The viral video for Sammy Adams' major-label debut single "Blow Up" is a pretty accurate look at what life is like for this rising young artist. Adams reels off lyrics asking "What's it gotta take for a young kid to blow up?" to a hypnotic head-nodding beat and a recreated sample of the Pixies' "Where Is My Mind" (a nice nod to Adams' Boston roots). The clip captures the 24-year-old performing for ecstatic crowds everywhere from roof-raising club gigs, to jubilant college shows, to massive outdoor festivals, including Lollapalooza and Bamboozle, where ten thousand people turned up at the Jumbo Stage just to see him.
A boyish-looking, sandy-haired charmer from Cambridge, MA, Adams...