It's safe to assume that Sharon Jones is cooler than you. The current queen of neo-funk/soul grew up in Macon, Georgia and Brooklyn, singing in church before ending up doing session work in the '70s as the anonymous vocals on dance and disco records. Without a solo contract of her own, she left the industry and took odd jobs like corrections officer at Rikers Island and Wells Fargo armored car guard. Fate intervened in......

Well! Seattlest lives for weekends like the upcoming one. On Saturday night, we've got Seatown representing rather well at Chop Suey. Assisting North Carolina all-star Little Brother in making the night oh-so-memorable are 206's tough-spitting Dyme Def, rhyme maestro Grynch, The Physics (thank you, God!), and DJ Top Spin. That's right, mutha-flippin Grynch will be there. Seattlest is going because we missed The Physics a couple weeks ago and truly regret that. We are also......

Another week of Seattlest making all your plans for you. You don’t even have to think! Joy! Monday 20th: >>Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's second album sounds like they've started hanging out with the Black Keys. Hallelujiah. With Elefant and The Morning After Girls at the Showbox. 8pm, $17adv/$19 door, (21+) >>Shock Therapy: DJs Deutcher Meister, Lu Ying, Kamikaze at The Bad Juju Lounge Free! Tuesday 21st: >>Fish Scale Tour: Ghostface Killah, M-1, Common Market......

Okay, let's be frank. The Wu-Tang Clan was the most important group in hip-hop history (sorry, Kriss Kross, but it's true). At one point, having the Wu-Tang ensignia on your CD was a sign of quality. It was like the Chiquita banana sticker of hip-hop. Unfortately, throughout the late ninties a series of bland releases dimninished the brand to the hip-hop equivalent of the AMC Hornet. The only Wu member who bucked this trend......