There a few more days of pretending to look busy at work ahead, but as far as our iTunes are concerned 2009 can't get here soon enough. We're done with the lists. It's time for the new. We pored over... CONTINUE READING THE 20 ALBUMS WE'RE MOST EXCITED TO HEAR IN 2009 »
Posted on December 19, 2008 in (254 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective |
Antony And The Johnsons |
Antony Hegarty |
Beirut |
Black Lips |
Blikk Fang |
Dan Deacon |
Dirty Projectors |
Grizzly Bear |
Kings Of Convenience |
Lightning Bolt |
Lily Allen |
M. Ward |
Mastodon |
MGMT |
Morrissey |
of Montreal |
The Decemberists |
U2 |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
MGMT currently possess some pretty fancy hair and an album, Oracular Spectacular, that NME considers the best of the year. Just three years ago, though, Andrew VanWyngarden was still a student at Wesleyan, penning songs about volcanoes for an Earth... CONTINUE READING NEW OLD ANDREW VANWYNGARDEN (OF MGMT) - "SUPERVOLCANO"»
Posted on December 15, 2008 in (8 comments)
Tags: Andrew VanWyngarden |
MGMT
Remember the 50th Annual Grammy Awards? Alicia Keys duetting with the ghost of Sinatra? Will.i.am rapping nonsense? Album of the Year River: The Joni Letters??? It's easy (and fun!) to make fun of the Grammys, but last year they really... CONTINUE READING RADIOHEAD, LIL WAYNE NOMINATED FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR GRAMMY»
Posted on December 3, 2008 (62 comments)
Tags: Alison Krauss |
Beck |
Daft Punk |
Death Cab For Cutie |
Gnarls Barkley |
Hot Chip |
Justice |
Kanye West |
Kings Of Leon |
M.I.A. |
Metallica |
MGMT |
My Morning Jacket |
Ne-Yo |
No Age |
Radiohead |
Robert Plant |
Robyn |
The Raconteurs |
Weezer
Always up for making a/the scene, MGMT fully indulged their Thanksgiving performance of Oracular's spectacular "Kids" with some seasonal showmanship in this clip from French variety show Le Grand Journal. While I'm sure Parisians find ways to give thanks on... CONTINUE READING MGMT BRING THANKSGIVING TO PARIS»
Posted on December 1, 2008 in (16 comments)
Tags: MGMT
It makes sense I had to watch a Pantene commercial before getting through to MGMT's Spinner/Interface session: Andrew VanWyngarden has good obnoxious hair like the guy from Ted Leo's band had three years ago. Regardless, the recently Cool Listed Summer... CONTINUE READING MGMT OFFER SPINNER "FUTURE REFLECTIONS," AN "ELECTRIC FEEL"»
Posted on November 7, 2008 in (13 comments)
Tags: MGMT
Man, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim of Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! fame won't quit with this directing all the music videos business. First there was the Ben Folds video for "You Don't Know Me," and then that... CONTINUE READING KIDS STAR IN ERIC WAREHEIM'S MGMT MUSIC VIDEO THE DARNDEST THINGS»
Posted on October 10, 2008 in (6 comments)
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MGMT
Obviously you guys all own the Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Season One DVD, so you're as excited as we are about these videos the guys have been making lately. They don't star in "The Youth" unfortunately (that's... CONTINUE READING ERIC WAREHEIM MAKES MGMT A VIDEO FOR "THE YOUTH"»
Posted on October 10, 2008 in (13 comments)
Tags: Eric Wareheim |
MGMT |
Tim And Eric
Friday night, before their official show at the Aragon, tourmates Beck and MGMT teamed up for an early evening set of covers/originals. (We know this because Nick B. tipped us.) The evening was organized by the Chicago radio station WXRT... CONTINUE READING BECK & MGMT PLAY COVERS & ORIGINALS IN CHICAGO»
Posted on October 6, 2008 in (7 comments)
Tags: Beck |
MGMT
Last video around Ricky Wilson's guys did expensive things like hiring actors and renting face masks, so it's only logical that they've pulled the purse strings a little tighter for the next sample of their new, Mark Ronson co-produced album.... CONTINUE READING KAISER CHIEFS PLAY "SPANISH METAL," COVER MGMT»
Posted on October 1, 2008 in (6 comments)
Tags: Kaiser Chiefs |
Katy Perry |
MGMT
Yo Gabba Gabba!, the kiddie show that grabbed our attention with original music from Cornelius and the Shins, has booked lots more bands to appear in season two. Ladytron, MGMT, Mates Of State, Datarock, Hot Hot Heat, the Roots, Jimmy... CONTINUE READING MORE INDIE ROCKERS VISIT YO GABBA GABBA!»
