-is-bad

Clock-Out Lounge Presents Illudium Eye of Nix Izthmi Friday Oct. 14th 9pm 21+ $15 Californian dark dreamgazeprogenies ILLUDIUM and post-black metal mystics EYE OF NIX will join forces for four limited appearances this autumn (and one extra show for the latter) to bring their dynamic and lush sounds to you. This is the first chance to catch both bands performing their current albums Ash of the Womb and Ligeia live. ILLUDIUM comment: With these select performances, we will be bringing Ash of the Womb to a live audience for the first time through a series of specially curated shows and the same holds true for our friends Eye of Nix and their album Ligeia, frontwoman Shantel Amundson writes.The billing for each one of these dates is truly outstanding, and we are thrilled to head out with Eye of Nix on this West Coast tour. See you all on the road!EYE OF NIX announce: After such a long time of wondering, hoping, and planning, we are excited to be on the road with songs from our most recent album Ligeia at last, singer and guitarist Joy Von Spain adds. To acknowledge and celebrate reaching the milestone of a decade playing as a live band, well also include a gem from a previous album and bring out an epic new work to sink your teeth into.Joining us for this sojourn will be our friends Illudium, and were feeling inspired by sharing the stage with such emotive and passionate artists. Each night on the tour has been crafted to take the listener on a journey that must be experienced live. We look forward to seeing all of you once again!https://illudium.bandcamp.com/album/ash-of-the-womb

Clock-Out Lounge Presents:CHELLE TeZATalksDaymImon SolehDJ SET BY Qreepz SEPTEMBER 19TH 8:30 DOORS 21+$12 ADV/$15 DOSChelle is a Seattle based, Russian born singer-songwriter. Her music is a lush and dreamy blend of Conscious RnB, Lofi, Bedroom pop.https://chellexo.bandcamp.com/album/she-sings