You’re sick—again—of hearing about MGMT, and that’s fine and good, because so are we.
But few things make me roll my eyes more than mainstream press exotifications of Wes (see: naked dorm, pornography class, OMFG CO-ED SHOWERS AND GROUP SEX), leading one Wesleying alum and co-founder to theorize that any article about Wesleyan includes three obligatory [...]
Another MGMT post. This time, with eels.
Also, please pass a joint through a campus tour today. Or streak in slow motion. Or get in a foodfight around them. Or dose them with miraculin. ’sAPRIL!
MGMT is streaming the entire new album now on its site. Thanks to Braille for the tip.
There are some sweet moments on this record, much more in tune with Oracular Spectacular’s spacey latter half than “Kids” or “Time To Pretend” (and far more cohesive than “Flash Delirium” might have you believe). Dig the [...]
“Kids” fans: good luck humming this one incessantly. Go ahead and try.
“Flash Delirium,” our first taste of MGMT’s upcoming Congratulations, is available now on the band’s website. I’m not sure how I feel about this one. It’s retro, clever, and slightly schizophrenic in a distinctly White Album sort of way (see: “Happiness is a Warm [...]
Nowadays when you can find almost any new release for free on teh Interwebs, it’s no surprise that musicians are looking for new ways to draw listeners to physical copies of their albums. The resurgence of vinyl is helping artists in this respect, but now MGMT has new ideas for how to boost CD sales: [...]
February 18, 2010 – 12:53 PM
If you’re already sick of news about MGMT’s upcoming sophomore effort, Congratulations, skip this post now.
If not, check out this fucking sweet pop-art-meets-Nintendo album cover:
Congratulations, the follow-up to 2008’s Oracular Spectacular, comes out April 13 on Columbia Records. Pitchfork reports that the album “features flutes, at least one 12-minute song, and is generally out there”—all [...]
December 4, 2009 – 6:49 PM
The Grammy nominations were announced today, including nods for both Ben Goldwasser/Andrew Vanwyngarden ‘05 (aka MGMT, for Best New Artist and Best Pop Performance for “Kids”), and Tierney Sutton ‘86 ( Best Jazz Vocal Album).
Go Wes!
[Sheek edit] MGMT reacts in an EW interview.
November 16, 2009 – 10:50 AM
MGMT’s “Kids” covered by an Old Timey String Band. In other news, Michael Bay blows up the gender binary and Bill Belichick decides to take up the Gamelan.
(via hype machine)
October 19, 2009 – 10:30 PM
MGMT’s upcoming sophomore album, due out sometime next year, will be called “Congratulations”. Yes, congratulations, MGMT, for having a sophomore album!
Here’s them playing the title track this summer:
More from Pitchfork.
[Thanks to Colin Small for the tip.]
October 5, 2009 – 11:34 PM
Just in case you were wondering what MGMT has been up to lately…
They have been recording Leonard Cohen songs with Beck. And part of Little Joy.
On an informal basis. For fun. shit.
more at beck.com/record_club
(sigh… it REALLY doesn’t like me embedding videos.)
September 17, 2009 – 5:03 PM
So, top two reasons why you should be excited about the Flaming Lips’ forthcoming new album, Embryonic (and yes, that is the cover art at right):
1. It’s easily the Lips’ freakiest, boldest piece of work in a decade.
2. Ben Goldwasser ‘05 and Andrew VanWyngarden ‘05—known to the world, of course, as MGMT—are featured on a [...]
August 5, 2009 – 12:34 PM
The Wesleyan Music Scene is gaining exposure in the American mainstream media – British periodicals NME and the Guardian have been watching this trend since last year, and the Village Voice has now picked up on it with an article examining how Wes came to be the “epicenter of surrealist Brooklyn pop”.
In contrast to the [...]
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Discerning (and disappointed) Wesleyan soccer fans may have noticed that after the US’s grueling 2-3 loss to Brazil in the FIFA Confederations Cup Final, the stadium’s loudspeakers blasted MGMT’s song “Kids” as team USA picked up their Silver medals. This comes as only a small consolation after we squandered a 2-0 halftime lead against a [...]
For awhile, I only ever saw or heard Amazing Baby mentioned as one among the many proliferating Brooklyn/Wesleyan bands, and usually in the same sentence as MGMT. Descriptions of their “psychedelic” music didn’t do much to distinguish them from the others, and neither did this video for “Pump Yr Brakes”. And an opportunity to form [...]
After releasing videos for a few less pervasive tracks from Oracular Spectacular over the past year, MGMT is finally out with one for “Kids”.
Directed by Ray Tintori ‘06, the video is a whole six minutes long and jumps between live action, puppets, and a psychedelic cartoon, with a narrative pitting a terrified toddler against a [...]
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