Peace. Let me take a quick break from the thrills of the Random Axe LP and the predictable disappointment of the Bad Meets Evil album to school y'all to some shit real quick like. On Thursday, June 23, at the Rendezvous, find "Thank Us Now," a benefit show for children diagnosed with autism who can't afford proper health care. Giving their all for this worthy cause are A Twon, Extra Dos of MOE Cartel, Ripynt, Mic Phenom, Cherry G, and Breaker Boys, plus host/performer Feezable the Germ (whose Germ Vol. 2: The Infection Spreads is officially worth checking). Feez's high, nasally voice stands out, in the style of Sadat X or Young Zee (or even G Soulo, if you do your 206 homework); better, though, are his frustrated, belligerent bars. Hit up www.feezablethegerm.bandcamp.com.

You know what's chill, though, brah? On Friday, June 24, Neumos is throwing a free-ass "beach party" with State of the Artist (fresh off the release of their Altered State EP) and DJs Tigerbeat, Case One, N8, and Sean Cee. If you recall the "'80s Breakdancing" party from a couple months back, you know Neumos gets it way in at these parties—you can look forward to beach balls, hula competitions, and a vodka waterfall (!). Gnarly. Of course, if for some reason you're on house arrest and have to stay on the north side of Pike (conflict-of-interest alert), the Mash Hall splinter cell Don't Talk to the Cops! is performing right across the street at the Comet Tavern. The first 30 folks get a copy of the new DTttC zine, and everybody in attendance also gets treated to the sounds of Concours d'Elegance, Olympia's ill Night Fox, and the File Jerks' own DJ Astronomar.

Appreciators of NW hiphop should get it to Nectar on Saturday, June 25, for the "Go Hard or Go Home: Tacoma to Seattle" showcase going down. There you can catch the DJ, no less than the OG Vitamin D, plus host Spaceman, alongside 253/206 reps Clemm Rishad, Jay Barz, Leezy Soprano, Rocky Sandoval, Louis V, Sean Carson, Second Family, Havi Blaze, Young Meez, Fly Boyz, Young Soprano, Lace Cadence, and FOE. Kind of a bloated lineup, but it might be more than worth it to check for (among a good handful of others) one of my favorite spitters to emerge from the Tac recently, or period, really, Leezy Soprano—whom you might have last heard on that dope Second Family tape I told you about. Check YouTube for his song "Back to It" and see what I mean—dude has a naturally killer flow and is gifted with cadence and personality. I urge you, don't sleep whatsoever, because his new mixtape, Divided We Fall (check www.datpiff.com), is yet another brick (of dope) in the wall Tacoma is building right now, if you haven't been paying attention. Bringing that West Coast street shit with a bossy perspective, Leezy shits on a ton of instrumentals—keeping it diverse and nodding to more commercial interests, but at his best whipping it way raw. Look out for his official LP, All Due Respect, due out this fall.