We played an amazing festival called T in the Park in Scotland, which was a year and a half ago now, but that was really amazing in terms of being, by far, the biggest crowd we've played infront of, I think it was- we played in the dance tent, and it was the middle of the day, so it wasn't night time craziness, but they packed like 20,000 people into this tent, and it was totally round, it was just the best kind of crowd to be playing infront of, we were really suprised and weren't expecting to get such a big reception, particually in Scotland. We only really had played a handful of shows in Glasgow and hadn't really played anywhere else, so yeah, that's definitely up there.
Ideal Lineup? We kind of actually had this discussion when we first started playing together, before we even did any shows as Cut Copy, we made up these phoney band names and played a few shows at this pub, sort of on the wrong side of the tracks and a bit run down, you could ring up like the night before and get a gig the next day, so it wasn't really like, you know.. anything amazing. But we booked in, I think a couple of times under false names, just to make sure we could actually play our instruments and do everything before we actually put Cut Copy up on the stage, and I think in that year we sort of had this imaginary- it wasn't like a festival it was kind of the idea of billing this gig where it was us headlining with Sonic Youth, and then Daft Punk would be like the warm up DJs, and that was like our ultimate show, ever! And then we've actually played with Daft Punk at the end of last year so we just feel like we've maybe partly lived that dream a little bit, even though they obviously weren't the warm up DJs for us, but yeah, we've ticked off one of those things at least. All we've got to do now is play with Sonic Youth!
MGMT
Posted
on February 10 2010
MGMT set to unleash new album!
Congratulations is the keenly awaited new studio album from MGMT, on Friday, April 9.
One of 2010's most eagerly anticipated new releases, Congratulations is the successor to MGMT's Oracular Spectacular, the 2008 debut album which established the band's potential as a visionary force in pop music.
Congratulations is a collection of nine individual musical tours de force sequenced to flow with sonic and thematic coherence: "It's Working," "Song for Dan Treacy," "Someone's Missing," "Flash Delirium," "I Found a Whistle," "Siberian Breaks," "Brian Eno," "Lady Dada's Nightmare," and "Congratulations."
Produced by MGMT and Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3, E.A.R., Spectrum), Congratulations was recorded throughout 2009 in upstate New York, Malibu, and Brooklyn and features Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, MGMT's core duo, performing with Matt Asti (bass, backing vocals), Will Berman (drums, backing vocals), and James Richardson (guitar, backing vocals), the band's live line-up.
Congratulations offered MGMT the opportunity to work with a couple of their musical idols and influences including album co-producer Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) and Royal Trux front-woman Jennifer Herrema, who contributed guest vocals. "We've been lucky enough to meet and work with some of our all-time musical heroes," Andrew says, marveling at MGMT's good collaborative karma. "It's so great to be around such amazing and unusual musical minds."
Ben and Andrew first met the mythic Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3, E.A.R., Spectrum) at a Spectrum show in London in February 2009 and wound up onstage jamming with the band on "Suicide," a vintage Spacemen 3 track paying homage to another light in MGMT's musical pantheon.
MGMT has become an international festival favorite with performances at South By Southwest, Coachella, Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo in the states and the Glastonbury extravaganza in the UK. The band has toured with Beck, Yeasayer and Of Montreal, among others, while becoming a headline concert attraction in its own right. MGMT is confirmed to appear at the 2010 Coachella and Bamboozle festivals.
With Congratulations, MGMT unlock a new musical world whirling in its own space/time grid infused with hints of music from the past five decades. Soulful and complex, Congratulations is a surprising and delightful quantum step forward in MGMT's ongoing pop revolution.
Congratulations is available for pre-order on the band's website: whoismgmt.com
CONGRATULATIONS Track Listing: 1. It's Working 2. Song for Dan Treacy 3. Someone's Missing 4. Flash Delirium 5. I Found a Whistle 6. Siberian Breaks 7. Brian Eno 8. Lady Dada's Nightmare 9. Congratulations
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If we were hanging with you and your band backstage, what would we be getting up to?
Sam: Body painting and large scale vegetable collage. Damien: Yeah not much aye, probably just transcending time and emotion beyond the physical realm… aka ‘BLANK’
If you could request anything on your rider what would it be?
Sam: Easy, Spider Monkeys! Damien: Anything!? World Peace, a life size Pac Man maze. Oh and more Spider Monkeys, but wearing tuxedos and re-enacting my favourite Mighty Bush Episodes. Btw, Damien 1, Sam 0!
Give one of your personal favourite bands a plug.
Damien: Anything off Warp Records: Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, PreFuse 73. Also Yuksek and…. Man I hate this question, it just makes me wanna list a zillion artist I love. Sam: Animal Collective… Go buy their album, you won’t regret it! Btw, Damien = FAIL at this question. Damien 1, Sam 1.
What's your most essential item to take on tour?
Damien: Sam. Sam: Damien… Damien 2, Sam 2…awww.
What's your secret talent?
Damien: the ability to maintain a 2 way conversation with someone, on auto piolit, while completely thinking about something else... Essentially the ability to multi task while being male! It’s the miracle power of OMEGA 3’s I tells you! Sam: The ability to convince Damien into still thinking he’s not female... FTW! Sam 3 Damien 2. Also, invisibility.
AND... Where are we best to stalk you: MySpace, Facebook or Twitter? Which one's updated the most?
Ha , probably google… but facebook & myspace are up there.
New Empire
Since their formation, the Sydney four-piece have constantly been experimenting and fusing different styles to create their original and powerful brand of music. New Empire's high energy and powerful live show combined with their heartfelt and honest music makes them one of Sydney's most popular new bands. Awoe magazine has described New Empire as "the essentials of the rock pop culture", and this is clearly echoed by thousands of music lovers across the country.
Forming in the late Summer of 2003, Euphoria Audio are a Rock/Popular band from Wakefield, UK. They have worked closely with producers Stuart Epps (Oasis, Robbie Williams, Jimmy Page) and Steve Levine (Culture Club, The Beach Boys), and most recently have recorded in Trondheim, Norway with Universals D-sign Music (Kylie Minogue, Joe Cocker).
In 2010 the band showcased at the Musexpo music conference in Los Angeles in front of world-wide delegates as well as a performance at the legendary Viper Room.
