Jill Scott, Nikka Costa lead this week's show announcements
We're down with any chick bad enough to call herself a "motherf-$%ing G," and on her forthcoming album, Jill Scott is just that bad. Touring in support of her fourth full length, The Light of the Sun, Scott's gathered a cadre of fellow G's for a summer block party at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater--Jazzy Jeff, Mint Condition, and Anthony Hamilton. Hamilton appears on Scott's first single, "So in Love," and it's understated, soulful simplicity is the perfect antidote to the robotic swag static crowding the airwaves. Did Nikka Costa catch wind of local impresario Nodzilla's (DJ Needles to you, sucka) excellent refix of "Everybody's Got Their Something?" We hope so. Costa's playing the Old Rock House August 16. 
Neo-soul songstress Jill Scott.
Apop Records
The Coathangers, August 3
Argosy Casino
B.J. Thomas, July 15
Emo Phillips, August 12
Blueberry Hill
Memories of Elvis, August 20
The Firebird
Bass Drum of Death, August 22
Braids, October 6
The Horrors, September 23
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, July 18
Fubar
Insanity, July 24
The Gramophone
Anders Osborne, July 7
Stalley, July 29
The Heavy Anchor
Josh Fletcher, July 16
Rodeo Ruby Love, July 2
Tin Armor, July 7
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