Spinner.com — Filed under: Potent QuotablesSpinner.com: "My ears spent the early part of 2008 being happier than me." --Patton Oswalt The comedian named MGMT's 'Oracular Spectacular' as his favorite album of the year. Next Quote... Read more more info

ContactMusic — MGMT's Time to Pretend has been voted track of the year by readers of music industry staple CMU Daily.It saw off a close challenge from Florence And The Machine's ... more info

Stereogum — Judging from your comments whenever we post about this Williamsburg post-Wesleyan crew, folks are sharply divided on Amazing Baby. The Lenny Tso-directed video for Infinite Fucking Cross's "Head Dress" isn't likely to sway hardliners in either direc... more info

Altsounds — Groundbreaking post-hardcore pioneers,* Thursday*, will make their triumphant return with the release of their highly anticipated new album, Common Existence, on February 16th through Epitaph Records. Recorded with producer/mixer Dave Fridmann (Mogwa... more info

Altsounds — Groundbreaking post-hardcore pioneers,* Thursday*, will make their triumphant return with the release of their highly anticipated new album, Common Existence, on February 16th through Epitaph Records. Recorded with producer/mixer Dave Fridmann (Mogwa... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Image: Amazon Filter Magazine has released more bands’ and musicians’ Top Ten Albums of 2008 lists. This week MGMT was the most frequently named artist. Check out who Diplo, the Black Kids, and others named as their favorites: The Faint The Wat... more info

NME — Blikk Fang, the band formed as a side project by members of MGMT and Of Montreal, have approached Kanye West and Elliott Smith collaborator Jon Brion to help record their debut album. more info

Stereogum — 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 ... more info

Get Weird — Those merry pranksters BLOGULA aka Larry Tee and Alexander Technique of DJs Are Not Rockstars want you to have a happy holiday and a bumping 2009 and they’ve crafted a trashy but really usable re-hashing of that MGMT song everyone wishes t... more info

Buzzgrinder — Eric Wareheim is one-half of the duo Tim and Eric, best known for their creation of the shows Tom Goes To The Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! on Adult Swim. Wareheim has directed videos for Ben Folds, MGMT and The Bird and the Bee. A... more info