Well, fuck. Starting out with yet another RIP; we get all the nightlife-friendly candidates voted in, and now the War Room is about to close its doors. From summertime happy hours wasted on the roof deck to some classic Yo! Son nights (okay, not always as classic as at, say, Chop or Neumos, of course, but whatever) to the very first Big Tune, the War Room has been a hub of beat-centric awesomeness on the Hill since its inception. It was a place where b-boys and b-girls were always welcome, where the beats most often heard were hiphop (and thus, the place was frequented by cops). It was created by hiphop-minded folks, not just for themselves, but for everybody—even the occasional drunk asshole. I'm sad to see it go, and I'm hoping it doesn't become some Belltown-type douchebox, like the new Club Lagoon or some shit (if I see a fiberglass Lambo sitting high above Harvard Avenue, it's coming home). Big ups to Marcus and Brian (and all the homies over there, as there's quite a few)—the place had a great run. So get in there and suck the rest of the liquor down before the War Room rests in peace on November 30.

Slick-spitting 206 reps Clockwork are headlining Nectar on November 20, bringing their signature flow and well-honed party rocking to any and all faces in the immediate vicinity. The Clock are working on new music and building with local production house Fueled Creative to "change the way music is marketed for independent artists in this digital era." More cats in technology-rich Seattle need to come up with their own new grind model—and not the "rap, get signed, blow up, pop bottles" scheme that so many are still chasing. This show is also the CD release for Peoples' Purple Ribbon EP—check him with Alto and R.O.B., as well as sets from State of the Artist, SK, and DJ Soundwave.

November 21 at the Rendezvous is the video premiere/listening party for Dark Time Sunshine, a new collaborative effort from Seattle MC Cape Cowen (?) and Chicago-based producer Zavala. Their debut album, Believeyoume, is 28 and one half minutes of self-aware, slow-dance fugue-rap status updates, all warm, dreamy keys and crunchy drums—particularly the gauzy gotta-be singles "The Wrong Kids" and "Shewolf." If you wanna know more, or if you're already in on it, don't miss this very limited-attendance show, which boasts an unfair supporting cast of Oldominion- aires JFK, Sleep, Candidt, Xperience, Pale Soul (with Sick Aura and DJ Zone), plus Patrick the Magician.

What's next, what's next, what's n-x-e-t... the motherfucking G-Child, the Regulator, Mr. Warren G, will be at Neumos, November 22, that's what. L.A.'s U-N-I (whose Y-O is a proud Seattle native, dig), Grynch, They Live!, and "This DJ" Marc Sense make it just right. It's all ages, so even you young motherfuckers eating ValuPaks can get some. If I had wings I would fly, let me contemplate...