Campfire OK isn't just a bunch of pretty faces, they've got a unique blend of vocal, banjo, guitar, piano and percussion that brings people in and gets them dancing. Mychal Cohen may be the face of the band, but the incredible talent of each member is what makes this group great. Morgen takes us to their performance at Capitol Hill Block Party earlier this year. more ›

Day sixteen in our countdown is set during Capitol Hill Block Party in Neumos. The Lumineers were one of Morgen's big favorite unknown finds for 2011. They're don't even have a full-length album (soon to come) but continue to blow away audiences at every show. more ›

You would think the Sunday lineup for a three-day festival would be a little lacking. It's the wind-down day with fewer big names and more local, lesser-known/ lesser-loved bands. But fortunately, the Capitol Hill Block Party basically blew our minds and railed against the Sunday fest-lag. more ›

Are you tired yet? We are, but ready for more music. Let's get this thing going! Saturday was fantastic: the weather, the music, the free Vitamin Water... We caught a ton of shows and took a little me time too. Did the fest meet your expectations so far? We're holding judgement to the end, but it's been crazy so far. more ›

Now that we’re all very aware that Capitol Hill Block Party is in full swing (as if you can really ignore those throbbing beats coming from Pine St.), it’s time to geek out a little bit about the fact that Thurston Moore—the man most famous for his gig with Sonic Youth—had a poetry reading Friday night at Elliott Bay Book Co. I was among the throng of people crowded at the main stage while Moore performed from his new, Beck-produced solo album, Demolished Thoughts. The introspection of his latest music lends itself well to poetry, so it actually wasn’t too much of a stretch to scurry over to the bookstore after his performance for a reading of the poems in his CD liner. more ›

- One can purchase a tall can of PBR and a hot dog for a mere eight bones. Not bad! more ›

Friday started off with a bang. We caught shows from Fresh Espresso, Fucked Up, Head and the Heart, Thurston Moore, Craft Spells, Cults and the Fresh and Onlys. We'll work on posting the other half of our shots tonight. Stay tuned! more ›

The Capitol Hill Block Party can be kind of intimidating. But no worries--Seattlest's dynamic music duo, Lily and Morgen, are ready to walk you through it. more ›

The Capitol Hill Block Party kicks off today, you can catch bikemania out at Magnuson, and if you hurry north, the tail end of Critical Massive awaits you. more ›

We've got quite a week coming up in Seattle--make some time to attend any of these events, there's a variety for you! more ›

This week in Seattle we have everything from a little conversation between cultures (complete with breaks for tea), to Seattle architecture, and a record of our musical past. Enjoy a little literature with your Summer! more ›

It happens every year. You and your friends chat on Facebook about which acts you want to see and which days you're going to go. You toy with the idea of getting the three-day pass, but assume it's out of your league. You fantasize about all the hip kids and great acts and daytime drinking. But then, you wait too long. You spend so much time talking about going...but for whatever reason (money), you don't actually purchase the tickets. For weeks. And then, the news comes: Sold. Out. Don't let it happen to you this year. Cheap tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. more ›

This year's Capitol Hill Block Party has a big ol' heaping helping of local music yet again and we want to let you in on the ones that we're excited to see there. What's really great about CHBP is the majority of bands we see there are local. Yeah, they bring in a few big names for the draw, but you're there to see local bands have their time to shine. more ›

Block Party line up! Block Party line up! Get it now, and impress all your friends with your insider knowledge. You're welcome! more ›

Good news from the city, bad news for our livers. more ›

Let’s hope you’re feeling decisive because we’ve got quite a weekend coming up. With over 60 bands set to take four stages over the next three days, music fans who will be in the city this weekend will be faced with some of the toughest decisions of the year. more ›

Fans of thoughtful, melodic and occasionally melodramatic rock, fear not. There is a place for you at Capitol Hill Block Party as well! With the third and final part of our "Better Know a CHBP Band" series, we present Hey Marseilles, Fences, and The Lonely Forest. The last three bands of our local spotlight are among some of your best bets for heartfelt tunes that may or may not tug at your heartstrings. Regardless of what musical choices you make on the ground, with 45 acts to choose from, you’re bound to find something that will please your ears. more ›

