MGMT, pronounced management formed while studying music at Connecticut's Wesleyan University. Now based in Brooklyn, the duo, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, make acid-washed rock that has the pair running through the savannah like a pack of wild aborigines, while singing of cocaine and heroin binges, on the track "Time To Pretend." The track is of the duo's debut Oracular Spectacular.
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I got a little excited when I saw the headlines "MGMT follow-up" and "MGMT Reveal Second Album Plans." I thought at least I'd get out of the stories a release date, title or cute little story about the creation of one of the songs on the band's follow-up to Oracular Spectacular.It ended up being one of those crappy two quotes blown out of proportion things. No concrete info at all. But since I'...
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This past Saturday, was supposed to be the perfect day.The Ting Tings and MGMT were performing a free show at McCarren Park Pool.There was to be beer and hot hipsters and good music- the perfect breeding ground (literally). And THEN..................Tough, wet crowdIt monsooned. Wind gusted through the park and big globs of rain belted down. Hundreds of hipsters ruined their hairdos and drenche...
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Thanks, Dave. Over the past couple of nights, I’ve been jazzed to see some top-notch music on fresh installments of “The Late Show with David Letterman” - despite the ongoing Writers’ Guild strike that has been crippling the TV and film industries for weeks.On Tuesday, I caught the Brooklyn-based, tongue-in-cheek, quasi-psychedelic prog-pop-rock ensemble MGMT who remind me of the most baro
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By now you've probably heard of MGMT's drummer Will Berman's foot injury. Berman hurt it jumping from the curb to the street. Luckily, the band will continue on with their current fall tour. However what will not be happening is a MGMT/Chemical Brothers collaboration. According to a post on their "MySpace page,":http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=3242691&blogID=43...
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Alright, who's got their 3D glasses ready? If you don't already have your own pair, you're going to miss out on the wicked new vids coming out these days. Missy Elliot's "Ching A Ling," this new 3D version of MGMT's "Time To Pretend" and Bjork's upcoming "Wanderlust" - all in 3 dimensions!!! Check out the new MGMT vid:Pretty cool, eh? I don't usually like this type of music, but I love the ...
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SXSW has 1700+ bands this year. So this list doesn't include even 10 percent of what I liked and doesn't even begin to harp on the hand-full of bands that disappointed. Regardless, it's a good taco-sized summary of the cornucopia of music at SXSW this yr. BANDS WORTH THE HYPEMGMT. My new saints of sound. Little kids who cultivate a lot of sound. It kinda sucks that I know have to share my fondn...
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.On the first song on their debut record, MGMT let us know how they got here. The rock song-as-origin myth is nothing new-- from "Who Do You Love" through "Immigrant Song", to "We Share Our Mother's Health" and Kanye West's "Big Brother" and "Time to Pretend" situates itself in that canon. Emerging initially from a viscous electronic fluid, the song quickly takes shape as a bombastic electro-gl...
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MGMT also have a new video out today, for their single "Time To Pretend":
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Eric Wareheim takes you to a psychedelic trip in a world of technicolor glitz and spectral chandeliers with the new MGMT music video, "The Youth." Looks like these kids are learning a lot from the MGMT's dress code...
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It has been reported that MGMT is demanding compensation from the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy for the use of their track “Kids” at a national congress of his union, and in 2 online videos.The union’s PR firm has admitted using the track without permission, claiming it is an unintentional mistake and offered the band € [...]
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Depending on who you ask, MGMT is either the new messiah of pop music or a couple of extraordinarily handsome charlatans who have managed to dupe the entire listening world into loving them. The duo has been described at different turns as Nu Rave, psychedelic dance music for hippies, hallucinatory space rock, and a tired throwback to New York City's hipster-electroclash years—all of which .
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MGMT headlined day one of the Treasure Island Music Festival with a set containing every song from their debut album and four new tracks. They played in front of a backdrop of live light projections and silhouettes made by a crew of performers off stage. The music festival, thrown on the scenic island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, also hosted electronic artists Girl Talk, Dan Deacon, ..
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Ghent's Soulwax remixed New York's MGMT track "Kids". It's incredible and easily the best remix I've ever heard in my whole life. Please let me be your local hero as I help you melt the pants off every kid on the dance floor!MGMT - "Kids " (Soulwax Nite Version)(256k)It's the leak!~~
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The duo known as MGMT is currently putting the finishing touches on their sophomore album, Congratulations, after the success of their debut, Oracular Spectacular. Congratulations will be much darker than the first album and will be focused on the temptations and trials that the duo has faced since earning fame. The album was recorded at [...]
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