Volcano photographer Patrick Snapp has been bugging us to check out the BreakLites for months now. We should have listened. Luckily, we got hip to this funked-up white kid hip-hop just in time for the group's release party for their latest effort, Robots and Daytons, Friday at the Mountaineers Club. Composed of guitarist John McRae, DJ Craig Vialle and mouthpiece Cruel, the BreakLites hype Robots and Daytons as a record perfect for summer. Hopefully it helps bring out the sun.

[The Mountaineers Club, 9 p.m., all ages, $5, 2302 N. 30th St. Tacoma, thebreaklites.com]