‘Capitol Hill Block Party’ Archives
CHBP 2010: The Dead Weather
Jack White's a busy man in the band world, known for his participation in a handful of bands including The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather. Lately he's been devoting his time to the latter band, The Dead Weather, who headlined the newly added third day of Block Party. The third day was filled with mostly local bands, with Mad Rad thus far being arguably the best band of the [...]
CHBP 2010: S (Video Set)
S, Jenn Ghetto of Carrisa's Wierd, played a compelling set directly after Ravenna Woods. The days of singer-songwriters armed with nothing but a guitar seem like they are fading away. Jenn Ghetto represents a generation of music when wearing your heart on your sleeve and singing about the ugliness of reality were more prolific. She doesn't bother cluttering up the foreground of her songs with [...]
CHBP 2010: Street Sounds w/ Larry Mizell Jr.
I got a few minutes in The Bean Room with Seattle's Mayor of Hip-Hop, Larry Mizell Junior (Lar). It's been a minute since SSG has caught up with him in official capacity, so I snagged myself some face time. Not only does Mizell give us the updates on what's up with him in the music industry, including his appointment in the music commission by Mayor Mike McGinn, but he also talks block party, [...]
CHBP 2010: Blue Scholars in the Bean Room + INTERVIEW
You didn't think Nikki B would settle for zero face time with Blue Scholars, did you? Thank you Caffe Vita and KEXP for the Bean Room shows! Not only was it an intimate Blue Scholars show aired live on Street Sounds with Larry Mizell Jr., but Blue Scholars also played a four new songs off their new album Cinemetropolis due out in early 2011. Sabzi got a little buck and nearly fell off a speaker, [...]
CHBP 2010: Blue Scholars
Suzi Pratt had a front row view of Blue Scholars from the photo pit! I on the other had did not. :D Although at least 200 rows deep, it was still clear that Blue Scholars rocked it for the home team. Emcee Geologic (Geo) and producer Sabzi formed Blue Scholars when they were students at the University of Washington back 2002. Seeing Geo sport a vintage UW jersey made the Blue Scholars CHBP [...]
CHBP 2010: Magnetic Blackness with Pearl Dragon
Pearl Dragon of Champagne Champagne paused while giving his phone number to an intoxicated homie to rap at me for a minute. Block Party love!
CHBP 2010: Johnknee, My Favorite Security Guard
I go to a lot of shows at Neumos. I started seeing this security guard quite a bit. When I got around to asking for his name, he said "Johnny" first pointing to his face then pointing to his knee. He's adorable. I love him. He said hi to me at Capitol Hill Block Party. :)
CHBP 2010: Ravenna Woods
Ravenna Woods had their CHBP debut yesterday! There were some sound issues early on, and a few diva glares from Cunningham, but everything got worked out by song three. As always, Ravenna Woods enchanted the crowd, sang and played their hearts out, sold a ton of CDs, and garnered a few more fangirl crushes. In other news, Ravenna Woods earned themselves the main support spot for Hey Marseilles on [...]
CHPB 2010: 50 Seconds with P Smoov
P Smoov, rapper in and producer of Fresh Espresso and Mad Rad, took a break from signing autographs to holler at an SSG. Thanks P! (See Suzi Pratt's review of Mad Rad here.)
CHBP 2010: Mad Rad
Mad Rad is easily one of Seattle's most hyped local bands, known not only for their hipster rap, but also for their stage theatrics including their 2009 appearance at Sasquatch! when Buffalo Madonna scaled the top of the Yeti stage. Given all the talk, I was excited to finally see Mad Rad live at Block Party, and was more than convinced that they have truly earned their hype. Mad Rad's set [...]
