The hipsters of Honolulu gathered on Thursday July 16 to sold-out Pipeline Cafe to rock their skin-tight jeans to the beats of electronic rockers MGMT. It was the group’s virgin Hawaii appearance. The pre-show line was a buzz rounding the corner outside Pipeline Café, with trendiest ilk of the Pacific waiting to get in and see the group take the stage.

Lined wall to wall and shoulder to shoulder, the crowd move from side to side like a turbulent bathtub as the band performed tracks of their debut album Oracular Spectacular.  The grooved-out keyboard-effected tracks would keep the crowd bobbing their collective heads but the hit songs such as “Time to Pretend” and “Electric Feel” would elicit shouts and cat calls as the crowd belted every word on cue.

Often going off into long improvised outros, the band showed their flair and deep-rooted love affair with music. With front men and band founders Ben Goldwasser and Andrew Van Wyngarden digging their time in the islands, one of the cats apparently went surfing, the Hawaii crowd made the indie-electro duo feel like heroes come home.

MGMT would exit Pipeline’s stage leaving the audience wanting more and with the whole place chanting for their return would come back for their encore playing two more songs. Hana Hou you hip bastards. Their last song would arguably be their most popular song. With the instruments down and the heavy electronic track starting, cheers filled the air followed by the lyrics of “Kids.”  By the end of the night, many would leave Pipeline Café jazzed up from the uplifting first time Hawaii performance by MGMT.

Here’s hoping they come back soon.