Off to the left coast this weekend so I'll miss the Aesop Rock show this Thursday. Lyrically he's consistently been one of the most promising things about hip hop for the past four years - sort of a cross between The Goats and Allen Ginsburg : Now it's an honor and I spell it with the 'H' I stole from heritage / Marry crutch stolen wretched refuge refuse my teaming resonance / I promise temperance storm breed with a leaning conscious / In a credence relax responsive with my sports outsource the wattage... (more from Definitive Jux)