Should you come to Coachella to see MGMT live?

When at a party you:a) sit around and talk to friendsb) never stop dancing!c) party? what’s a party?

Your opinion of outdoor music festivals is:a) wouldn’t be caught dead at oneb) bring it on! i practically live at Coachellac) eh, i’d only go if my friends were going

You would describe your music taste as:a) country y’all!b) anything you can dance to!c) i hate music.

Your opinion of MGMT:a) who is that?b) AMAZING! i want to see them livec) i hate music.

IF YOU ANSWERED “B” THEN YOU NEED TO SEE MGMT LIVE AT COACHELLA

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Sam: What music festival did you see MGMT perform at? What style of music is generally played there?

Michelle: ACL or Austin City Limits festival. ACL allows for some of the best variety of music. from local bands to big headliners, for example, The White Stripes, Muse, Bjork, Pearl Jam, and Bob Dylan. The styles of music can range from reggae to country twang, from acid rock to alternative. Even a few metal bands have been thrown into the mix some years. The only way you can classify the type of music festival ACL is by just thinking “variety and diversity” as well as the phrase “and now for something completely different”. There is also an Austin “kiddie” limits that takes place at the same time in its own section of the festival grounds where “the wiggles” have been known to put on a show.

S: How did you and the rest of the audience respond to their performance? Did their performance fit in well with the rest of the musicians?

M: MGMT was in as little words as possible spectacular. I have never been to a concert where a band playing in the middle of a hot afternoon at that, has gotten such feedback from the audience. Whether there were the hard core rocker types jumping up and down and throwing their fists into the air(and sometime each other) or the laid back type who swayed low to the ground with their heads entranced in the beauty of being alive at that moment listening to MGMT.

S: What made their performance stand out from the rest?

M: I feel it was the type of music specifically because theirs is one that will bring out so many different kinds of people like I said earlier. When you put all of those people and the ones in between together in a place that for the hour or so is on its own planet, you can have one of the most memorable musical experiences. The audience in short I feel is what sealed the deal for making that one of the most epic concerts I have been too. As cliché as it seem there was so much love between strangers and euphoria for the music that was playing and the vibrations running through you body as if that was the only way your blood was too keep pumping.

S: What aspects made their live performance so interesting compared to simply listening to their CD?

M: The audience again. There was nothing special on stage i.e. lasers, flashy lights, trippy videos, mainly because if was three in the afternoon. Just the boys up there playing their hearts out.

S: How does MGMT compare to other electronic bands?

M: MGMT brings a more alternative style to their electronic genre say in comparison to another electronic band who I feel are at a very similar level as them, Fischer Spooner.

S: How would you categorize your personal music style?

M: My personal music style ranges from classical music to everything. Even a little bit of country and rap. At the moment I am completely content with my Brian Jonestown Messenger and my Blitzen Trapper but every now and then I’ve got to have a taste of some Rodrigo y Gabriela or some of The Exies (rock).

S: How did you find out about MGMT?

M: The first time I heard MGMT was in my friend’s car and they were referred to as management still. That was a year before I saw them in concert.

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Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, two modern-age “hippies” paths first crossed paths at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut in 2002. When they first became friends, they immediately found a connection in their shared love of psychedelic and electronic sounds. They began playing a series of live shows on campus. They never planned on recording or distributing their music, but it kind of fell into their laps. “We weren’t trying to start a band,” Ben remembers. “We were just hanging out, showing each other music that we liked.” Their first live shows consisted of unique techno loops and arrangements they created, and their setup consisted of “a turntable plugged into some guitar pedals, a radio, and a tape player.” A group of NYU students got a hold of MGMT’s

music and formed a label, Cantora Records, in order to put out the very first MGMT commercial release called “Time to Pretend,” a six song EP that’s available on iTunes. Following the release of “Time to Pretend,” Andrew and Ben took 6 months off. They later reconnected in Brooklyn and

began recording what would eventually evolve into their first full length album, “Oracular Spectacular.” The album opens with a song from their first

EP, “Time to Pretend,” and closes with “Future Reflections.” In between are songs that portray “the essence of the past, promises, and portends the future, and offers an absorbing transformative experience between the molecules in the pulsations of the present.” Don’t miss MGMT live at Coachella 2010.

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who: MGMT what: music festival. where: san diego, california. when: saturday april 18th 2010 10:00 pm

ages: 1-150

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Fort Worth, TX

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