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MGMT for Splendour?

Fri 27th Mar, 2009 in Local News

Mere months after elfin superstars MGMT cleaved opinion down under, they look likely to return here in winter. Frontier Touring has just announced an MGMT show at the Power Station in Auckland on 21 July.

If ever there was a band cut out to make the kids squeal at Splendour, it’s this one. Their shows in December sold out in the blink of an eye, and they proved their festival chops at Meredith. This little tit-bit comes after The Age suggested UK sensations White Lies would be coming for Splendour. FL will keep you updated!

IF YOU MISSED IT, THE SPLENDOUR DATE AND VENUE FOR 2009 IS HERE.

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sarahanne

sarahanne said on the 27th Mar, 2009

They said they were coming back soon!

kath_white

kath_white said on the 27th Mar, 2009

Dates seem to coincide nicely...

sophieb90

sophieb90 said on the 27th Mar, 2009

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 27th Mar, 2009

This is the worst possible band that could be announced for Splendour.

The quality of fucktards in attendance will go up drastically!

lak lak

lak lak said on the 27th Mar, 2009

CureMe

CureMe said on the 27th Mar, 2009

It would mean lots of fluero and wolf t-shirts

LisaP_

LisaP_ said on the 27th Mar, 2009

Oh yesssssss... Has to happen.

libby

libby said on the 27th Mar, 2009

good sleuthing guys, would have to be likely if july dates in nz are confirmed

lanesra23

lanesra23 said on the 27th Mar, 2009

Damn Terran

Damn Terran said on the 27th Mar, 2009

Didn't they get shit reviews for most of their shows here?

snapcrackleROCK

snapcrackleROCK said on the 27th Mar, 2009

I'll start putting feathers in my hair now. Everyone else will be.

Dexter Ramone

Dexter Ramone said on the 27th Mar, 2009

Get out of here Lisa! ;)

grattan

grattan said on the 27th Mar, 2009

'they proved their festival chops at Meredith' JackT proving he was nowhere near Meredith last December - they were woeful.

JackT

JackT said on the 27th Mar, 2009

^^ granted, Tom. Haha. I wrote that one in a hurry and knew someone would take umbrage.

saimagizzle said on the 27th Mar, 2009

Don't forget the woven headband and lack of talent. Both very important accessories.

Dexter Ramone

Dexter Ramone said on the 27th Mar, 2009

Oh come on, the lack of talent is a bit unfair. Listen to their first album without the million dollar producer budget and you'll like em. (as long as you can forget that they're overhyped as hell)

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 27th Mar, 2009

Woo.. I can wear this to Splendour
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2315/2250962521_98a6e4be90_o.jpg

JackT

JackT said on the 27th Mar, 2009

^^^ Repeated for effect?

Barry

Barry said on the 27th Mar, 2009

No matter how cool and well/poorly produced their albums sound, they were horrid live at Meredith

lanesra23

lanesra23 said on the 27th Mar, 2009

Hope Qjump have got their act together if this is the case.
The only positive (if they play) is how many teeny boppers they will draw away from a decent act. That's maybe 1 hour of goodness from a whoooole weekend. Not worth it.

snapcrackleROCK

snapcrackleROCK said on the 27th Mar, 2009

You wear that, Bravie, people'll think you're in Empire of the Sun.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 27th Mar, 2009

But Empire of the Sun are the Australian cover version of MGMT.

Just like Gabriella Cilmi is our cover version of Amy Winehouse.

Dexter Ramone

Dexter Ramone said on the 27th Mar, 2009

The jailbait non-hepB version

Cpt_Pugwash

Cpt_Pugwash said on the 27th Mar, 2009

Considering they were on Tour for 2 years (I think) straight dont you think they would get a little tired, just a tiny bit???

Anyway I'm not fussed, what needs to be sluethed or detectisized is the Aphex twin rumours

Bring.it.on

brownie-ll

brownie-ll said on the 27th Mar, 2009

The mud played a better set at Meredith then MGMT did.

snapcrackleROCK

snapcrackleROCK said on the 27th Mar, 2009

But Empire of the Sun are the Australian cover version of MGMT.

