This weekend, during Capitol Hill Block Party, more than 100 local and international music acts will fill the Pike/Pine corridor for the 21st edition of one of Seattle's biggest music festivals. On our Capitol Hill Block Party calendar, you can see the complete schedule that's sortable by venue and date, find a printable version of the schedule, and read descriptions about and listen to music from every artist. If that's overwhelming, look no further—below, you'll find just our critics' picks for Sunday, sorted by genre. Plus, to make it even easier for you, we've even made you a Spotify playlist for all of these artists* —find it at the end of the list. For more, check out our critics' picks for Friday and Saturday.

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POP

Angel Olsen
Angel Olsen just has one of those voices that knocks you down—visceral and versatile, familiar but foreign, public yet private, equally compelling in wail and whisper. And after three increasingly killer records, last year Olsen delivered a proper masterpiece with My Woman. Last time she brought her (killer) band to Block Party, in 2015, people seemed caught off guard. No excuse for that this year. SEAN NELSON
(Main Stage, 8 pm)

dreamcatchr
Formed in 2015, dreamcatchr are a promising local indie unit featuring the intertwined vocal prowess of guitarist and founder Raven MacDaniels and Shannon Clark layered over catchy drum beats and crisp, pop-infused bass lines. You’ll find hints of Beach House and Tame Impala within their supple, bright melodies. AMBER CORTES
(Barboza, 5:45 pm)

Julie Byrne
As far as the genres of folk and pop go, there are some top-tier tunes from Julie Byrne. But with her wounded, ethereal voice being the takeaway standout on her albums, one wonders if she might be better served pulling a Julianna Barwick and allowing her vocals to twist and turn in the spotlight over new age–style backing tracks. There's potential here; what matters most is what Byrne does with it. KYLE FLECK
(Main Stage, 2:30 pm)

Perfume Genius
When “genius” is right there in your band name, you’re going to have to deliver. Fortunately, Mike Hadreas figured out how to summon the goods. The first two records were real good, but Perfume Genius achieved a glory on 2014’s Too Bright that only grew more glorious on this year’s No Shape. If there’s any justice, he’ll be carried out of this year’s Block Party on a team of white stallions. SEAN NELSON
(Vera Stage, 9 pm)

Select Level
Select Level is the creative outlet of Seattle multi-instrumentalist/producer Andy Sells (he juggles drums, drum machines, and percussion, as well as analog synths, bass, and vocals that vary between falsetto coos and breathy croons). He started making music that drew on his retro influences five summers ago, and the result is a marriage of heady, post-disco funk and ’80s-dosed dance pop that’ll get your hips swinging and head bobbing. Live, he’s joined by Joel Cuplin (guitar), Doug Port (drums), and Noel Brass Jr. (keys). LEILANI POLK
(Cha Cha, 8:45 pm)

SOUL/R&B

Breaks & Swells
Soulful, classy, expressive, percussive—just a few words you can use to describe this funky, fun, seven-piece Seattle band. They pack the stage — people let loose and dance up a storm to good old jazzy and blues riffs as lead singer Marquetta Miller's sugary coated vocals give a sweet flavor to the sound. AMBER CORTES
(Neumos, 5:15 pm)

ROCK

Charms
Charms are among a burgeoning wave of Seattle post-punk groups writing tumultuous, infernal songs to mirror the dangerous times in which we live. Like some perturbed combo of Siouxsie & the Banshees and Killing Joke, the trio churn out end-time jams that bless these future ruins with surprisingly melodic panache. DAVE SEGAL
(Cha Cha, 7:45 pm)

Cloud Nothings
At its genesis some eight years ago, Cloud Nothings was something of a butterfly net for the loose ideas that materialized during the gaps in songwriter Dylan Baldi’s college course schedule. Some great pop-punk flashes emerged from those early days, but those splatters on a canvas have undergone hard-worked revisions under the fine-grit sandpaper of time, and through no accident, Baldi and gang have become an acclaimed indie band. The sun-kissed waves that grace the cover of this year's Life Without Sound foretell of an even more substantial polishing, and Baldi’s words glisten (ever slightly) more hopefully than before. The bleak beauty of Cloud Nothings’ weighty guitar lines and Baldi’s innate knack for melody still shine through, though, and songs like door-slamming closer “Realize My Fate” are clear evidence Cloud Nothings still have the vital angst they set out with. TODD HAMM
(Main Stage, 3:45 pm)

Miscomings
Seattle foursome Miscomings make the sort of truculent, menacing noise rock that citizens of this increasingly frustrating metropolis need, and they do so without totally excising melody from the equation. Their 2016 EP Bag of Knives vividly exhibits Miscomings’ caustic, urgent bulletins from the underground. The music’s a whirling ball of tension and catharsis. DAVE SEGAL
(Cha Cha, 2:45 pm)

Newaxeyes
Newaxeyes’ Randall Dunn–produced debut album, Black Fax, is stuck in record-company limbo, but initial listens prove that the wait will be worth it. An 11-track confluence of brooding rock majesty and chthonic, abstract-electronic expressionism, the record refines the local quartet’s tumultuous improvisational live performances into gathering-storm soundscapes and meditative Eno-esque art songs, a free-floating uneasiness coursing through the record’s DNA. They’re not only one of Seattle’s best bands, but one of America’s, as well. DAVE SEGAL
(Neumos, 3:15 pm)

