By now, you've all seen North Charleston cop Michael Slager shooting down Walter Scott—black, unarmed, the usual. Eight shots in the back like nothing, like he was casting a reel. You know he then told the dying man to put his hands behind his back—and by now, you know that he planted his Taser by the body, in plain view of his partner, to corroborate the bullshit story he'd tell. You know it because a man named Feidin Santana happened to be there to capture it all; you saw it because Santana opted to release the footage after hearing the officer's made-up account in the news. This murder, this planting of evidence is nothing extraordinary—it's everyday business, it's been everyday business, and people have been telling you as much since before the advent of video, and well before I was born. Do you see the perfect storm of circumstances required to make America acknowledge that an unarmed black man didn't deserve to die?

In the face of this never-ending affront, I don't much care about college hoops, Tidal, or Kendrick Lamar selling Reeboks, but I can't just not care about what's happening here—so okay, what's happening?

Well: The Physics have just bounced back into view with a video for new single "About You," directed by 96, featuring a rejuvenated-sounding Thig Nat rapping, a decided return to their pre–Digital Wildlife peak. I still wish Monk Wordsmith would drop a verse in there, though. Also, did you see that Seattle Metropolitan Credit Union commercial starring Thig and the Physics' music? Shout-out to credit unions. Brothers from Another (with Dave B and Ryan Caraveo) look to pack out Neumos on Saturday, April 18, for their all-ages Locals Only show. Check their Instagram and the event's YouTube commercial to get a feel for their grateful, literally civic-minded initiative.

On Sunday, April 19, there are a couple good all-ages situations you can get into: producer Goldenbeets at the Crocodile Back Bar with Dex Amora, Sendai Era, Chance Random, and M3. Proper local underground motion here—Amora and Beets' "manym00ns" is one of my favorite local joints of the last year, easy. Otherwise, down at WaMu Theater is Snoop's 2nd Annual Wellness Retreat—what I thought was a tour last year is in fact just a Seattle thing that AEG and the Doggfather are bringing to our green city every year—and I'm sure at midnight, the strike of 4/20 will be positively transcendental. This year, Snoop brings G-Eazy, Ty Dolla $ign, and uncle E-40 to our verdant shores. On April 20th proper, PDA Lounge hosts Vapours 420 with Mayer Hawthorne, Soulection's Kronika, Abjo, and Sasha Marie—not to mention OG J.Rocc, and a host of our city's very best DJs. Will Jake One fall through in the bow tie for an impromptu Tuxedo joint or three with Mayer? Who's to say? Really, who's to say anything that matters—and who wants to hear it—when everybody's high all the fucking time? Didn't drugs used to have people making protest music?