Tuesday, March 30, 2010 5:46PM - By Seraphina L.
MGMT has always been eccentric in their own way, but with their ever-popular album Oracular Spectacular we welcomed them with open arms with whatever songwriting idea they had. Now, however, we are a bit perplexed with their latest album, Congratulations. It feels like we’ve been waiting forever for new material – although it’s only really been three years – but we can’t help but feel different about their new approach with this album. You can stream over at their website in its entirety.
You all also told us that you were down with the new single, “Flash Delirium,” which has unexpected choppiness in terms of genres; so maybe you’ll like the video that goes along with it as well.
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Friday, March 26, 2010 4:14PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
The spirit of rock legend Freddie Mercury will be front and center when MGMT hit the road for their upcoming stretch of live shows.
According to a story on xfm, MGMT – aka the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based pop/rock duo of Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser – plan to pay tribute to the legendary rock band Queen by tweaking some of their hits in a very Queen-ish style.
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Friday, March 12, 2010 5:53PM - By Seraphina L.
Although most of you said you enjoyed the new MGMT track, there is still buzz going around about how it doesn’t sound like the MGMT arrangements we’re used to. As we previously mentioned, “Flash Delirium” combines a whole of of choppy material all under five minutes instead of the psychedelic falsetto melodies we like so much from the Brooklyn duo.
Well, it turns out that MGMT has read all our tweets and blog posts and basically apologized for the new song. Why are they apologizing for material they’ve proudly released under their name? According to Spinner, MGMT initially thought the song was hilariously ridiculous as well and assures us that it is not a single from their upcoming album, Congratulations.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:19AM - By Seraphina L.
Kanye West‘s latest protege, Kid Cudi, has made a name for himself over the past year and for someone who runs in West’s circle of friends, he seems pretty chill. We liked him even more when he teamed up with electronic rock duo Ratatat and Brooklyn hipster duo, MGMT for the song, “Pursuit of Happiness.” However, the video for the song was lackluster for such a great collaboration. We’re sure Drake fans were happy to see him popping champagne bottles with Kid Cudi in slow motion, but it came off as just an other stereotyped video for the hip hop genre.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010 5:20PM - By Seraphina L.
Indie or mainstream music fan, it’s safe to assume that mostly everyone liked what they heard off of MGMT‘s Oracular Spectacular which was released way back in 2007. Instant hits such as ‘Time To Pretend,” “Kids,” and “Electric Feel” solidified the Brooklyn duo as the ultimate hipsters who loved to sing in falsetto and dance with half-naked people in the forest. Eccentric with incredibly strong pop melodies is what we all fell for, to say the least.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:42AM - By Anet Hovhanesian
Musical duo MGMT‘s sophomore album, Congratulations, will have its North American release on April 13th. MGMT is coming off of their grammy nominated debut album, Oracular Spectacular which was released back in 2008. On Congratualations, MGMT members Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser work with influences co-producer Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) and Royal Trux front-woman Jennifer Herrema.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:00PM - By Seraphina L.
All donations will be accepted. That’s usually the case. If you’ve read about how you can help with the Haiti Earthquake Relief, then you know any donations to any charity are meaningful in any possible way – even if they’re a little odd. That’s where MGMT comes in.
This duo has never been straight-laced or proper. Opting to dance with half-naked people in the forest or making an album that seems almost savage like in terms of persona and electronica has put MGMT out of the “normal” category. We like it though because we like different strokes of genius. However, the latest news we heard about MGMT puts us in a a state of consternation.
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Monday, January 4, 2010 5:22PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
The David Bowie tribute album is shaping up to be quite a must-have for 2010. The new album from LA-based Manimal Vinyl remains sans title, but the 28-song track-listing is out, reports strangeglue.com, and it features a superb collection of artists covering Bowie’s music.
Check below to see a complete track-listing for the Bowie tribute.
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Monday, November 9, 2009 7:01PM - By Seraphina L.
We all know Jay-Z as HOVA. (A mighty confident alias to have if we do say so ourselves.) We also know him as Beyonce‘s husband, but most of all we know him as one of the best rappers out there with that genius on-the-spot flow in regards to rhymes.
So it’s not a surprise that he’s worked with the some of the biggest names in the music business. The list of collaborations includes the big kids such as U2, Kanye, possibly Regina Spektor and more. So who is going to turn down a chance to take part of Jay-Z’s massive empire? That’s right. MGMT.
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