In Concert: Young Love

American Idol served up some strong competition last night. Only thirty people or so showed up for Young Love's gig at Vinyl yesterday. That can only mean that the rest of the city was either watching the popular FOX talent show or that a lot of lovers of good pop music are completely missing the boat and still have to get hooked on the music of this great new talent.

But Young Love's lead man Dan Keyes is a trooper. He told me after the show he wants to give it his best regardless of the audience size. He danced, rocked, screamed, jumped and entertained himself and the crowd for 60 minutes straight.

Stand out tracks were the hyper-infectious "Discotech," the propulsive ballad "Closer To You" (my favorite) and "Find A New Way"  that is the title song of MTV's new reality hit "Dancelife." Young Love's music is best described as a mix of dance, rock and electronica that is perfect music to dance to.

These songs are featured on his debut disc "Too Young Too Fight It" that was released last month. Young Love is proof that pop aficionados don't always have to look overseas to find good new pop music. (Although, I should add that most of Young Love's album was recorded and produced in Bath, England.)

Young Love is still on tour for a few more weeks. Go see him when you can. He will head to the U.K. later in March to do some promotions and perform.

Do yourself a huge favor and try out some Young Love tracks on iTunes. You will like how it sounds. A lot.