It seems appropriate that the Mudkids’ Russell Johnson and Grampall Jookabox’s David Adamson, would put together the first instalment of the community-uniting Bridging the Gap show, falling Sept. 6 at Spin. Johnson first made his name locally in the mid ’90s with the rap-rock group Birdmen of Alcatraz, and has recently revived his interest in melding hip-hop with live rock and funk on his project Lazarus. Call that bridging the gap within a single song.

Adamson’s work is certainly influenced by hip-hop, although the integrity of no genre is respected in the cauldron of his most recent work. But he grew up consuming rap — his first recordings were hip-hop mixtapes, put together in grade school — and while he’s spent time with what might be called the indie-rock world, his solo work has always maintained a concern for lyrics and delivery characteristic of hip-hop or folk.

The Twilight Sentinels recently landed a spot in Urb magazine’s “Next 1,000” list of emerging artists with a sloppily-written but generally positive blurb. Admittedly, 1,000 artists is a rather large sample group, but the selection suggests that the Sentinels’ latest release, Meanwhile… on St. Louis hip-hop label F5 Records, is making a few waves. Plenty more Sentinels can be had through local digital-only label Audio Reconnaissance, including a remix of Meanwhile… and another original EP.

Taylor’s old band America Owns the Moon more or less broke up — excepting fairly frequent reunion shows this year — his songwriting, formerly subsumed beneath a wall of guitars, has come front and center through solo acoustic performances. His voice, presentation and phrasing are all a little bit frayed and always quite fascinating.