If we've learned one thing about our past experiences at Capitol Hill Block Parties, it is that the bands that endear themselves to the gathered masses the most are ones that get the Partyers to move. (Flashback to Girl Talk's 2008 CHBP performance.) Next up in our "Better Know a CHBP Band" series, we present New Faces and The Pica Beats. Though there are major differences between the tempos these bands employ, expect dominant rhythms, and considerable movement around both sets. more ›

While we are no doubt excited for the biggest draws of the CHBP, we’re most excited to see some of our local favorites. Over the coming day and a half, we’ll post some words we’ve exchanged with the bands to ensure you get to know them all just a little bit better before you are faced with making choices about the three stages when you’re on the ground. First up, we present Seattlest’s favorite purveyors of rich Americana melodies, The Maldives and The Moondoggies. more ›

BLOCK PARTY: Yep, it's this weekend. Jesus Lizard, Sonic Youth, yadda, yadda, yadda. It's a big deal, go watch a concert in the street. Changes to the layout of the party are being hyped as solving the extended misery problem that virtually everyone who's ever been to the Block Party over the last couple years has complained about, so please some let us know if you can actually move once you're on the inside. Fri. doors 3 p.m., Sat. doors 1 p.m. // Capitol Hill Block Party // 12th Ave. & E. Pike St. // tix $23 per day, $42 for both more ›

Today, the I Saw U and Missed Connections sections are chockablock with the requisite ads from Capitol Hill Block Party attendees looking for that one girl they saw that one time at that band's set. So if you have bleached blonde hair, a cute tattoo, or were wearing a pretty dress this weekend, your suitor awaits. On the other hand, if you are Heather Tanner, somebody found your wallet and would like to return it to you---and y'all know that we are decidedly pro-wallet-returnage. more ›

It'd be easy to bitch and complain about certain aspects of the Capitol Hill Block Party. Sure, it attracts a bevy of tools who by the end of the night are barely-standing drunken douchebags. And yes, you have to put up with the poorly-scripted political pablum in between acts. Plus, in the aftermath, there's all that garbage. But in the midst of the typical festival chaos, there are plenty of things to praise about this year's block party. Here's our list: more ›

Head Like a Kite: By the time we got into Neumos, we'd unfortunately missed most of their set. Whatever they were playing when we walked in, it was awesome and everyone was into it. It wasn't long, however, before they went into show-closing mode with more ethereal, experimental jam stuff. We dig Head Like a Kite, but they also bore us sometimes. more ›

Ahh, Saturday! A chronologically arranged discussion of the Block Party, Day Zwei (Day Eins here): more ›

We're sitting in Moe Bar, and the key word there is "sitting." After four different bands we needed to rest our sandaled feet, and so we retreated from the steadily darkening, crowded intersection of the Block Party. No photos to share (yet) but here's what we've seen so far! more ›

Friday: Catch Common Market (4:30) and U.S.E. (5:30) at the main stage, then skip over to King Cobra for the second half of Truckasaurus (6:00). Take a dinner break (may we suggest eating something protein-heavy?), then get yerself to Neumo's for Thee Emergency at 7:45. After that, we suggest Das Llamas (it's their last set...THEIR LAST ONE!) at 9:45 at the Cha Cha. To round out the night, buy yourself a fancy rum drink at Havana and party until the wee hours with DJ Curtis. more ›

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. more ›

Tonight, if you're not already going to the second sold-out Magnetic Fields show, there's still a few tickets left for John in the Morning at Night at Neumo's, with the Duke Spirit, the Voom Blooms, and Tulsa. There's also PWRFL Power's (aka Kaz Nomura) second CD release show at the Vera Project. Since Kaz won a slot at last year's Capitol Hill Block Party (via the Stranger's Block Star contest last spring), he also won a spot in an Esurance ad, resulting in "the most unusual Esurance commercial to date." Check it: more ›

We're all wondering why you're not named on the lineup for The Program at Neumos in December. What gives? Will you be joining Khingz on stage? more ›

Though Seattlest would love nothing more than to give you a proper review of the KEXP barbecue, we've come to the stinging conclusion that it's simply not in the cards. We just got a work deadline thrown at us like a ton of cliches and this is the best we can do for you right now. more ›