Chop Suey Summer BBQ Series Starts With Whimper

Yesterday Seattlest stopped by Chop Suey on the walk home to see how the inaugural edition of the Sunday Summer BBQ Series was going. It was empty. It wasn't terribly surprising, since marketing for the series was pretty minimal, but we do fully support the concept: early shows, with grilled fare available outside. We only stuck around for the first band, Bellingham's The Love Lights, who switch up the indie-pop formula with the addition of a horn section(!), but we left pretty pleased with the experience, since we'd never heard of them before (or the other bands on the bill for that matter). We hope more people show up to future editions of the BBQ series, since the early shows make a nice cap to a day out in the sun (the bands don't get going until 5pm), and this is a nice low-key way to find out about local acts on the rise.