Sunday, March 18   10:30 p.m.
Emo's Jr   (603 Red River St)

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YACHT shows are uncluttered, inspiring sessions of improbable dance moves and synchronized crowd-waving; the songs shudder happily into the air, and any relationship to �laptop music� is shattered by Bechtolt�s own strain of shamanistic bombast.

YACHT is the full-time project of The Blow�s Jona Bechtolt, whose production skills on the breakout album Paper Television -- a record that grabbed top spots on year-end lists, in Moms� car stereos, and top-dog music blogs alike -- were lauded by Pitchfork reviewers as �a brilliant and versatile grab bag of popular culture, equal parts Missy Elliott-style chart rap and Yaz'n'Soft Cell-like new wave keyboard pop, all shook up and spit out sideways.�

Which makes sense, of course; Bechtolt has been a promiscuous genre-smasher since his adolescence, when he decided -- perhaps correctly -- that playing drums in the touring punk band he formed with his older brother was more worthwhile than attending a single day of high school.

Now he's plied his unique breed of laptop wizardry and grunge intuition to endless collaborations, both as drummer and producer, with west coast mainstays like Panther, Little Wings, Mt. Eerie, Bobby Birdman, Devendra Banhart, and E*Rock.