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SPIN.com's Top 25 MGMT Remixes

A.K.A., "I Started a Joke (or Careful: MGMT at Play), Vol. 2." SPIN's Charles Aaron continues his epic look at Brooklyn's It-makers.
MGMT / Photo by Nick Haymes
MGMT / Photo by Nick Haymes

 

  • "Future Faberge" (AmpLive Remix), MGMT vs. Of Montreal
    Though neither really deserve it, the MGMT boys and Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes get a nimbly quick-cut rhythmic stage from which to emote retardedly. AmpLive, you're a far more generous man than I. (DOWNLOAD MP3)
  • "Time To Pretend" (Jorge Elbrecht Remix), MGMT
    Dude from New York rockers Violens does a sordid revamp, sucking out the silly, sarcastic fun and injecting ominous waves of dark distortion. Maybe this is really what the inside of Andrew VanWyngarden's mind sounds like when he takes off the scarf and goes to sleep all alone in his 4-star hotel room in Brussels, but I seriously doubt it. (DOWNLOAD MP3)
  • "Electric Feel" (Immuzikation RMX), MGMT
    Fairly straightforward, with the synth swirling and shuffling played up (as it should've been originally); makes you think MGMT should ditch Dave Fridmann and hire Mr. Lapuz for Album Two. (DOWNLOAD MP3)
  • "Columbian Cartel" (Immuzikation BadToThePwnBlend) MGMT + The Ting Tings
    Mashes up three Ting Tings songs you don't like that much ("Be The One, "Keep Your Head," "That's Not My Name") and two MGMT songs you don't like that much ("4th Dimensional Transition," "Of Moons, Birds & Monsters") so they sound like an aborted Animal Collective attempt to soundtrack MTV's Subterranean. Kind of a transatlantic hipster nightmare, which I assume was the point. (DOWNLOAD MP3)
  • "Kids," the Kooks
    Enjoyably strummy British lads (like Oasis crossed with the Strokes, minus the sexy/beastly attitude of either) don't really capture the essence, but I can see it being considering for a Skins montage, perhaps deep into Season 3. (DOWNLOAD MP3)
  • "Electric Feel," Katy Perry
    The Sarah Palin of Pop goes for mike-grabbing vocal intensity, but comes across like a hardened hockey mom sexing it up for the cheap seats. (DOWNLOAD MP3)

OTHERS:
-- "Just Another Call With You" (MGMT vs. Soulwax vs. Prince vs. Chromeo vs. Afrika Bambaataa vs. Stardust), Immuzikation
-- "Kids Are Your Friends" (MGMT-Justice-Pitbull Reeemix), JAPATTACK!
-- "We Want Your Kids" (MGMT vs Adam Freeland), Starters
-- "Short Pieces" (Wax Stag vs. MGMT), Immuzikation
-- "Of Moons, Birds & Monsters" (Holy Ghost! Remix), MGMT
-- "Kids" (Burntpiano's Robo Remix), MGMT
-- "Kids" (Tronik Youth Shr-Edit Remix), MGMT
-- "Kids: (Tyler Fedchuk Edit), MGMT
-- "Time To Pretend" (DMoeFunk Club Mix), MGMT
-- "Electric Feel" (True Pseudo Remix), MGMT

>> Get the other MGMT remixes on page 1 and page 2.

Comments

Kids Music

Thanks for the good info...very good blog site.
http://www.sillybus.net/

Fernanda

Could only listen or download 3 songs. Why is that?

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