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MGMT

sarahatwood — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:51:13 +0000

On my last night in Austin, I saw a band called MGMT play. They were a great live show and I was intrigued with their sound. Its almost psychedelic yet electronic. The lead singer has a distinct voice that reminds me of someone but I can’t quite put my finger on it. After checking out their website, I was blown away with how they started. They were just experimenting in college with different funky sounds…playing live 15 minute shows, never planning on becoming a recorded group. Their original goal was to write songs that people hated. “Some songs we wrote just because we wanted to learn how to be really bad within a certain genre and then people started liking the song because they liked the genre. It was an accident that people started liking us.”

They have released a full album Oracular Spectacular. I’ve been listening to “Time to Pretend” on repeat since I got back home. Check out their MySpace to sample some songs. They also have some videos up on YouTube. I hope you enjoy as much as I do!

Week in Review SXSW

sarahatwood — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:23:09 +0000

I spent this week in Austin, Texas soaking up all the Nerdtainment I could get at SXSW!

Show links:

Next New Networks, Tumblr, SXSW, Bitstrips

SXSW FTW

sarahatwood — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:32:08 +0000

Just about everyone I know is gearing up for this years SXSW, including me! I’m trying to organize myself, figure out what I need to do/who I need to track down while in Austin and of course pack. I’m a bit hectic because I’m squeezing in a trip to Atlanta prior to Austin. My bestest friend from my young’n days is preggos with her first kid and I need to go see this baby bump before it turns into an actual child.

But, back to SXSW. I went last year with Julie for Nontourage. I had soooooo much fun. Thats where I first met Scott and Pete of iTunes, the Ask a Ninja guys and the power agents of UTA. I also stood a few feet away from Ze Frank! Aaaaand…I ate some awesome BBQ. Here’s the video Julie and I made from that trip. But, don’t look at my hair! Austin is humid and my hair does crazy things in humidy.

Its so funny that I’m setting up Twitter in this vid. Since then it has been a huge part of my life. I gotsta get back to packing…if you are going to be in Austin, drop me a line!