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International noise will be on display in Montreal for three days in July!

July 3 – Casa del Popolo – 7PM – $25

KAZUMOTO ENDO (JP)
PHOLDE
KNIFEDOUTOFEXISTENCE (UK)
HIGH GROVE
MURMUR (ON) & JAZZHAND (FI)
D.F.H. (AB)

July 4 – Casa del Popolo – 7PM – $25

KILLER BUG (JP)
VIOLENT SHOGUN (FR)
A FAIL ASSOCIATION (US)
BLACK COROLLA (US)
NIMMIE AMEE (ON)
MIOX

July 5 – P’Tit Ours – 3PM – $15

MOSS HARVEST (NS)
HYPERTROPHY (US)
XODKAAR (ON)
CRUCIFIEDWHITESAVIOUR (ON)
DANG. (NS)
RHODA (NS)
CATHOLIC STARE (MB)

Tickets available via screamandwrithe.com/initialshock - Limited weekend passes are available for a reduced rate of $55

Please note that due to the venue change from previous years these shows do run the risk of selling out. We hope to be able to accommodate everyone, but advanced ticket purchasing is advised.

More information including artist bios and noise market vendors forthcoming. If you would like to set up a table at the market event, please email [email protected]

Poster artwork and design by Patricia Jeanson

Initial Shock is presented by Scream & Writhe, with thanks to gracious sponsors from the noise world and beyond:

More Noise Please, Noise Receptor, Pensione Popolo, Pizza Bouquet, Rocker, Untitled, White Centipede Noise

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/initial-shock-iv

#initialshock #screamandwrithe #mossharvest #dfh #murmur #highgrove

MONTREAL Ask A Punk @[email protected] · 2026-03-27 · 01:43 UTC

Magnetic Coroner / Primitive Isolation Tactics / Taskmaster / Orchid Lodge / Sounding

Error 403, Tuesday, April 21 at 07:00 PM EDT

Initial Shock Gig #17

Magnetic Coroner (NY)
Primitive Isolation Tactics
Taskmaster
Orchid Lodge
Sounding

Error 403
7PM
$15 PWYC

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/magnetic-coroner-primitive-isolation-tactics-taskmaster-orchid-lodge-sounding

#noise #experimental #harshnoise #initialshock #screamandwrithe #taskmaster

MONTREAL Ask A Punk @[email protected] · 2026-02-15 · 15:54 UTC

Shadow Pattern (ON) + Duncan Harrison (UK) + Rory Salter (UK) / Robert Fuchs (US) / Anne-F Jacques / S.D. + Skin / Skin Tone

Casa Del Popolo, Wednesday, April 1 at 07:00 PM EDT

Initial Shock presents an evening of strange and hard sounds!

Shadow Pattern (ON) + Duncan Harrison (UK) + Rory Salter (UK)
Three of a varied kind in collaboration. Expect unexpected oddities in sound.
https://adhuman.bandcamp.com/album/chimerism
https://adhuman.bandcamp.com/album/there-is-no-fire-in-the-lake
https://malvernbrume.bandcamp.com/

Robert Fuchs (US)
Enigmatic noise of broken order.

Anne-F Jacques
One of the highlights of Initial Shock III!
https://anne-fjacques.bandcamp.com/

S.D. + Skin
The duo behind High Grove dueling up some other kind of grove.
https://highgrove.bandcamp.com/

Skin Tone
In the zone with the saxophone.
https://skin0tone.bandcamp.com/album/1c-pre-launch-sequence

April 1, 2026
7PM
$15 PWYC
Casa del Popolo

Initial Shock Gig #16

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/shadow-pattern-on-duncan-harrison-uk-rory-salter-uk-robert-fuchs-us-anne-f-jacques-sd-skin-skin-tone

#noise #experimental #skintone #initialshock #screamandwrithe #skin

MONTREAL Ask A Punk @[email protected] · 2025-03-30 · 01:56 UTC

NYON / ZACH ROWDEN / SHADOW PATTERN / SKIN / FOWL

P'tit Ours, Friday, April 25 at 08:00 PM EDT

Scream & Writhe presents Initial Shock Gig #11

NYON (NL/QC)
https://n-y-o-n.bandcamp.com/
Skin Tone and Cathar Perfect making a rare appearance with their collaborative project of freeform sound collages. First show since 2017.

ZACH ROWDEN (CT)
https://zachrowden.bandcamp.com/
Weaving threads through drone, recursive patterns and noise. One half of Tongue Depressor.

SHADOW PATTERN (ON)
https://discreetmusicgbg.bandcamp.com/track/shadow-pattern-one-of-these
Underground experimentalist entertaining "the artfully careless and outright absurd idea of what sound can be." Hamilton Tapes.

SKIN
https://skinnoise.bandcamp.com/
Powerambient explorations of sound's transience through tape manipulation.

FOWL
https://buriedinslaganddebris.bandcamp.com/album/balcony
Obscured textures drifting through the haze of fractured distortion.

$15
DOORS 8PM
P'TIT OURS

Part of a series of noise shows leading from winter into spring, 2025.

