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♫ Struttin’ to the Block Party. Struttin’ to the Block Party. ♫
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The Dip shows why adding horns is rarely ever a bad thing.
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The Dip shows why adding horns is rarely ever a bad thing.
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Unfortunately, one must obey anything printed on a T-shirt.
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Unfortunately, one must obey anything printed on a T-shirt.
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Living that (mostly) color coordinated life in the VIP area.
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Pillar Point plays dancable rock tunes under Friday’s overcast sky.
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Pillar Point plays dancable rock tunes under Friday’s overcast sky.
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Living that (mostly) color coordinated life in the VIP area.
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Iska Dhaaf’s Nathan Quiroga makes his customary pilgrimage into the crowd for a little sing-along.
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Iska Dhaaf’s Nathan Quiroga makes his customary pilgrimage into the crowd for a little sing-along.
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MØ money, MØ problems.
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Shoes are for feet, you guys.
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Shoes are for feet, you guys.
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Fest goers frolic while being shot by a slow motion video camera.
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Fest goers frolic while being shot by a slow motion video camera.
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MØ money, MØ problems.
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Dilly Dally hosts a meeting of the Screeching Hearts Club.
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Dilly Dally hosts a meeting of the Screeching Hearts Club.
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Head Wound City brings the hardcore fury to the Vera Stage on Friday.
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Crystal Castles reigns at the Main Stage on night one.
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Washed Out awash in purple.
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Inflatable letters atop Nuemos help anyone that forgot what festival they are attending.
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Crystal Castles reigns at the Main Stage on night one.
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Head Wound City brings the hardcore fury to the Vera Stage on Friday.
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Head Wound City invites the tiniest hardcore fan in the crowd on stage to close out its set.
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Screaming is kind of Jordan Blilie’s thing.
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Screaming is kind of Jordan Blilie’s thing.
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Head Wound City invites the tiniest hardcore fan in the crowd on stage to close out its set.
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Inflatable letters atop Nuemos help anyone that forgot what festival they are attending.
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Cyborgs are real.
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DJDS attempts to start an old school techno house party.
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DJDS attempts to start an old school techno house party.
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Cyborgs are real.
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Washed Out awash in purple.
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A conspicuous lack of visible tattoos on Prism Tats.
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Ready to rock Saturday.
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Ready to rock Saturday.
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A conspicuous lack of visible tattoos on Prism Tats.
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Porter Ray playin’, as he is wont to do.
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Porter Ray playin’, as he is wont to do.
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Sibling sweetness from Tangerine.
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A much needed boost.
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A much needed boost.
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Sibling sweetness from Tangerine.
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In case you weren’t aware, Thunderpussy’s Molly Sides is also a professional dancer…
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Coupling at CHBP.
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…which means she’s rather flexible.
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We’ve yet to get confirmation that rocker Israel Nash isn’t just a sasquatch that shaved its body hair.
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We’ve yet to get confirmation that rocker Israel Nash isn’t just a sasquatch that shaved its body hair.
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The always anxiety-inducing window swings.
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Coupling at CHBP.
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Lisa Prank unleashes the feels in Cha Cha.
(Bonus game: Try to spot the Seattle Met arts editor.)
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Lisa Prank unleashes the feels in Cha Cha.
(Bonus game: Try to spot the Seattle Met arts editor.)
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In case you weren’t aware, Thunderpussy’s Molly Sides is also a professional dancer…
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The always anxiety-inducing window swings.
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…which means she’s rather flexible.
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Capitol Hill Block Poké.
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Capitol Hill Block Poké.
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On An On deliver a tongue lashing.
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Seattle’s Bardot start a dance party in Neumos.
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Pure Bathing Culture lets its soft pop wash over the Vera Stage audience on Saturday night.
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♫ I’m not sick of [Car Seat Headrest]. ♫
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Wand’s Cory Hanson takes a momentary break from trying to play every note on the guitar.
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Good seats if you can get ’em.
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Despite security blasting shoulder sitters with water, they kept on trying to get that view (which is annoying for everyone else).
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On An On deliver a tongue lashing.
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Odesza has become the signature Capitol Hill Block Party act, drawing the biggest audience of the weekend by a significant margin.
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Despite security blasting shoulder sitters with water, they kept on trying to get that view (which is annoying for everyone else).
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Odesza’s crowd can only be categorized as an enthusiastic mass of humanity.
