So maybe you heard, but the cool half of Seattle is back from SXSW in ol' Austin, and maybe now I'll stop being tormented by their text messages. Geologic saw Bushwick Bill at the Grayskul show; Sabzi was mere feet from our lord and savior Ice Cube; Mr. Hill enjoyed a beer next to DJ Pooh; and DJ Suspence saw Motörhead. Well, now you guys can suck it! Enjoy your return to shitty weather, lame Mexican food, and none of my childhood heroes! Ha ha, dicks.
But what else is cookin' this week, you ask? Well on Thursday, March 27, the High Dive hosts March Badness featuring dem boys from the Physics, Waves of the Mind, Taybot, and Know Choice.
Then on Friday, March 28, you have three ways to go for the hiphop. First is at the Vera Project, where Macklemore heads up an (natch) all-ages lineup featuring World Rap Champeen and member of Portland's Sandpeople, Illmaculate. His Rain Check mixtape is pretty thorough; hit up his MySpace and hear the wreck he catches beyond the battle circuit. Also on the bill are Solstice, Sportn' Life's own Kingzmen, and the return of the 206's Ricky Pharoe, who's been living in Long Beach, storied homeland of the Dove Shack. If you want a slept-on SEA jewel, go get his and Tru-ID's '06 LP The Key with No Lock, not to mention Pharoe's '05 solo Civilized.
Also on Friday is the return of cult-favorite weekly Foot Traffic, now at the Lo_Fi. This night serves as the CD release for B-Girl's album Love or Fate, and features Alpha P, Mind Movers, Jewels Hunter, Randy Hansen, and art from Onesevennine and Rogue LaRoc. That B-Girl album is another good comp from that Project Mayhem collective, pairing MCs with B-Girl's own electro-eclectic production.
If neither of those shows are you, may I humbly suggest The Corner, going down in the cozy confines of the Rendezvous, featuring sets from Grayskul, Cancer Rising, Silent Lambs Project, and the night's promoter, the one and only Candidt. Grayskul just completed the video for "Missing" and all I keep hearing is it's ill as fuck... CR suck, but were recently added to the Sasquatch! festival (where Blue Scholars and Dyme Def will also be representin')... SLP have a quick-fire mixtape about to drop soon... and if you caught Candizzle at the recent Boiler Room party (shhh), or listened to Street Sounds recently, you know his joint "Voodoo" is on SMASH right now.
Lastly, I have bad news: Abyssinian Creole are breaking up. Their final show is at Hidmo on April 1. Well fellas, it was a good run. Much love to the homeys Khingz and Gabriel Teodros in their future solo endeavors. 