Ravenna Woods
A shapeshifter of a band that never fails to surprise and delight with their fast, dark, moody songs. If you saw them a few years ago, you might think of Ravenna Woods as brooding guitar rockers, but their more recent material—no less brooding, no less guitar—is spry and wily, with new wave keyboards and dance rhythms to enliven the stormy mood. SEAN NELSON
(Neumos, 9 pm)

Torres
It’s been two years since Sprinter lodged itself into the consciousness, which might seem like a long time in indie rock, but Torres’s breakthrough still feels vivid and essential, which is more than you can say for a lot of the 2015 hit parade. Brand-new single “Skim” is a refinement of the album’s signature combination of lacerating emotions and assured songcraft—even more direct and intense, if you can imagine such a thing, and, a couple dozen listens in, every bit as indelible. SEAN NELSON
(Vera Stage, 6:10 pm)

HIPHOP/RAP

Danny Brown
A proud disciple of Prince’s “Dirty Mind,” Detroit rapper Danny Brown combines hilarious, raunchy verses with frazzle-dazzle flows and productions that don’t give many fucks about hiphop conventions. (Who else boasts harder about his cunnilingus skills? Who else laces tracks with This Heat, Hawkwind, and Guru Guru samples?) Brown’s latest album on Warp, Atrocity Exhibition, finds him honing his wit and articulate yawp over some of the most interesting music in overground hiphop. DAVE SEGAL
(Main Stage, 5:15 pm)

Knowmads
KnowMads—the only NW rap crew distinguished by an owl logo (that aren't named "Oldominion")—are people's champions, professional purveyors of posi-perseverance rap. Their trademarks are warm production and introspective lyrics that would resonate with any twentysomething in the Northwest, that is to say, any generally kicked-back weed smoker. KnowMads' Tom Pepe and producer Jesse Judd (you might know him as Jester already) dropped their own album LiveGood, honing well enough their crew's reflective backpack style. LARRY MIZELL JR
(Vera Stage, 4 pm)

Mykki Blanco
Queer hiphop artist Mykki Blanco is more interesting than a Twitter hashtag. Though Blanco might have made headlines for getting a “Fuck Trump” tattoo in Paris and an alleged homophobic incident on a Delta airlines flight, Blanco’s music is more intriguing. With distorted punk, a cameo from Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna, and queer-centric lyrics, Blanco’s last EP, Gay Dog Food (2014), challenged the rap rulebook and played outside the genre’s rigid lines. On Mykki—Blanco’s debut LP released in September 2016—punk, pop, punk, dance, industrial, even string music—all make appearances. AMBER CORTES
(Vera Stage, 7:30 pm)

Tay Sean
Tay Sean, half of Helladope, cofounder of that ol' Cloud Nice crew, producer/graphic artist/MC. Truthful. Space cadet. Old soul. Good dude. In my unsolicited opinion, one of the better reasons in town to pay attention to local hiphop. LARRY MIZELL JR
(Barboza, 6:45 pm)

The White Tears & Pearl Dragon Is Dead
I confess: I haven't heard this band, but it marks the return of Pearl Dragon (formerly of Champagne Champagne, among other bands) after five years away. Many more years of following his pursuits have proven that whatever he does is worth paying attention to, so you might want to go welcome him back to where he belongs: in Seattle, on a stage. SEAN NELSON
(Barboza, 3:45 pm)

PUNK

Diet Cig
Upstate New York duo Diet Cig appear to have been raised exclusively on the K Records back catalog, with an especially heavy serving of Mirah circa You Think It’s Like This but Really It’s Like This. The “slop pop” of Alex Luciano and Noah Bowman positively teems with all the usual K hallmarks: slacker casualness, lo-fi pedigree, effortlessly appealing hooks and, crucially, songs that sound like they were written in a worn-down Moleskine. “I can’t play instruments very well/and I’ll eat all of your cereal/but I’ll never be a smoker/’cuz the second cigarette makes me feel like shit,” aren’t exactly lyrics you’d expect from a heartbroken cheater’s anthem, but by the time Luciano’s belting out lines like “If I told you I loved you/I don’t know who it would scare away faster” on single “Sleep Talk,” chances are good you’ll be coming down with a case of the feels. KYLE FLECK
(Vera Stage, 5 pm)

METAL

He Whose Ox Is Gored
Local post-hardcore-gone-doom quartet He Whose Ox Is Gored are known for their innate ability to make assaulting your eardrums seem pleasurable, with a knack for invoking a crushing sense of dark, delicate heaviness that commands your attention. KIM SELLING
(Neumos, 4:15 pm)

ELECTRONIC

Snakehips
Blog house superheroes Snakehips' remix of "Warm Water" by Banks essentially made her entire career worthwhile, and while we wouldn't say the same of all their remixes, they're reliably groovy dance technicians. KYLE FLECK
(Main Stage, 6:30 pm)

* These artists are not on Spotify: Miscomings, Newaxeyes, and The White Tears & Pearl Dragon Is Dead. Click their names for other music clips.