Light Years/Maddie Finn/Cloud Nine Collapse/These Reasoning Animals/Lakota de Kai

he guys of Kent’s Light Years made a good move dropping out of college in 2011 to pursue their pop-punk dreams and signing to Escapist Records that December. Since forming in the summer of 2010, the four-piece’s dirty vocals and gritty sound helped build their Northeast Ohio presence following opening gigs for bands like New Found Glory at the Grog Shop. Light Years has started 2013 working on their debut album, I Won’t Hold This Against You, expected this spring, so expect to hear from tracks from the forthcoming disc tonight. (Nikki Hunt)