LOST LANDER, RADIATION CITY, SAMA DAMS (Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi) "We were looking for that feeling of letting go rather than trying to force things," says Matt Sheehy. That's not an easy thing to cultivate, let alone capture, but on the second Lost Lander album, Medallion, that's exactly what Sheehy and the rest of the group have done. Medallion is a sweeping, romantic, tender, brash, brilliant album that fuses synthetic and organic textures together in ways that might have seemed inconceivable just seconds before you pressed play. And the album is fueled by Sheehy's emotionally rich songwriting, in addition to the music's simultaneous thrills and comforts—the sensations we turn to pop songs for. NED LANNAMANN Read the full article on Lost Lander.
MARK FELL (Yale Union, 800 SE 10th) When British electronic artist Mark Fell was last in Portland, his set was an hour-long assault of programmed polyrhythms and thick layers of digital detritus. Since then, Fell has been working in a variety of musical mediums, collaborating with cellist Sandro Mussida on minimalist experimental duets, and recording some of the best tech-house 12-inches of the past few years with DJ Sprinkles (AKA Terre Thaemlitz). All that is to say that there's no guessing what direction Fell will take us tonight. Prepare your mind and body to either dance like mad or stare pensively at your feet as you absorb the soundwaves. ROBERT HAM
Senior Editor Ned Lannamann writes about pop culture, music, film, TV, books, travel, tech, food, drink, outdoors, politics, Portland, and other things.
