Adam Young, aka Owl City, performing in 2009. (Photo by Kerosene Photography)

Adam Young, aka Owl City, performing in 2009. (Photo by Kerosene Photography)


Adam Young, who performs as the synthpop act Owl City, is the kind of artist built for high-school dances and bar mitzvahs. He might be a technically sufficient producer, but his output it little more than an ugly pastiche of the EDM-driven pop charts of the last few years. When your songs sound like you’re ripping off MGMT filtered through Tiao Cruz and finished off with LMFAO-levels of douchbaggery, suburban high-school kids might swoon, but most of us are going to be in for pain, as in the track “Bombshell Blonde” from his latest album The Midsummer Station.

But, whatever, Owl City still sells venues, like the 9:30 Club, where he plays tonight. And ahead of tonight’s show, Young started bragging about his guest list:


Yeesh.

OK, so there might not be any accounting for taste, but there certainly is accounting for history and geography. Abraham Lincoln, we regret to inform the denizens of Owl City, is unavailable to attend tonight’s show at the 9:30 Club. Rather than being across town, Lincoln is nearly 800 miles away in Springfield, Ill. In a wooden box. Housed in a steel cage. And buried under 10 feet of concrete. Oh, and Lincoln’s been dead for 147 years.

It’s safe to say whatever remains of the 16th president are left will not be making the journey for Owl City’s show tonight at the 9:30 Club. Sorry, bro.

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