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Eureka! Big Wild has an idea!
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Live Music: It’s exciting!
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Live Music: It’s exciting!
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Seattle’s Bardot start a dance party in Neumos.
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Pure Bathing Culture lets its soft pop wash over the Vera Stage audience on Saturday night.
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♫ I’m not sick of [Car Seat Headrest]. ♫
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Night falls on the beer garden in front of Cha Cha.
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Good seats if you can get ’em.
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Odesza has become the signature Capitol Hill Block Party act, drawing the biggest audience of the weekend by a significant margin.
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The spiritual center of CHBP.
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Odesza’s crowd can only be categorized as an enthusiastic mass of humanity.
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Eureka! Big Wild has an idea!
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The spiritual center of CHBP.
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Night falls on the beer garden in front of Cha Cha.
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Wand’s Cory Hanson takes a momentary break from trying to play every note on the guitar.
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The sun shines brightest on the final day of CHBP.
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The sun shines brightest on the final day of CHBP.
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Benjamin Francis Leftwich begins Sunday’s slate with some acoustic strumming.
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Benjamin Francis Leftwich begins Sunday’s slate with some acoustic strumming.
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The always stylish Maiah Manser kicks off Sunday’s Main Stage action.
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The always stylish Maiah Manser kicks off Sunday’s Main Stage action.
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Murals and youth.
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Cardiknox gets colorful on the Vera Stage.
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Even arachnophobics can enjoy the Spider Ferns.
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Clams Casino attempts to hit the jackpot at the Main Stage.
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Cardiknox gets colorful on the Vera Stage.
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Murals and youth.
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Clams Casino attempts to hit the jackpot at the Main Stage.
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Even arachnophobics can enjoy the Spider Ferns.
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♫ I’ve got that joy, joy, joy, Joy (Formidable) down in my heart… ♫
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Colorworks takes things underground for a set at Barboza.
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Ritzy Bryan’s pedal board is the GOAT.
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♫ I’ve got that joy, joy, joy, Joy (Formidable) down in my heart… ♫
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More drum kits with massive gongs, please. The Joy Formidable’s Matthew James Thomas knows what’s up.
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Ritzy Bryan’s pedal board is the GOAT.
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Colorworks takes things underground for a set at Barboza.
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More drum kits with massive gongs, please. The Joy Formidable’s Matthew James Thomas knows what’s up.
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Nu Era combats the waning Sunday energy by hyping things up in Neumos.
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Singer-songwriter Laura Gibson brings a much needed low-key vibe to Sunday’s proceedings.
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The astronaut suit-adorned STRFKR blasts off into a spectacle-heavy set.
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Capitol Hill’s rainbow sidewalks: still super cool.
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NAVVI offers welcoming shelter from the sun.
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Nu Era combats the waning Sunday energy by hyping things up in Neumos.
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STARKR may have studied the Flaming Lips’ playbook…
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NAVVI offers welcoming shelter from the sun.
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The Cave Singers sing on the Vera Stage. Which is not a cave. … Liars.
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The astronaut suit-adorned STRFKR blasts off into a spectacle-heavy set.
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Singer-songwriter Laura Gibson brings a much needed low-key vibe to Sunday’s proceedings.
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STARKR may have studied the Flaming Lips’ playbook…
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Capitol Hill’s rainbow sidewalks: still super cool.
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Absolute Monarchs closes out the Cha Cha slate with heavy style.
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The ever charming CHVRCHES provided the perfect sythpop soundtrack to close out CHBP.
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The Cave Singers sing on the Vera Stage. Which is not a cave. … Liars.
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Lauren Mayberry forever.
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The ever charming CHVRCHES provided the perfect sythpop soundtrack to close out CHBP.
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Absolute Monarchs closes out the Cha Cha slate with heavy style.
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Lauren Mayberry forever.
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♫ Struttin’ to the Block Party. Struttin’ to the Block Party. ♫
Another Capitol Hill Block Party is in the books, and—as per usual—2016’s edition offered a choice slate of indie rock, pop, hip-hop, and electronic music. But as always, the vibe of the festival can’t be summed up by the music alone. There were dancing astronauts. There were tiny, gleeful preteen hardcore fans. There were human-sized Pokémon. It’s never a real festival until you soak in some of the weirdness.
Relive the festivities with this chronological photo recap of CHBP 2016.
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