On October 7, I went to the MGMT concert at People's Court. If you are unfamiliar with their stuff, you should definitely check out their newest release called Oracular Spectacular. Following are some links to some of my favorite tracks: Electric Feel, Kids (unofficial), Time to Pretend, and Weekend Wars. They are from Brooklyn, have been featured on Gossip Girl, and have been remixed by Justice: if any of those reasons are not reason enough to check them out, then I don't know what is. I'm not concerned with them coming out with a junior album that is outstanding and I'm not concerned with them winning a grammy. Their music is a fun, retro throwback of David Bowie meets the BeeGees meets Jimi Hendrix meets 2008, all done by drug-induced hipsters who came of age in the 90's. I don't know--I'm not a music reviewer or a hipster. But their music makes me want to be irresponsible and do irresponsible things if only for a few moments, and that's worth something. ;) It's also great to be able to see live bands in Des Moines that are not the usual local stuff. And for $17 just down the street, it's worth a work night.
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