MINNEAPOLIS — Adam Young had never seen the ocean with his own eyes, but that didn't stop him from writing and recording an album called "Ocean Eyes." The CD cover's marine and coastal imagery gives ...

Adam Young, a.k.a. Owl City, is best known for his twinkling, melodic and emotive electro-pop. His biggest single to date, 2009's "Fireflies," perfectly encapsulates Owl City's bright, charming ...

OK, OK, so the video below isn’t exactly sung by Adam Young of Owl City, but the track uses the melody from his smash “Fireflies” in a way funnier, more creative way that doesn’t express feeling used ...

Adam Young is Owl City — a one-man band whose sound is fantastically catchy but nothing original. With his major-label debut Ocean Eyes, Young has won over crowds via Myspace and been picked up on ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Adam Young had never seen the ocean with his own eyes, but that didn’t stop him from writing and recording an album called “Ocean Eyes.” The CD cover’s marine and coastal imagery gives ...

Six years after 'Fireflies,' Owl City is still glowing as an accidental careerist Owl City's Adam Young of Owatonna has gone from one-hit wonder to appearing on movie soundtracks, TV commercials and a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Adam Young had never seen the ocean, but that didn't stop him from writing and recording an album called Ocean Eyes. The CD cover's marine and coastal imagery gives no hint that Young — ...

When the house lights went down, a roar went up to greet the shadowy figure who thwacked away behind the drum kit at first, before he made his way into the spotlight. The mystery man turned out to be ...

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THERE’S NOTHING RACY about Adam Young or the music he creates under the Owl City moniker. His glitchy, childlike synth-pop seems aimed at the lovelorn plight of most teens and pre-teens — the ...