Just like Gabriella Cilmi is our cover version of Amy Winehouse.

It's all true. What's with every second band sticking feathers in their hair all of a sudden? It's the new fluoro.

alextokai

alextokai said on the 27th Mar, 2009

It's the Muscles theory - the rest of the line-up looks like it will actually be good, so MGMT are playing so that you can wander off and have a sit down for a while

silveretta

silveretta said on the 27th Mar, 2009

except the for the tickets being even harder to get, i wouldn't mind if it did end up happening
i didn't get to see them on the tour because of the no adelaide show, so it would be good to have the chance to since i'm going to go to splendour anyway

dream_brother

dream_brother said on the 27th Mar, 2009

srsly what's with those dodgy 90's wolf t-shirts???

Dexter Ramone

Dexter Ramone said on the 27th Mar, 2009

Beef jerky

Beef jerky said on the 27th Mar, 2009

YES. I saw them twice ...

Firstly at festival hall ... shit crowd (full of 15 year olds) there was absolutely zilch band-crowd interaction, badly planned set (the middle part was boring and I found myself nearly kipping through it, and the rest of the crowd was also strangely quiet) and they sounded bad. Feedback through some of the songs and Electric Feel (my fave) just sounded ... weird.

Then I saw them at Meredith, and they were exactly the same. Even worse, they played a late set at a pivotal time during the festival and killed the mood a little. The only difference was the crowd (no screaming 15 year olds this time, just drunk 20-somethings).

I also think this is bad news. I think Australia's had enough MGMT for the time being, to be honest.

dream_brother

dream_brother said on the 27th Mar, 2009

keep an eye out. fucking awful. those ones that are massive airburshed animal faces on black t's. the ones you'd wear normally as an 8 year old.

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 27th Mar, 2009

I saw them at Lollapalooza and they were far from animated. Their music gave me the impression that it would be an interesting live show, I was wrong.

Beef jerky

Beef jerky said on the 27th Mar, 2009

It's truly a shame ... their album/music really is so good.

They're only young - maybe they'll improve?

JackT

JackT said on the 27th Mar, 2009

Perhaps they need some dancing fruit.

dankobiaka

dankobiaka said on the 27th Mar, 2009

It's truly a shame ... their album/music really is so good.

They're only young - maybe they'll improve?

I've heard them on the radio and on TV doing interviews - they are boring as shit. I guess that carries over to their stage show.

They are very musically proficient live, they just lack the necessary stage presence.

dream_brother

dream_brother said on the 27th Mar, 2009

MGMT = record execs look at 2 douchebags and going "hmmm, they look very marketable. hmmm, their music sounds appalling to us, so i'm sure the young'uns will love it. alright, give em a contract, just make sure they dont wear normal clothes. what they've got on now looks 'new' and 'different'!" *calls PA* "Cherie, you can bring Bono and the vaseline in now".

this modern love 28N

this modern love 28N said on the 28th Mar, 2009

ghey. i might actually get to go to splendour this year and now this. :/

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 30th Mar, 2009

That's what people said about the Arctic Monkeys. It didn't happen.

worldsfastest

worldsfastest said on the 30th Mar, 2009

i reckon arctic monkeys deserve a better wrap than that

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 30th Mar, 2009

But Empire of the Sun are the Australian cover version of MGMT.

Just like Gabriella Cilmi is our cover version of Amy Winehouse.

Umm...no?
Dumb comparisons, Melmo, I'm disappointed.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 30th Mar, 2009

Really? You don't see the similarities between those acts?

Empire of the Sun even wears the same stupid headdresses!

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 30th Mar, 2009

Luke Steele's been doing weird shit like that long before MGMT formed.

bobshled

bobshled said on the 30th Mar, 2009

Steele's vocals may sound like MGMT's vocals but thats where it ends. Take away Steele's vocals and you have a PNAU backing track.