Other events:

June 13 - Error 403
JHK (NY)
Valise (NY)
VOSP (NY)
Universal Cell Unlock (NY)
+ TBA

June 24 - La Sala Rossa
Anju Singh: A Page of Madness

As well as Initial Shock III - Jul. 5/6

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/nyon-zach-rowden-shadow-pattern-skin-fowl

#noise #initialshock #screamandwrithe #skin #fowl #nyon

MONTREAL Ask A Punk @[email protected] · 2025-03-30 · 01:56 UTC

NYON / ZACH ROWDEN / SHADOW PATTERN / SKIN / FOWL

P'tit Ours, Friday, April 25 at 08:00 PM EDT

Scream & Writhe presents Initial Shock Gig #11

NYON (NL/QC)
https://n-y-o-n.bandcamp.com/
Skin Tone and Cathar Perfect making a rare appearance with their collaborative project of freeform sound collages. First show since 2017.

ZACH ROWDEN (CT)
https://zachrowden.bandcamp.com/
Weaving threads through drone, recursive patterns and noise. One half of Tongue Depressor.

SHADOW PATTERN (ON)
https://discreetmusicgbg.bandcamp.com/track/shadow-pattern-one-of-these
Underground experimentalist entertaining "the artfully careless and outright absurd idea of what sound can be." Hamilton Tapes.

SKIN
https://skinnoise.bandcamp.com/
Powerambient explorations of sound's transience through tape manipulation.

FOWL
https://buriedinslaganddebris.bandcamp.com/album/balcony
Obscured textures drifting through the haze of fractured distortion.

$15
DOORS 8PM
P'TIT OURS

Part of a series of noise shows leading from winter into spring, 2025.

Other events:

June 13 - Error 403
JHK (NY)
Valise (NY)
VOSP (NY)
Universal Cell Unlock (NY)
+ TBA

June 24 - La Sala Rossa
Anju Singh: A Page of Madness

As well as Initial Shock III - Jul. 5/6

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/nyon-zach-rowden-shadow-pattern-skin-fowl

#noise #initialshock #screamandwrithe #skin #fowl #nyon

MONTREAL Ask A Punk @[email protected] · 2025-03-30 · 01:56 UTC

NYON / ZACH ROWDEN / SHADOW PATTERN / SKIN / FOWL

P'tit Ours, Friday, April 25 at 08:00 PM EDT

Scream & Writhe presents Initial Shock Gig #11

NYON (NL/QC)
https://n-y-o-n.bandcamp.com/
Skin Tone and Cathar Perfect making a rare appearance with their collaborative project of freeform sound collages. First show since 2017.

ZACH ROWDEN (CT)
https://zachrowden.bandcamp.com/
Weaving threads through drone, recursive patterns and noise. One half of Tongue Depressor.

SHADOW PATTERN (ON)
https://discreetmusicgbg.bandcamp.com/track/shadow-pattern-one-of-these
Underground experimentalist entertaining "the artfully careless and outright absurd idea of what sound can be." Hamilton Tapes.

SKIN
https://skinnoise.bandcamp.com/
Powerambient explorations of sound's transience through tape manipulation.

FOWL
https://buriedinslaganddebris.bandcamp.com/album/balcony
Obscured textures drifting through the haze of fractured distortion.

$15
DOORS 8PM
P'TIT OURS

Part of a series of noise shows leading from winter into spring, 2025.

Other events:

June 13 - Error 403
JHK (NY)
Valise (NY)
VOSP (NY)
Universal Cell Unlock (NY)
+ TBA

June 24 - La Sala Rossa
Anju Singh: A Page of Madness

As well as Initial Shock III - Jul. 5/6

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/nyon-zach-rowden-shadow-pattern-skin-fowl

#shadowpattern #zachrowden #nyon #fowl #skin #screamandwrithe

MONTREAL Ask A Punk @[email protected] · 2025-02-10 · 00:15 UTC

GREEN TEA (NY) / JUTE / HIGH GROVE / INGRESS / MIOX

Casa Del Popolo, Friday, March 28 at 08:00 PM EDT

Scream & Writhe presents Initial Shock Gig #10

GREEN TEA (NY)
https://newforces.bandcamp.com/album/snowblower
A strong new age harsh noise blend from Nick Forté (guitarist of 90s altered-hardcore band RORSCHACH and blackened-punkers RASPBERRY BULBS).

JUTE
https://jute.bandcamp.com/album/nothing-beats-reality
Local powerhouse.

HIGH GROVE
https://highgrove.bandcamp.com/
Exploratory tape music.

INGRESS
Noisy collaboration between locals FOWL and SPLINTER ASSEMBLY.

MIOX
Fresh on the MTL noise scene after relocating from Halifax. Let's see what they got.

$15
DOORS 8PM
CASA DEL POPOLO

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Part of a series of noise shows leading from winter into spring, 2025.

Other events:

Apr. 25 - P'Tit Ours
NYON (NL/QC)
Shadow Pattern (ON)
Zach Rowden (CT)
Skin
Fowl

June 13 - TBA
JHK (NY)
Valise (NY)
VOSP (NY)
+ TBA

As well as Initial Shock III - Jul. 5/6

https://montreal.askapunk.net/event/green-tea-ny-jute-high-grove-ingress-miox

#noise #initialshock #screamandwrithe #jute #highgrove #greentea