Pitchfork

Those Congressfolk in Washington, D.C. only wish they could hold a Capitol Hill Block Party like the one in Seattle. This year's Capitol Hill Block Party goes down across several stages on a couple blocks of Pike Street and 10th and 11th Avenues in the Emerald City, and what a party it will be.

The Hold Steady, Vampire Weekend, Les Savy Fav, Girl Talk, Jay Reatard, the Dodos, Chromeo, Kimya Dawson, United State of Electronica, the Builders and the Butchers, and many others (including a bunch of Pacific NW talent) will hold down the block July 25-26.

There's plenty more rock to be announced, including a "surprise guest" billed above the Hold Steady. Above the Hold Steady? What a killer party this is turning out to be.