"Kids" - MGMT

hello all,

wow, not sure what to say. i heard one of their songs briefly before i went on my trip almost 5 months ago, but i kind of wrote them off because they looked so young and just sounded like another drug-addled band.

forward maybe 2 months later and i'm in sofia, bulgaria, couchsurfing with a married couple that were all about MGMT. paid more attention, saw the video and was like, "cool and weird, but gimmicky and the song is too long." i come back and get reminded by katie about how good they are, she hooks me up with their album and i'm a fried egg on an arizona sidewalk.

still very drugalicious, but damn, this band...they pushed it to the next level. you know what this means, right? electro-indie is the new phase of "cool music." (not going to stop me from wanting to punch hipsters).

today's song is my favorite one out of their album -- just real melodic and catchy. and usually, when a song bursts into a solo i get bored and want to skip it, but it's different with this song. i swear, they can sing that chorus 10 more times and i'll still be happy.

either way, hopefully this will get your blood pumping as you start your work week. enjoy it like i know you could. oh yeah, sugar pie honey bunch.

-- sonnyred

oh yeah, that couple serve as a prime example of a passion for good music. i mean, this couple, from buttfuck bulgaria knew what was up. and us, we are in one of the biggest music/cultural meccas of the world. don't take it for granted. go out there, seek and destroy, and build. take kroq off your radio dial, damnit. how many more times can you hear an 80s flashback block party where they think green day is the greatest thing to rock music and chris martin is pablo neruda (or sam beam)? i mean, granted i want to be cool like those full sized pickup trucks with 6 inch suspension lifts, famous stars and straps stickers on the back window and wearing "tapout" shirts, too. i promise, independent music is a dark, scary tunnel. where do you start? where do you go? how do you get out? point is, you go in, and you don't get out. but stay in long enough, your aperture will open, and you'll see amazing things.

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