Imagine Dragons.
I had heard of these guys from some other blog or something or other. Somehow, some way, they sounded familiar to me and when I noticed they were playing the closing spot at the Roxy last night, which was on my way home from a late night work meeting and where I am a member of Club Rox so I can go to any show I want for free… I figured, why not step in for a minute?
These guys BLEW ME AWAY. I think the clearest sign that a band is great is when you see them live without ever having heard their music before and you feel like you’ve been listening to them your whole life and this is a pinnacle moment for you, finally getting to see them on stage. Imagine Dragons played in front of an empty house. Maybe 30 people if you counted the shmoes in the VIP seats enjoying a cocktail. But they rocked the stage as if they were headlining Wembly Stadium, U2 having just opened for them.
The music is straight up Las Vegas, which has somehow become a sound recently. Think The Killers meet 30 Seconds To Mars or something like that. The band is fronted by a good looking, tall and outrageously energetic frontman with a killer voice. He OWNS the stage. He was everywhere and not one second of it felt fake. This guy was so into his music that I found myself fighting the urge to dance with the drunk indie rock kids. The guitarist (only 1 of them) was insane good and proved it with a 2 minute solo outro on the final song of the night. The keyboardist is a cute girl with her hair combed to the side in a manner you’d expect Zoey Deshanel to rock in one of her cutesy indie films and her backing vocals easily lead me to believe she’ll put out a solo album after Imagine Dragons completes their third top 10 album. The drummer was on point. Really on point. and the bass kept it all tied together.
These guys don’t even have a full length album. These guys have zero fans in Los Angeles besides the one guy i noticed singing along. These guys are DESTINED for greatness. So jump on the bandwagon now, before its a bandwagon.
Imagine Dragons – Selene
Imagine Dragons – Uptight
www.myspace.com/imaginedragons
wow. amazing find…
Great Great Music. Thank you.