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Sailor Metal with Bering Sea

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:45:00 -0700

Bering Sea is an instrumental rock trio from Seattle WA, blending post-rock and metal, influenced by the wilderness, beauty, and sometimes brutality of the Pacific Northwest. Or maybe its sailor metal, or smooth metal.

ABOUT NOISE COMPLAINT Welcome to Noise Complaint, The Stranger's new audio and video music podcast featuring live performances right here at The Stranger HQ. Streamed live and released every other Friday, we invite a great band, musician, or wonderfully weird act to perform. Tune in, discover something new, and support art in your city. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Get our email newsletter and episode alerts at thestranger.com. For Noise Complaint band submissions email us at podcasts@noisycreek.com. Thanks to Reanimated Music for the backline!

CONNECT WITH US Let us know what you think in the comments below! Are you in a Pacific Northwest band or want to recommend one for us to feature next in The Stranger office? Send your music submissions, recommendations, or feedback directly to our production team at: podcasts@noisycreek.com #seattlemusic #NoiseComplaintPodcast Subscribe to Noise Complaint at thestranger.com/noisecomplaint for bi-weekly live sessions with new Pacific Northwest bands. Get the latest Pacific Northwest music coverage at The Stranger.com

Chinese Pop with Good Luck Rabbits

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:45:00 -0700

Good Luck Rabbits is a Chinese pop band based in Seattle. Their songs, written by composer Josh Hou (侯守仁) and lyricist Shuxuan Zhou (周舒璇), capture diasporic lives and dreams—the sweet, the heartbroken, the outrageous, and the suspenseful. The music spans styles and genres, yet remains firmly planted in the Mandarin pop tradition.

Jazz with the Roosevelt High School

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:00:00 -0700

Roosevelt Jazz is considered one of the nation’s top high-school jazz bands and has been regularly selected to participate in the highly competitive Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival in New York City, where the band has taken top honors. This current iteration of the trio has been playing and improvising together since middle school. We have Sienna Araya Winquist, who has won the State Solo and Ensemble competition for guitar twice and also plays with Bellevue College Jazz Band; Margot Cox, who plays with the 2026-2027 Jazz Fellowship Futures; and Ramona Cantwell, who shares the stage as one of Roosevelt Jazz’s most requested combo musicians.

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Black Ends Elevator Interview

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:10:00 -0700

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We’ve loved Black Ends for years, at least since 2019, when Stranger music writer Dave Segal caught them at Chop Suey and declared the band’s guitarist/vocalist Nicolle Swims had a "Chrissie Hynde-esque" voice and wrote songs that “gently skew in a manner reminiscent of obscure, women-dominated groups such as Quix*o*tic and Oh-OK.” High praise, tbh. Quix*o*tic fucking rules! Black Ends have only gotten better with time. About their 2024 record, Psychotic Spew, The Stranger’s Pop Loser columnist Audrey Vann recently wrote, “The local trio continues to shape their self-invented ‘gunk pop’ genre, employing catchy pop hooks, metal guitar riffs, and funk basslines. The result sounds like the musical offspring of the Pretenders, Suburban Lawns, ESG, and No Doubt (yes, Gwen Stefani’s ska band) in the coolest possible way.” Listen in and love them, too.

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Elevator Interview: Flesh Produce's Weirdest Gig

Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:25:00 -0700

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This week in the elevator are Myla Profitt and Karl Fagerstrom of the Seattle hyper punk/metal/EDM duo Flesh Produce. Check out their performance on the latest episode of Noise Complaint @thestanger.com/noisecomplaint.

ABOUT NOISE COMPLAINT

Welcome to Noise Complaint, The Stranger's new audio and video music podcast featuring live performances right here at The Stranger HQ. Streamed live and released every other Friday, we invite a great band, musician, or wonderfully weird act to perform. Tune in, discover something new, and support art in your city. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Get our email newsletter and episode alerts at thestranger.com. For Noise Complaint band submissions email us at podcasts@noisycreek.com. Thanks to Reanimated Music for the backline!

