(MUSIC) DJ Collage is known as a provider of vocal dynamite for other artists’ records, including Ghislain Poirier and Meat Beat Manifesto. Now he’s ready to prove himself as a solo artist with The Parlor, a punchy collection of dancehall-flecked hiphop and Diwali/bhangra bizness. This is force-of-nature shiz. (Skylark Cafe & Club, 3803 Delridge Way SW, 935-2111. 9 pm, free, 21+.)

Dave Segal is a journalist and DJ living in Seattle. He has been writing about music since 1983. His stuff has appeared in Gale Research’s literary criticism series of reference books, Creem (when...