Casey Neill is one of our personal favorites from that other Northwest city with the other great music scene. He and his Norway Rats play hard-drinking folk-rock ala the Dylan meets the Pogues, meets early R.E.M, and they'll be joining some great Seattleites, Kasey Anderson and the Crying Shame's Arlan and Dylan, at the Sunset this Thursday.

It's going to be a crazy weekend of great rootsy music on Capitol Hill as the Block Party actually hosts some bands this Seattlest wants to see (Cave Singers, Fleet Foxes, Kimya Dawson). Join us in Ballard for an early roots weekend kickoff with these guys:

Thursday 7/24 // 9 p.m. // Sunset Tavern // $6