It's hard to picture alt-rock quartet Imagine Dragons before they were headlining stadiums. Their polished, lush guitars, reverb-laden drums and lead singer Dan Reynolds' tortured vocals sound right at home in, quite literally, a bigger arena-they're like the Mumford & Sons of indie-rock. Their recent appearance on SNL shows what stadium rockers they truly are. Both songs were backed by a 13-piece string ensemble. Opening rocker "Radioactive" was downright tribal with the addition of several extra drums that Reynolds pounded in syncopation with the pulse of the distortion guitars. Their emotional performance of ballad "Demons" could have been used in the closing credits for a romantic drama. (JS)
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It's hard to picture alt-rock quartet Imagine Dragons before they were headlining stadiums. Their polished, lush guitars, reverb-laden drums and lead singer Dan Reynolds' tortured vocals sound right at home in, quite literally, a bigger arena-they're like the Mumford & Sons of indie-rock. Their recent appearance on SNL shows what stadium rockers they truly are. Both songs were backed by a 13-piece string ensemble. Opening rocker "Radioactive" was downright tribal with the addition of several extra drums that Reynolds pounded in syncopation with the pulse of the distortion guitars. Their emotional performance of ballad "Demons" could have been used in the closing credits for a romantic drama. (JS)
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