We’ve got a couple dozen ideas for how to spend your Memorial Day weekend. So dig in below, then head to events from the Northwest Folklife Festival to Melt Music & Mutual Aid Fair and from the inaugural Ballard Book Crawl to the first Bicycle Weekend of the season. For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week.
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Stoneyard: Record Release
Stoneyard has been playing alternative rock around town for quite a few years, sharing bills with the likes of Black Ends and Caspian Coberly and finally putting out their debut full-length last week. The band celebrates the release of Cost Of Living with a show at the all-ages venue Black Lodge with some as-of-yet unannounced “special guests.” Their sound reminds me of Pacific Northwest bands of the ’90s and early aughts like Nirvana, Built to Spill, and Modest Mouse; it’s filled with fuzzed-out guitars, raw vocals, layered instrumentation, and epic crescendos. If you want to know what the next generation of Seattle rock sounds like, I recommend getting a ticket to this show, stat. SHANNON LUBETICH
(Black Lodge, South Lake Union, $15-$18)
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