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Capitol Hill Block Party includes Ratatat, TVOTR, Father John Misty, SSDD & more ++ get to Seattle early and see So Pitted

by Andrew Sacher

Capitol Hill Block Party

Seattle’s annual Capitol Hill Block Party returns in 2015 from July 24-26. This year’s lineup includes Ratatat, TV on the Radio, The Kills, Father John Misty, Jamie xx, Toro y Moi, Built to Spill, Wye Oak, The Julie Ruin, Shabazz Palaces, Flatbush Zombies, Deafheaven, BADBADNOTGOOD, Lower Dens, Girlpool, Protomartyr and more. Tickets are on sale now. Full lineup below.

SSDD (photo by Invisible Hour)
SSDD

As always, the lineup includes a few cool local Seattle bands, and it’s a good way to check out some of those bands if you’re coming to the fest from out of town. One is SSDD (aka “Steal Shit Do Drugs”). They include former members of The Intelligence, The Dutchess & the Duke and more, and they just put out a new EP First Comes Money on Help Yourself Records this week. They make garage punk that’s pretty catchy and clear-sounding as far as garage punk goes, but still driving and full of attitude. Stream their new EP below.

So Pitted

Another cool Seattle punk band that isn’t is playing Capitol Hill Block Party, and have a hometown show with Happy Diving and Never Young a few days beforehand, is So Pitted. Their latest release is this year’s 1 EP, which is a little murkier and freakier than SSDD. They’ve had their praises sung by other Seattle bands, like Chastity Belt. They also recently played a Sub Pop-curated show with White Lung, and ended up on one of the Sub Pop staffers’ year-end lists in 2014. You can stream their newest EP below and download it (name your price) here.

SSDD – First Comes Money

So Pitted – 1

Capitol Hill Block Party — 2015 Lineup
Father John Misty
Ivan and Alyosha
The Physics
Kodak to Graph
Girlpool
Yumi Zouma
Jarv Dee
Brothers from Another
Daniel Kirkpatrick
Slow Dance
Snuff Redux
Murder Vibes
Chimurenga Renaissance
Theoretics
Theories
Whitney Lyman
Maiah Manser
Fabulous Party Boys
Ryan Caraveo
Acid Tongue
Dex Amora
Moon Dial
Ephrata
HARPS
Gods Themselves
Kung Foo Grip
JusMoni
Freak Vibe
SSDD
Deep Creep
Blood Drugs
Grave Babies
Grenades
Great Falls
Old Iron
My Goodness
Heiress
Curse of the North
Lesbian
Great Spiders
Scott Yoder
Bad Blood
Cold Fronts
Brain Drain
Gazebos
RATATAT
TV On The Radio
The Kills
Toro y Moi
Built to Spill
Jamie xx
The Julie Ruin
Broods
Wye Oak
Flatbush Zombies
Giraffage
Shabazz Palaces
DIIV
Com Truise
Deafheaven
Wet
Shannon And The Clams
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
The Flavr Blue
Sam Lachow
BADBADNOTGOOD
Lower Dens
Protomartyr
Daktyl
The Coathangers
Meatbodies
Chastity Belt
Ambassadeurs
Lost Lander
Thunderpussy
Kite String Tangle
The Wooden Sky
Smokey Brights
Industrial Revelation
Kinski
Crater
One Above None Below
Slow Bird
Zoolab