premise: Last night 's Reading Fest warm - up show was probably the last chance anybody here in England will have had to see MGMT in a relatively small venue before they return in November for a full tour , and my God was it worth the trek . Oxford 's recently converted and renovated Carling Academy is on nothing like the scale of their other venues ( Brixton etc . ) , and the benefits of brand new sound and technical equipment are incredible . Why was it worth it to see MGMT in such a small venue ?
hypothesis: Oxford 's Carling Academy has good equipment , so the sound quality was acceptable .