Owl City: BeatCrave Fav

Despite visiting Seattle for the first time last month, Owl City‘s most prominent song is “Hello Seattle”, an electro-pop song filled with lyrics about hospital parking lots, manta rays, and albatross. With over 10 million plays on MySpace, 20,000 digital albums sold, and over 200,000 individual tracks sold, Owl City’s only member Adam Young has been compared to hellogoodbye, Death Cab for Cutie, and even Jack’s Mannequin.

Owl City writes and records his music in his basement, an interesting feat considering that his exposure to artists like Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy deem him popular enough to garner props from celebrities themselves. Young doesn’t limit himself, though. He is currently involved in two side projects: Swimming with Dolphins and Port Blue.

Catch Owl City on tour with Relient K in a city near you and check him out in our BeatCrave Fav series below!

Pick of the Day: Owl City
Band Member:

• Adam Young

Labels: Sky Harbor Records
Discography:

• Of June [EP] (2007)
• Maybe I’m Dreaming (2008)

Videos:

“Hello Seattle”

“On the Wing”

Upcoming Shows:

May 12 2009 7:00P The Pike Room @ The Crofoot – SOLD OUT!! Pontiac, Michigan
May 14 2009 7:00P Subterranean – SOLD OUT!! Chicago, Illinois
May 15 2009 6:30P Varsity Theater – SOLD OUT!! Minneapolis, Minnesota
May 23 2009 12:30P Sasquatch! Festival George, Washington
May 26 2009 8:00P Glass House (w/Relient K) – SOLD OUT!! Pomona, California
May 27 2009 7:00P The Dome (w/Relient K) Bakersfield, California
May 28 2009 8:00P The Boardwalk (w/Relient K) Orangevale, California
May 29 2009 7:30P Indigo District (w/Relient K) Eugene, Oregon
May 30 2009 7:30P Wonder Ballroom (w/Relient K) Portland, Oregon
May 31 2009 7:00P Neumo’s (w/Relient K) – SOLD OUT!! Seattle, Washington
Jun 2 2009 7:00P Knitting Factory – Spokane (w/Relient K) Spokane, Washington
Jun 3 2009 8:00P Knitting Factory – Boise (w/Relient K) Boise, Idaho
Jun 4 2009 7:00P Murray Theatre (w/Relient K) Salt Lake City, Utah
Jun 19 2009 7:00P Rocketown Nashville, Tennessee
Jun 20 2009 8:00P Vinyl Atlanta, Georgia
Jun 22 2009 8:00P The Orange Peel (w/ Relient K) Asheville, North Carolina
Jun 23 2009 7:30P Lincoln Theatre (w/ Relient K) Raleigh, North Carolina
Jun 25 2009 7:30P Sonar Baltimore, Maryland
Jun 26 2009 7:45P Water Street Music Hall (w/ Relient K) Rochester, New York
Jun 27 2009 8:00P The Basement Columbus, Ohio
Jun 29 2009 7:30P Riverside Ballroom (w/ Relient K) Green Bay, Wisconsin
Jun 30 2009 7:30P Grandmas Sports Garden w/ Relient K) Duluth, Minnesota
Jul 1 2009 12:00P Cornerstone Festival Marietta, Illinois
Jul 2 2009 8:00P Granada Theatre (w/ Relient K) Lawrence, Kansas
Jul 3 2009 8:00P Slowdown (w/ Relient K) Omaha
Jul 5 2009 6:30P Summerfest Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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