kwa Alex Sousa, Managing Editor, @TwoFistedSousa


I saw Imagine dragoni over three years zamani at the Velour, a dimly lit and intimate muziki hovel in downtown Provo. That stage was small, the building had a 250 person capacity and the band was one that seemed to still be finding its direction. That was not the same band I saw tonight playing for a crowd of over 8,000 in a full-blown rock onyesha at the UCCU Events Center.

I’m not talking about the changes they’ve made to their lineup. The Imagine dragoni of today are a fully realized indie rock ensemble whose shabiki base has grown exponentially since...

Yahoo!, the mammoth online portal, is in the tamasha biz now, with a new tour that played the Pageant on Wednesday night.
Yahoo! On the Road is hitting 27 cities; the twist is that each city gets a different headliner. John Legend, Kendrick Lamar, Fall Out Boy, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and the Lumineers are among the headliners in various cities. Imagine dragoni and Owl City performed at the St. Louis stop.

Imagine dragoni sold out the Pageant in March; Owl City also played the Pageant in March in a separate show, making the Yahoo! On the Road selections for St. Louis look a little unfair....

In its four-hear history, MTV's Musical March Madness tournament has seen no shortage of cinderella stories — Owl City's unlikely ride to the Sweet 16 in 2010, Disturbed's dream run to the Final Four in '11, F---ed Up's shocking upsets of Mumford & Sons and Radiohead last mwaka — but eventually, the clock strikes midnight, the carriage transforms back into a pumpkin, boga and the glass slipper shatters.

In other words, they've each come up short in their quest for the championship. But with the 2013 MMM tournament set to tip off Monday, March 18, there's a whole new group of upset-minded upstarts...

makala from nst.com

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ONLY a handful of indie bands from the United States onyesha promise in going mainstream and only the best remain relevant and popular.
Imagine Dragons, an indie rock band from Nevada, sets out to be different kwa incorporating a unique sound in its identity. This is proven kwa its chart-topping hits including It’s Time and Radioactive. The former is featured in the trailer for Perks Of Being A Wallflower, while the latter is part of the soundtrack for the Stephanie Meyer movie The Host.
The band is also known for its strong beats...