MGMT

PSA ANNOUNCEMENT: Their later cds, Congratulations and MGMT, are growers! Listen to them multiple times, in tracklist order, through headphones, in the dark! You won't regret it!

MGMT live is... for lack of better, more descriptive words... chill. The music is still spacey, avant-garde, and deliciously faux-retro. Just don't expect crazy stage shenanigans or wacky stage banter anymore (ok, it does get a bit weird sometimes).

Instead, keep an ear out for when they extend and embellished your favorite tracks. Pure audiogasm. My favorite bits are always when the music takes over, and James starts in on the glorious shredding. Ben, holed up in his electronic fortress, will always add this sort of cosmic texture to performances. All this will be topped off by Andrew distinctive singing. (I like to say he has a buttered baby bunny voice. No, I have no idea what the hell that really means either :) )

If you ever decide to see these guys, keep a couple of things in mind. 1) Kids and Time to Pretend sightings are incredibly rare these days. They have too much offer now! 2) Of Moons, Birds & Monsters and The Handshake live often evolve into this gorgeous rock-outs that make me wish it were on the cd. 3) Ladies, Andrew's gotten really good at not making eye contact. Time for us to give up :( 4) Best seats in the house? In front of James for showmanship, in front of Ben for techies.

If you're fortunate enough, the guys come out later to say hi to fans. They're all sweet as pie (except Matt, he's more like a rhubarb crumble, ha), I highly recommend it!! Hang out by any side door of the venue for a couple of hours.

Gooo. Go to see them. It won't be a "psychedelic rave" like people came to expect after so long. It'll be so much better.