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July 29, 2013

CHBP 2013: Friday

There's something special going on between this fan and Detroit rapper Danny Brown. Can you feel it?

Photography by Courtesy Jim Bennett

CHBP 2013: Friday

Last year's omnipresent accessory was plastic fluorescent sunglasses. This year, it was roses.

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CHBP 2013: Friday

Best use of a keytar: Vancouver B.C.'s Bear Mountain, an electro-rock act that also played one of our favorite sets of the entire weekend.

CHBP 2013: Friday

White boys can dance.

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CHBP 2013: Friday

I'm in there! Somewhere!

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CHBP 2013: Friday

That's just a panda riding an inflatable raft over the crowd at the STRFKR concert. What, didn't you know pandas are water mammals?

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CHBP 2013: Saturday

Shaggy haired Scot Porter, aka Vox Mod, headbangs like a metal act but creates a dreamy electro-soundscape that would pair well with the Postal Service.

CHBP 2013: Friday

If you lost your friend during the Girl Talk concert, she was probably on stage with DJ Gregg Gillis.

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CHBP 2013: Friday

All that glitters is Girl Talk.

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CHBP 2013: Saturday

CHBP turns the facades on Pike Street into a giant projection screen for the after-dark concerts.

CHBP 2013: Saturday

Rabia Qazi, lead singer of the "hard-hitting hippies" Rose Windows, toasts the crowd.

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CHBP 2013: Saturday

Bros. in. tanks. They were EVERYWHERE.

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CHBP 2013: Saturday

Best rap act of the weekend: Brooklyn's El-P + Killer Mike = Run the Jewels

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CHBP 2013: Saturday

Best giant head cutouts: in tribute to A-Trak.

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CHBP 2013: Saturday

Best use of a cape and cowbell: alt-country band Brent Amaker and the Rodeo

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CHBP 2013: Saturday

"Sweat it out, Seattle!" A-Trak, aka 27-year-old Montreal native Alain Macklovitch, spun better dance beats than Girl Talk. Yup, went there.

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CHBP 2013: Saturday

Best band to get stoned to: Purity Ring, another Montreal act featuring Corin Roddick (drums, synth) and Megan James (vocals, pictured).

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CHBP 2013: Saturday

That about sums it up.

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CHBP 2013: Saturday

Galen Disston, front man of Seattle "garage R&B" band Pickwick, hits some high notes to close out Saturday night.

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CHBP 2013: Sunday

Hey Marseilles takes a breather inside Caffe Vita.

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CHBP 2013: Sunday

Hairstyle of the weekend, courtesy of Hey Marseilles. We saw this look on more than a few heads.

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CHBP 2013: Sunday

Couldn't end bigger or better than with the Flaming Lips.

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CHBP 2013: Sunday

Thank you, Wayne Coyne, for being you.

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CHBP 2013

I get older, but the Capitol Hill Block Party stays the same age.

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We saw Pickwick and Girl Talk, El-P and A-Trak, and Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips...with a baby? Check out the best bands and outtakes from the three-day music festival.
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