Credit: BIG HIT MEDIA / ABERDEEN

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BIG HIT MEDIA / ABERDEEN

In his new one-man show, Matt Sheehy—the singer/songwriter who leads the indie rock project Lost Lander—spares his audience many of the clichéd moves we’ve come to expect from that medium. And Aberdeen certainly could have tumbled down that path.

Robert Ham is the Mercury's former Copy Chief. He writes regularly about music, film, arts, sports, and tech. He lives semi-consciously in far SE Portland with his wife, child, and four ornery cats.