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Sunday – CHBP 2011

| July 29, 2011

The Capitol Hill Block Party Day 3 with KEXP in the Bean Room featured live performances from The Posies, The Cave Singers, My Goodness, Kung Foo Grip, and Brothers From Another.

Check out our photos from the front row and then see the KEXP blog for more about the bands that played the Bean Room on Sunday:

the posies

the posies

the cave singers

my goodness

photos by Lori Paulson

Friday – CHBP 2011

| July 29, 2011


Can we find the words to say how much we love hosting KEXP’s broadcasts from the Bean Room? It’s an honor to have visits and performances by such talented artists all weekend long. The Bean Room is a fairly normal (and quiet) warehouse almost every day. Its transformation into a mini-venue and recording studio is a special treat — maybe even for the coffee beans, too.

fucked up by Lori Paulson

The Head and the Heart by Lori Paulson

Friday featured Bean Room performances by Fucked Up and The Head and the Heart. You can listen to The Head and the Heart’s live performance on KEXP, here on their website.

Here are more photos from Friday, Day 1, including scenes from our La Famiglia Lounge (our Block Party upstairs bar) and from performances by The Fresh & Onlys, and Thurston Moore.

slideshow by Lori Paulson

Thursday Kick-Off – CHBP 2011

| July 28, 2011

Thanks to all who attended the 7/21 show in our Bean Room — one wild week ago — by Morning Teleportation. Our Thursday kickoff to the Capitol Hill Block Party featured the up-and-coming Portland band, groovy lights, and complimentary cold-brew coffee. Because we partnered with Verizon for this Coffee Shop Series concert, all attendees left the Bean Room loaded up with a bag of “Morning Teleportation Blend” coffee, and T-shirts and posters printed by The VERA Project.

Block Party Kick-Off: Morning Teleportation in the Bean Room

| July 11, 2011
An unofficial kick-off to the 2011 Capitol Hill Block Party will happen in the Caffe Vita Bean Room on Thursday, July 21, at 8pm. We’re excited to bring you the Portland-based Psych rockers, Morning Teleportation. They are currently on tour, performing from their debut album, Expanding Anyway. Here’s a video — check them out:

Invite your friends via the Facebook event page.

Tickets are FREE and available at these three locations only:

Caffe Vita Capitol Hill 1005 East Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122
July 15-20, 10am-2pm.

Verizon Store / Downtown 1633 6th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
July 15-16, 11am-2pm / July 20, 4-7pm

Verizon Store / University 5001 25th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105
July 17, 11am-2pm / July 19, 4-7pm

Click here for all the details and how to win VIP passes by donating old cell phones and accessories to the HopeLine program. Check the Coffee Shop Series website for more info and future shows by Verizon and Caffe Vita.

Public Access Media + Caffe Vita = Chromeo

| October 6, 2008

Below is an interview which took place in the Caffe Vita bean room, conducted by Public Access Media, over Block Party weekend with Chromeo this summer. We were very lucky to have had the opportunity to grace the presence of such an awesome act. Chromeo is Pee Thug and Dave 1: best friends since their adolescence, virtuoso musicians, and walking hip hop encyclopedias. Chromeo is slick. Chromeo is dripping with reverb. Chromeo is Moog riffs, luxurious harmonies, macho guitar solos and real-deal songcraft. After their performance on main stage we ushered them through way of candle lit underground passage, bypassing the thousands of screaming fans, and into our make-shift studio for a smooth sexy interview. Enjoy!

Throw Me The Statue + Midnight Supper

| September 16, 2008

the pictures tell it best. but quickly: a midnight performance by seattle stars Throw Me The Statue, a candlelight romp with Chromeo, some bluesy shout outs by Ty Willman, a 1000 degree brick oven in which we cooked baby turnips, sweet carrots, plump sausages, dreamy squash, delicate beet greens, bloody lamb ribs, all served alongside bowl after bowl of vibrant aioli – bags and bags of farm direct coffee making us feel like we were in a secret bunker, and cups overflowing with fragrant coffee – and maybe some wine… it went till 3:30 am – it was a brilliant end to a phenomenal weekend of music…