BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:1.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20121231T200000 DTEND:20121231T210000 LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Backspace (115 NW 5th Ave., Portland, OR) DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: [LOCAL SHOWCASE] Matt Sheehy and company have engineered one of the best Northwest records of the year in DRRT. The Brent Knopf produced project is free-range rock at its finest, ebbing with choir-like simplicity and flowing expectedly, with the highly percussive and piano-driven explosiveness of Menomena. Sheehy used to play guitar with Knopf in Ramona Falls, but has shifted the brunt of his focus to Lost Lander. It’s going to be tough to outdo a record that includes a build-your-own planetarium, but I like their chances. Aan and feel-good sample maestro Dana Buoy share the all-Portland band NYE affair—which, depending on how Backspaceʼs fundraising efforts play out, could be the all-ages institutionʼs final show.

SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Lost Lander, Aan, Dana Buoy PRIORITY:3END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR