AeroLynx Music Blog

Finally! Young The Giant is back, and they're coming out with an album (hopefully) this summer. I really hope they release more tour dates, because I narrowly missed them at Central Park last summer, and now it seems like all four dates they have in New York are inconvenient. Well, whatever. I can't do anything, so I'll just enjoy their new album as much as I've enjoyed their last two - immensely.The first thing that really strikes me about the song is the range of moods, tones and volumes they can go through in one song. They go from blazing guitar and shouted vocals to melancholy strums and whispered promises in a very short time, and pretty much accomplish it and make it work.The song is also excellently crafted, with all the right instruments at the right times, and very catchy but not extremely meaningful lyrics. The second verse is definetely the best, but the deepened vox echo effects really threw me for a loop, but they ...

When I saw the lineup for day two of the 104.5 Birthday Celebration, I knew I had to buy tickets and trek it out all the way to Camden, New Jersey. I made an executive decision to miss the Great Enough, because I don't really like their music. I also missed Glorious Sons, but I saw the rest of the bands on the new music discovery stage. They were all. pretty good, none I've really heard of and all seeming like they started off as college bands. The Shelters were pretty good, but they seemed a bit too close to Arctic Monkeys for comfort. DREAMERS, arguably one of the best of the small bands, also dug into an early 2000s guitar rock vein, going more towards the Strokes but unique enough to be interesting. The Wrecks put on a good show, but I don't really like their music that much. I'm definitely going to listen to more The Shelters and DREAMERS, and hopefully catch them at the bigger BB&T stage in a year or two. Missio was frankly a disapp...