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 30th Mar, 2009

Umm...no?
Dumb comparisons, Melmo, I'm disappointed.

I agree with the comparison, Empire of the Sun are just as uninspiring as MGMT. Cilmi's career is about to decline not sure about Winehouse.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 30th Mar, 2009

But Cilmi looks and sounds nothing like Amy.

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 30th Mar, 2009

If this is the first time you have heard them compared you obviously don't read music articles often. I think Cilmi sounds like a little girl trying to sing like a 40 year old. Winehouse actually has talent.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 30th Mar, 2009

I don't buy into bullshit comparisons.
The worst one I heard was Silversun Pickups and the Pumpkins...maybe, just maybe, in the guitar tones? Apart from that, chalk and cheese.

And I'm glad not everyone is a Winehouse hater.
I'm actually planning to buy the four-disc deluxe edition of Frank and Back to Black packaged together.

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 30th Mar, 2009

I don't buy into bullshit comparisons.
The worst one I heard was Silversun Pickups and the Pumpkins...maybe, just maybe, in the guitar tones? Apart from that, chalk and cheese.

And I'm glad not everyone is a Winehouse hater.
I'm actually planning to buy the four-disc deluxe edition of Frank and Back to Black packaged together.

You don't have to buy into them, but to ignore the validity is ignorant.

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 30th Mar, 2009

* waits for someone to quote MAB's post and change it to read "I'm actually planning to download the four-disc deluxe edition of Frank and Back to Black packaged together" *

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 30th Mar, 2009

I don't think it's valid to compare Cilmi and Amy, though.

They both do pop with a bit of a jazz feel, but Amy's music is a lot darker and a lot more cynical. Cilmi has I Don't Want to Go to fucking Bed Now. 'Nuff said.

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 30th Mar, 2009

Silversun Pickups and Smashing Pumpkins is quite common. I can separate the bands while understanding how people can get that comparison.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 30th Mar, 2009

If I downloaded it, it wouldn't be packaged together, would it?

Besides, it's one of those things that I keep seeing in Sanity in Wollongong and I have a Wayne Campbell moment.

"It will be mine. Oh yes... it will be mine"

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 30th Mar, 2009

I don't think it's valid to compare Cilmi and Amy, though.

They both do pop with a bit of a jazz feel, but Amy's music is a lot darker and a lot more cynical. Cilmi has I Don't Want to Go to fucking Bed Now. 'Nuff said.

But nobody is comparing all that...It's the voice and style of vocal

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 30th Mar, 2009

Why are you going near a Sanity?

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 30th Mar, 2009

I can kind of see that comparison, then; but even then it's skin-of-the-teeth.

Why not? It's in the main street and it's not stocked in the other two record stores further down.

knate

knate said on the 30th Mar, 2009

I can kind of see that comparison, then; but even then it's skin-of-the-teeth.

Why not? It's in the main street and it's not stocked in the other two record stores further down.

So get Redback or RF to order it in... sif you would ever shop at Wollongong Sanity

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 30th Mar, 2009

Wow, you know the other two record stores in Wollongong. Impressive.

I don't really care where I get it, as long as I do; y'dig?

knate

knate said on the 30th Mar, 2009

Wow, you know the other two record stores in Wollongong. Impressive.

I don't really care where I get it, as long as I do; y'dig?

Actually stay in nowra and shop there, solves lots of problems

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 30th Mar, 2009

Hahaha, I'm in Wollongong four days a week. I go to uni here.

dkos

dkos said on the 31st Mar, 2009

Discography torrent.

Did someone mention Frank Black in this thread?

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 31st Mar, 2009

Hahaha, close.
Frank and Back to Black are Amy's albums.

Did anyone go and see Frank Black on his last tour here, though?

Also, Tom- the four-disc collection also comes with some ridiculously awesome linernotes/huge booklet. A collector's item, if you will.
Hence why I want it so badly.