7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 29, at The Vera Project, 305 Harrison St., Seattle; $8–$10 (360-956-8372 or www.theveraproject.org). With With DJ Pain 1, NKNGS, The Introverts
James Timothy Holland has been in the game for longer than most, crafting earnest, true-to-life hip-hop since the early ’90s as one of the founders of alternative rap label Anticon. This is a stop on the ever politically minded rapper’s “Def2AmeriKKKa” tour.
Kamasi Washington
8 p.m. Thursday, July 30, at Neumos, 925 E. Pike St., Seattle; $18 (206-709-9442 or www.neumos.com). With McTuff, J-Justice
In 2015, avant-jazz music is closest it’s been to the mainstream since Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock were pushing the genre’s limits 45 years ago.