If You Like No Doubt & The Pretenders, You Need to Hear Black Ends/Noise Complaint S1E4

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:00:00 -0700

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Flesh Produce Live from The Stranger HQ

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:20:00 -0700

This Week's Noise Complaint episode was the epic, Flesh Produce! Their hyper punk/metal/EDM hybrid music is awesome with a live energy that's undeniable and compelling. The band consists of vocalist and synths Myla Profitt, and drummer-producer Karl Fagerstrom.

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Elevator Interview: Eleni Govetas Kompania

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:30:00 -0700

Enjoy a BONUS interview of Eleni Govetas Kompania in the ancient, mythical Stranger band elevator. Full show at www.thestranger.com/noisecomplaint.

Eleni Govetas Kompania is a band of four best friends blending the sounds of traditional Greek folk with psychedelic surf. Eleni and her brother Bobby, the band's bassist, grew up immersed in Greek folk music, learning from their parents, who are also musicians. A multi-instrumentalist, Eleni plays violin, saxophone, zurna, oud, percussion, and more, and also collaborates with and tours alongside other bands, including the Brudi Brothers.

Welcome to Noise Complaint, The Stranger's new audio and video music podcast featuring live performances right here at The Stranger HQ. Streamed live and released every other Friday, we invite a great band, musician, or wonderfully weird act to perform. Tune in, discover something new, and support art in your city.

Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Get our email newsletter and episode alerts at thestranger.com/noisecomplaint.

For Noise Complaint band submissions, Savage Lovecast, or anything else podcast related, email us at podcasts@noisycreek.com

Thanks to Reanimated Music for the backline!

Noisy Creek Podcasts is a division of Noisy Creek! We're dedicated to invigorating local media and journalism at The Stranger, Portland Mercury, Chicago Reader, Everout listings, Bold Type Tickets, and HUMP fim festival. Support local journalism and the arts wherever you can.

Eleni Govetas Kompania: Live from The Stranger

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:30:00 -0700

This week's episode: Eleni Govetas Kompania

Eleni Govetas Kompania is a band comprised of 4 best friends who blend the sounds of traditional Greek folk with psychedelic surf. Eleni and her brother Bobby, who plays bass in the band, grew up with traditional Greek music from their parents who also play. Eleni, a multi-instrumentalist who plays violin, saxophone, zurna, oud, percussion, and more, also collaborates and tours with other bands like the Brudi Brothers. Find Eleni Govetas Kompania at Bandcamp.

Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts! Get our email newsletter and episode alerts at thestranger.com/noisecomplaint.

For Noise Complaint band submissions email us at podcasts@noisycreek.com.

Thanks to Reanimated Music for the backline!

BONUS: Elevator Interview: IROIRO

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:20:00 -0700

Enjoy a BONUS interview of IROIRO in the ancient, mythical Stranger band elevator.

Full show at www.thestranger.com/noisecomplaint

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For Noise Complaint band submissions, Savage Lovecast, or anything else podcast related, email us at podcasts@noisycreek.com

Thanks to Reanimated Music for the backline!

IROIRO. Live from The Stranger HQ

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Noise Complaint, The Stranger's new audio and video music podcast featuring live performances right here at The Stranger HQ. Streamed live and released every other Friday, we invite a great band, musician, or wonderfully weird act to perform. Tune in, discover something new, and support art in your city.

This Week's Episode is IROIRO. Led by members of the inimitable IQU, Michiko Swiggs (synths) and Kento Oiwa (guitar/theremin), Iroiro also feature drummer Justin Schwartz (Cobra High) and bassist/synthesist James Drage (SIL2K). They prove that having a singer is unnecessary when you create music this potently psychedelic. Iroiro haven't been around very long, but their impact so far has been seismic among true heads, and moving forward, it's only going to intensify.

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For Noise Complaint band submissions, Savage Lovecast, or anything else podcast related, email us at podcasts@noisycreek.com

Thanks to Reanimated Music for the backline!

NOISE COMPLAINT TRAILER

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0700

Hi friends! The Stranger, your Seattle source for news, culture and mischief, is launching a music podcast this summer. The region's most interesting bands perform a short set in our office, streamed live, and available as an audio/video podcast. Discover what Seattle is up to these days. More details soon at thestranger.com/noisecomplaint