Here’s a bit of fun over at MTV Hive: I interviewed Ian Young, the fella who plays the sax solo at the end of “Midnight City” as part of M83’s touring band, and he helped me break down the key elements to the gig of nailing a sexy sax solo. Young is a bit of an unsung hero in these times, as he perfectly encapsulates the new sincerity concept that is maybe the defining characteristic of whatever it is we talk about when we use words like hipster. His sax solo sounds so good, and it’s also utterly ridiculous, and he knows and embraces both of those facts, just like his audience.
