July 30th brings to Seattle the primitive beast of a music festival known as Hunting Parties. It's like the most known, unknown bands of hardcore, punk, and and weirdo music playing across five venues in three days, and if you're in Seattle this weekend you are one lucky person.

With legends like Portland punks Resist and Rhode Island crust lords Dropdead, to newer bands like HC Minds (ex-Yob) and Nerveskade, this fest is guaranteed to melt your face all the way off. Mike Crow, founder of the fest and owner of Seattle label Inimical Records, sat down and talked with me a bit about it...

When did you start Hunting Parties? Last year, right? How did the idea for it come about?

Hunting Parties started last year, the idea came about in the midst of a near blackout on New Year's Eve. I had probably been thinking about it before, and I asked someone from Oroku if I put on a fest, would they do a reunion show and, with a shitload of work, it fell into place. I used DIY venues and it went really well, so I decided to do it again this year.

The line-up this year is awesome, are there any bands that you're particularly excited about?

I am excited about the whole fest of course, but there are certainly highlights. From the Friday night Morgue show, I'm excited to have the Estranged playing, hopefully they play something off the new album, and to have Arctic Flowers back up here. They're my favorite band of the last year or so. On Saturday I am stoked for Portland legends Resist at the Morgue during the afternoon, and Dropdead playing Neumos that night. On Sunday I think the highlight will be Wehrmacht returning to Seattle after 20 years. That should rip. The only thing I am not looking forward to is the recovery on Monday. I hope people make it out.

For more info check out the Hunting Parties blog.

HUNTING PARTIES 2010

7.30.10-8.1.10

Venues: The Morgue, Neumos, The Comet, Chop Suey, MOB Studio

A full list of bands and venues after the jump...

Friday - The Morgue All Ages $7
The Estranged
Arctic Flowers
Broken Water
Bellicose Minds
Frustration

Friday - After party MOB Studio $5
Tuberculosis
Rayos X
Poliskitzo
Mata Mata
Assymetric Warfare

Saturday (Early show!) - The Morgue All Ages $7
Resist
Funerot
Raw Nerves
Salted City
ix

Sat. July 31st-Neumos All Ages Bar W/ID —
Infinite Productions and Inimical Records present
DROPDEAD
BRAINOIL
AGRIMONIA
Iron Lung
Samothrace,
Death Raid.

$17.00 adv. @ http://www.etix.com , Moe Bar, Zions Gate, Singles Going Steady and all Sonic Boom locations. $20.00 D.O.S.
Doors: 7:00 p.m. Show: 8:00 p.m. Curfew: 1:30 a.m.

Saturday - The Comet 21+ $5.00 at the door only
HC Minds
Sod Hauler
Ronoso
Norska

Sunday - The Morgue All Ages $10
Wehrmacht
The Body
Nerveskade
Unlearn
Bone Sickness

Sunday - Chop Suey 21+ $5
Oroku
The Makai
Lazy Dogs
Lethe

See also Kevin Diers's preview in Up & Coming.