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March 13, 2010 This week MGMT leaked a new song, the Strokes confirmed a September album release, and SPIN remembered the Notorious B.I.G. 13 years after his murder. …
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March 13, 2010 This week MGMT leaked a new song, the Strokes confirmed a September album release, and SPIN remembered the Notorious B.I.G. 13 years after his murder. …
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March 9, 2010 It's a good day to be a fan of MGMT.
The Brooklyn psych rockers have just released "Flash Delirium," the first leak from their much-anticipated second album, Congratulations, out April 13. Head to the band's website to download the track! (NOTE: This link may expire at any moment.)
And that's not all the boys have in store. …
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February 18, 2010 MGMT have unveiled the cover for their April 13 release, Congratulations. Check out the artwork -- courtesy of artist Anthony Ausgang -- above.
And what do we learn? That in his recent interview with SPIN, singer/guitarist Andrew Vanwyngarden certainly wasn't kidding about the influence psychedelic drugs and surfing had on the band's second record.
What do you think of the album cover?
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February 16, 2010 Vampire Weekend, MGMT, a recently reunited Pavement, and My Morning Jacket top the lineup at the ninth annual Sasquatch! Music Festival, which takes place this Memorial Day weekend (May 29-31) in George, Washington.
The three-day music and comedy fest has also nabbed Massive Attack, She & Him, the National, Passion Pit, Dirty Projectors, Tegan & Sara, Ween, Band of Horses, Broken Social Scene, and LCD Soundsystem. …
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February 9, 2010 Mark your calendars, Blackberries, iPhones, iPads, or just write it on your damn hand -- 'cause now it's officially official: MGMT's second album, Congratulations, will release in the U.S. on April 13.
MGMT's core duo of Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser recorded the album at studios in Upstate, NY, Brooklyn, and Malibu, CA, with producer Peter Kember, a.k.a. …
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January 12, 2010 With neon headbands, funky synth melodies, and jokey anthems about living fast and dying young, MGMT danced their way from Wesleyan's dorm rooms onto our iTunes playlists -- and were awarded with a pair of Grammy noms just last month. …
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September 22, 2009 This year's Treasure Island Festival is sure to be a doozy. Taking place October 17-18 at on Treasure Island in San Francisco, the festival boasts headlining bands like the Decemberists, MGMT, and psychedelic bubble blowers the Flaming Lips, and the supporting line-up is just as sure to excite.
Pittsburgh party starter Girl Talk will be rocking the stage, as well as indie rock superstars Grizzly Bear and Brazilian Girls. …
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September 17, 2009 Here's some of the strangest music news to hit the Internet this week:
Nick Cave describes Avril Lavigne's, ahem, crotch area in his new book. Hey, Nick, as luck would have it she's newly single! [Scotland On Sunday]
Courtney Love tweets something about how women's "sphincters have cameras," thus reminding us that she's definitely not a doctor. …
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September 8, 2009 MGMT are out in full force on Kid Cudi's latest single, "Pursuit of Happiness." Listen below.
Following his catchy hits "Day 'N' Nite" and "Make Her Say" -- one of our 20 Best Summer Songs -- the Cleveland up-and-comer and Kanye West protégé has released "Pursuit of Happiness," the third single from Man On The Moon: The End Of Day, out September 15.
The track features MGMT performing the sing-along chorus, while electron …
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September 4, 2009 For the second post in his much-hyped Record Club project, Beck has teamed up with Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser of MGMT -- plus freak-folk star Devendra Banhart, Andrew Stockdale of Wolfmother, and Binki Shapiro of Little Joy -- for a fresh take on Leonard Cohen's 1968 classic love song "Suzanne" Watch it below.
The supergroup's rendition -- just posted on Beck's website -- turns the somber ballad into a boozy, groovin' sing- …
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Red Hare, Nites Of Midnite
Christopher Paul Stelling, False Cities
Big Eyes, Almost Famous
Japanther, Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Mind Control
Pure X, Crawling Up The Stairs
pacificUV, After The Dream You Are Awake
Destroid, The Invasion
Marques Toliver, Land of CanAan
Roomrunner, Ideal Cities
Gene The Southern Child & Parallel Thought, Artillery Splurgin'
Human Eye, 4: Into Unknown
The So So Glos, Blowout
The Heliocentrics, 13 Degrees of Reality
Big Black Delta, Big Black Delta
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