​​This Friday, July 29, Coliseum of Art turns its stage over to three of the Pacific Northwest's most restless hip-hop minds for the second installment of the Summer of Awe Music Series' "Live at Coliseum of Art."
 Headlining up the night is Lil Lebowsxi, who pulls together some of the deepest roots in the PNW’s music scene—Pearl Nelson and Sir Thomas Gray of Champagne Champagne on bars and beats, and Minus the Bear's Erin Tate throwing punches on the drums. They've shared stages with Macklemore, Kesha, Prince, Portugal. The Man, and Soundgarden, stage-dived at Warped Tour, played Coachella and Bonnaroo, and starred in MTV's $5 Cover. Inventive, avant-garde, and impossible to guess what they’ll be up to next. And that part of the fun.

Nathan Nothing — knows a thing or two about pulling off an unpredictable career. The current project of Nathan Quiroga, the Seattle-rooted, now Brooklyn-based artist you may know better as Buffalo Madonna. If the name doesn't land, the résumé will: Quiroga earned a Grammy for his work on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's The Heist, the record that took Best Rap Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. These days he's chasing something far darker. Nathan Nothing trades pop-rap polish for cavernous electronic music, minimal wave, and spiraling synths built on vintage hardware — his debut single paid open homage to the Roland TR-909 drum machine. This April he dropped 0 & 00, two companion EPs released simultaneously, stacked with foreboding atmosphere and modern punk bite.

Quiroga has teamed with Seattle visual legend Terence Ankeny to build a full multimedia program — music and imagery colliding head-on, a fitting echo of the venue's own aesthetic. Ankeny is the lighting mind behind Neumos and the touring light show for psych-rock juggernauts King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, with deep local ties to Spirit Award, Lake, and Spesh. Expect the whole room to move.

Rounding out the bill, none other than DJ Funk Daddy (Greg Buren). A pioneering producer, DJ, and engineer, he helped shape the Northwest's G-funk sound through platinum and gold work with Sir Mix-A-Lot, E-40, and Mac Dre, plus credits stretching to Too $hort and D12. He took home Best Mix/Club DJ at the 1999 Northwest Music Awards and still produces and mentors local talent today. He’s pure Seattle pedigree.

It's the kind of bill that only makes sense here. Opened in 1916, the Coliseum is often cited as one of the first purpose-built movie palaces in the country — long before its memorable turn as Seattle's Banana Republic flagship store.

Since June, the Coliseum of Art has attracted the attention of nearly five thousand visitors with a free exhibit featuring the work of Northwest artists: curated by PublicDisplay.ART, the exhibition includes tech-laden installations, light, sound, sculpture, and visual art as part of the Conru Art Foundation's Summer of Awe program, which includes the Live at Coliseum of Art music series showcase that runs through Friday, Sept. 4th.

Doors open at 7 p.m.; music runs 8 to 11 p.m. The show is 21+ with ID. Tickets are $10 on Eventbrite — while they last.

Coliseum of Art 500 Pike St. (corner of 5th Ave & Pike St. — Downtown Seattle)