Posted on September 25, 2008 in (21 comments)
Tags: Altered Images |
Datarock |
Hot Hot Heat |
Jimmy Eat World |
Ladytron |
Mates Of State |
MGMT |
Mixmaster Mike |
The Roots |
The Ting Tings |
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Oracular Spectacular Brooklynites MGMT recently stopped by KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic and performed a set that included a cover of '80s Danish synth-poppers Laid Back's "Roger" (you might've thought they'd go with "White Horse," if you happened to be thinking... CONTINUE READING MGMT COVER LAID BACK»
Posted on September 18, 2008 in (2 comments)
Tags: Laid Back |
MGMT
We were in Chicago for Fork Fest the weekend of MGMT's Pool Party free show at McCarren in Williamsburg, and my phone that Sunday was attacked by nonstop texts about how the Pool had never been more packed, the VIP... CONTINUE READING THE KOOKS COVER MGMT»
Posted on August 29, 2008 (4 comments)
Tags: MGMT |
The Kooks
By Scott Lapatine & Amrit Singh Saturday was mostly just your standard, hot, sold out, music-filled day at Lolla. Until Rage. Wilco were great and photogenic in the Nudie, but after getting texts about some hairy stampede action at the... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA 2008: SATURDAY IN PHOTOS, RAGE DELIVERS BRUISES»
Posted on August 3, 2008 in (17 comments)
Tags: Battles |
Booka Shade |
Explosions In The Sky |
Foals |
Jamie Lidell |
Lollapalooza |
Lupe Fiasco |
MGMT |
Okkervil River |
Rage Against The Machine |
The Cool Kids |
The Ting Tings |
Uffie
Yes, it is a new MGMT video for "Electric Feel." But it is not the first video for "Electric Feel." That one was interactive and came with the ability to adjust the color schemes and can still be downloaded if... CONTINUE READING NEW MGMT VIDEO FOR "ELECTRIC FEEL" FEATURES "VERY SEXY GIRLS WHO CAN DANCE FOR REAL"»
Posted on May 30, 2008 in (16 comments)
Tags: MGMT
Stereogum's tag cloud hovers above The Paper Of Record today, with profiles on Brooklyn alt-rockers in Arts & Leisure and an indie rock dress-up cheat sheet in the Men Styles Magazine. Consider it a print version of the story run... CONTINUE READING NY TIMES PROFILES BROOKLYN'S EXPERIMENTAL (AND STYLISH) INDIE ROCKERS»
Posted on March 8, 2008 in (47 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective |
Battles |
Beirut |
Deerhunter |
Dirty Projectors |
Dragons Of Zynth |
Gang Gang Dance |
Grizzly Bear |
High Places |
MGMT |
Vampire Weekend |
Yeasayer
Well now the imagery on the Oracular Spectacular cover that prompted Letterman to remark what a "good time that looks like" at the top of the show makes sense. Cue up the psychedelic colors and return to paradise setting as... CONTINUE READING NEW MGMT VIDEO - "TIME TO PRETEND"»
Posted on January 24, 2008 in (32 comments)
Tags: MGMT
It's no secret that Brooklyn and Manhattan are growing further apart these days, and less of a secret that the increasing divide makes for fun media pieces. The NY Post ran a piece on the schism, nabbing this quote from... CONTINUE READING MTV ON THE 2008 BROOKLYN SCENE»
Posted on January 11, 2008 in , (51 comments)
Tags: A Place To Bury Strangers |
Dirty Projectors |
Grizzly Bear |
MGMT |
The Muggabears |
Yeasayer
It's really nice to have these late night live performances to post again, and in the case of Worldwide Pants wearing Letterman, it can be done without an ounce of Writers Guild guilt. After watching Dave make Lucy Liu speak... CONTINUE READING MGMT SWING BY LETTERMAN WITH "TIME TO PRETEND"»
Posted on January 9, 2008 in (25 comments)
Tags: David Letterman |
MGMT
The BBC conducted a poll of 150 music critics regarding the new bands they see breaking out in '08. For those of you who read the lists by British experts we posted a couple weeks ago, the top 10 shouldn't... CONTINUE READING BBC POLL PICKS 2008'S BREAKOUT ARTISTS»
Posted on January 7, 2008 (15 comments)
Tags: Adele |
Black Kids |
Duffy |
Foals |
Glasvegas |
Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jongs |
MGMT |
Santogold |
The Ting Tings |
Vampire Weekend
If you really had the power of foresight, and its outer limits were the ability to predict next year's breakout music artist, in this fiscal climate it'd be about as lucrative or useful as Isaac's albino-eyeballed painting-predictions about people you... CONTINUE READING BRITISH EXPERTS PREDICT 2008'S BREAKOUTS»
Posted on December 21, 2007 (47 comments)
Tags: Adele |
Duffy |
Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jongs |
MGMT |
The Ting Tings |
Vampire Weekend |
Yeasayer
