Young The Giant

This past Saturday night, I had the pleasure of seeing Young The Giant live at the Corona Theater in Montreal. It was absolutely amazing! Walk the Moon opened for them, I had never heard of them before but 30 seconds into their first song I was hooked, seriously talented band! Walk the Moon reminded me a lot of the group MGMT, but also had this rock folkness to them that I instantly digged!

About an hour later, Young The Giant took the stage and Sameer, the lead singer announced that Francois (their drummer) was in fact from Montreal! So naturally the crowd went wild, and the show started off on a high! They played songs from their debut album, but also a lot of new stuff, which was exciting because it must mean there's a new album in the works! The band announced, although not sure if they were allowed to, that they will be playing at this year's Osheaga festival in August, very exciting! The show ended with Walk The Moon joining them on stage to perform their number one hit "My Body", it was incredible! I managed to take a video of it, but I’ll admit it was insanely hard not to join in with the audience and jump up and down! All in all, it was a fantastic show! Can't wait to see them again!

Check out some pictures I took and the video of "My Body", you can literally feel the crowd energy! Enjoy!

Walk The Moon

Young The Giant

Young The Giant

Sameer from Young The Giant

I'm clearly not the best at panning in and out, bare with me ;-)

Cheers!

Tuesday's Tune - January 17th, 2011

As mentioned in recent posts, I discovered a new band that I instantly fell in love with! There's something about finding new music, I get this rush of excitement, and feel the need to learn and discover everything this band or artist has to offer! I've come to realize as I get older, that everyone's taste and view on music is different.  I've realized for myself, it's a true passion and I couldn't live without it!

My newfound love is an alternative rock band from Irvine California, called Young The Giant. The band currently consists of 5 members, Sameer Gadhia (lead vocals & percussion), Jacob Tilley (guitar), Eric Cannata (guitar, vocals), Payam Doostzadeh (bass guitar), and François Comtois (drums, percussion, and Vocals). They released their debut album digitally on October 26, 2010, and then physically on January 25th, 2011. They became famous from their debut song "My Body", which is what lead me to discover them! While "My Body" is more rock and upbeat, I found the rest of the album to be more tame and mellow (which I love).

I decided to buy the "Special Edition album", which included Bonus songs. So glad I did, because today's tune is a bonus track!  I've included the studio recorded version, but also their video in "Open Session" (they did a bunch of videos literally out in the open and they're genius.) So much talent!

So without further ado, here is "Typhoon", by Young the Giant.  Enjoy!

Studio Recorded Version

Open Session

Cheers!



PS. JUST Bought tickets to Young The Giant... they're coming to Montreal March 3rd 9pm (thats a saturday night) at the Corona Theater, tickets are MAD cheap! Get eerrrr done!