CunninLynguists, Grieves & Budo, Looptroop Rockers, Tunji

(Neumos) Yes, when I first heard CunninLynguists' name, I groaned. Of course! But Kno, Deacon the Villain, and Natti have long put to bed any question of their legitimacy, having toured all over the world, packing clubs, selling shit-tons of merch, and building a legion of devotees. Plus, they're part of the talent-deep QN5 family, one of the great (and undersung) indie-hop dynasties, which cranks out their Southern-fried grown man-nerisms 100 percent independently. Grieves and Budo, both very familiar names to Seattle hiphop fans, are on the bill, as well, bringing their thoroughly musical, emotive everydude rap back home before their next big look—and just you stay tuned. LARRY MIZELL JR.

The Fascination Movement, Copy, Recess

(Chop Suey) Eighties nostalgia seems to have begun in earnest sometime around January 1, 1980, and hasn't let up since—understandable, given that decade's great leaps forward in synthesizer technology (and excellent club drugs). Seattle act the Fascination Movement take a reverent (and sober) approach to recreating that golden age of new wave, with neat arrangements of perfectly plinking synth arpeggios, hollowed-out keyboard pads, and vocals that alternately recall Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and New Order (weirdly, on "Runaway," the vocals sound like nothing so much as contemporary revivalist Paul Banks of Interpol). The Fascination Movement's is a classic sound done with impeccable care. Portland's Copy is similarly geeked out on synthesizers, but where the Fascination Movement make moody, painstakingly sculpted vocal synth pop, Copy makes raw instrumental electro jams. ERIC GRANDY

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