From: info@whoismgmt.com
Subject: ATTN NYC MGMT FANS

Want to get drunk and see buzz brooklyn hype major label indie band MGMT play live at a super secret passport to the world industry showcase/record release party at the Mercury Lounge on January 23rd ???! F yeah! Be one of the first 25 people to reply to this email and you'll get a pair of tickets! Top notch. Cook with the stars. See you there?
*Bring email confirmation to venue
*Show is at 10pm
*21 and over only

as much as i like mgmt i always thought they were one of those bands that you can see at any time with out worrying about getting tickets

Anon 1:09pm, do not worry. In a few months or a year at the latest you will be able to get tickets to see both of these bands at any time. This is just hipster hype nonsense that sold out these shows.

MGMT sounds like Better Than Ezra

is johnny brenda's a nice place?

Is it alright if I respond to see the band but have zero interest in getting drunk?

Assuming that email is even legit.

hipster hype? yeah, okay. except MGMT are actually really good.

"hipster hype? yeah, okay. except MGMT are actually really good."

actually MGMT just have a powerful label, but Yeasayer are actually really good.

if Yeasayer are actually really good, why do i only really like "2080." and if it's all about MGMT's label, why do i like nearly every song on Oracular Spectacular.

nobody told me which band to like, this was a controlled experiment.

"That's because MGMT actually had a deal fall in its lap 11 months prior, the old-fashioned way: band makes EP, intern passes EP around the Columbia Records office, Columbia contacts band.

"We went into the meeting, and we were jackasses," Goldwasser recalls. "We had no interest in getting signed, but at some point we got really into being on Columbia."

Navigating the fickle world of backlash was something MGMT has also been conscious of as part of the decision to begin its career with Columbia.

"We wanted to try to make a good major label album," VanWyngarden says. "It's kind of an obstacle we're facing, but we like that. Everybody now is on an indie label, so we're being different by being on a major."

MGMT's debut, "Oracular Spectacular," is also a different animal for Columbia, which releases it physically Jan. 22. (A quiet digital release in October has shifted 1,000 units, according to Nielsen SoundScan.)"

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/feature/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003694097

fart

Yeasayer live = amazing.
MGMT on Letterman = a joke.

"'Everybody now is on an indie label, so we're being different by being on a major.'"

Sounds like a case of cutting off your nose to spite your face.

my friend was that intern...blame him.

better than better than ezra?

burp

Remember the SNL weekend update when Norm Macdonald says, "#1 on the pop charts this week is Better Than Ezra."

And #2 ... Ezra." |

Yeah, I totally figured I could just walk up and get tickets for Yeasayer last night at Black Cat. Wrong. The band did announce another DC show for April though but who knows if I'll even care by that point.

queef

I will never understand the hype over Yeasayer...and yes I've seen them live. Thought it was awful.

oracular spectacular >> all hour cymbals

mgmt live <<< yeassayer live

everything sucks.

music sucks.

bands suck.

everything i like is cooler than what you like.

but everything i like will suck soon, too.

i suck.

it's like the good ol' clap your hands say yeah vs. the national days!

all fantastic opinions aside, i want to go see them in philly, and i would love your fantastic opinions about the venue there.

Black Cat is seriously the best venue I've ever been to. non-facist employees...awesome environment...reasonable sound. i also played there recently and the staff was the nicest of any venue i'd ever played.

I bet those emails to the Black Cat were written by the funny guys in Improv Everywhere!!! HAHA!!! :)

Good for the bands, giving the people who bought the tickets the show they had paid to see.

(Braces for announcement that the Bowery show has been moved to Webster Hall...)

Why the excitement about Yeasayer? They sound pretty bland to me. It's like some horrible 80s mish-mash of Johnny Clegg and Drum Theatre, just slightly less polished. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ9wbAE53yA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzlfd5KQAUA

Johnny Brenda's in Philly is a nice venue... finest in Philly. Stage area is like Mercury Lounge in size (slightly bigger), but with a bar and balcony. Great food and beers too. The area isn't sketchy either. I've been there tons of times and never felt like I was gonna get shot. Street parking is plentiful and it's right off an "el" stop (Girard and Frankford).

thanks Jal

yeasayer is waaaaaaaayyyy better than the folks over at MGMT live and on album.

why are people freaking out over either of these bands

yeah so that first post was real suckers

Whose going to the free show /cd release party tomorrow at mercury lounge!!! ???>

woot

I got tickets too! see you there pal.

can anyone really confirm the show tonight?

The Mercury Lounge show indeed happened, and it was all you could ask for for a free, industry-type. Looking forward to a longer set (hopefully) at Bowery. Photos and a brief review here:

http://fordhamobserver.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/mgmt-mercury-lounge/#more-90