MGMT at the Fillmore
October 26, 2010
The Fillmore Miami Beach, Miami, FL
Written by Kate Dingle
Tuesday night in Miami was a battle of the bands of sorts. Music fans were posed with what some would call a dilemma; both MGMT and Massive Attack were playing shows within miles of each other.
To the sold-out crowd at the Fillmore, the decision didn’t seem like a tough one at all. MGMT was the show to see. Before college friends Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden took the stage, there was still a little room to move around. But when the house lights went down, any and all vacant spaces were quickly filled.
As the Brooklyn-based duo turned five-piece blew through their set, kids in skinny jeans of every shade in the spectrum danced and sang along with the psychedelic rockers. And although there wasn’t much interaction with the crowd, the electricity radiating from the stage was eaten up by every single person in the venue (except for maybe the few parents milling around the lobby area).
Even though the set list was stacked with fan favorites, it was pretty clear that a healthy portion of the crowd was there to hear “Electric Feel”. And halfway through, those fans got their wish. As soon as the familiar intro to the hit blared through the amplifiers, the crowd went into an uncontrollable frenzy. And that excitement carried through the rest of the show. Set highlights included: “Time To Pretend”, “Kids”, “Weekend Wars”, “Electric Feel”, “Pieces of What”, and “Brian Eno”.
Former MGMT member Hank Sullivant and his band Kuroma kicked things off. While a portion of their set was plagued with audio issues, they brought their hippie-infused synth rock to South Florida. And although Sullivant proved that he is quite the guitar tamer, the biggest reaction from the crowd came he announced that “this is gonna be our last song”.
MGMT has been riding high since storming the scene in 2005. And even though there was just as big of a show happening right around the corner, it was apparent that in Miami they were on top of the world.
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