Local hiphop duo Linda and Ron’s Dad don’t take much seriously (pun
noted, gentlemen), but the music they make is seriously entertaining.
Tyler Swan (of Truckasauras/Foscil) and Derek Bourcier realize that
crate-digging is an art as integral to hiphop’s infrastructure
as dope rhymes. Bourcier’s predilection for awesome, arcane
breaks—and a ballsy willingness to sample major
artists—conjoins with Swan’s unerring rhythmic mastery, resulting
in tracks that revivify funk: a hard task when you consider that
funk is approaching middle age. (Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison
St, 324-8000. 9 pm, $12 adv/$14 DOS, 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...