Pitchfork — Other than a wicked sunburn, heat stroke, and getting tangled in some hippie's dreadlocks, the most troubling thing about Coachella can be the constant feeling that you're missing the best set of the festival. There are a lot of great acts playing ac... more info

Rolling Stone — Muse or MGMT? LCD Soundsystem or Echo & the Bunnymen? The end of Pavement’s set or the beginning of Thom Yorke’s set? These are just a few of the grueling decisions festivalgoers will have to make at this weekend’s Coachella festival now that t... more info

KEXP Seattle — All systems are go on perhaps the biggest album out this week: MGMT’s sophomore effort, Congratulations, on which the Brooklyn band veers away from creating dancey pop singles to more experimental, spacey territory. Produced by space rock pioneer P... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — After delivering a left-field hit with 2008's "Oracular Spectacular," MGMT earned its license to dive off the deep end. And lo, did it take its label up on it. more info

DrownedInSound — Congratulations plumbs a musical theatre-indebted vein of psyche pop that brings to mind the Beatles’ latter years, a bigger budget version of former tour mates Of Montreal, Syd Barrett, and even The Libertines. Read the full story on Dr... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — MGMT meets needs we never knew we had. For instance, who guessed America craved a jazz flute in an odd-metered pop single? That one-finger synth riffs can adequately replace chorus hooks? Or that a duo weirder than any peers in... more info

411 Mania — By their own admission, Congratulations has no singles, no catchy tunes, and seemingly no commercial value. MGMT have ripped up the rule book for their second album but have they really gone too far or have they simply created something different but... more info

USA Today Music — The group's follow-up to 2008's debut is a playful romp through a psychic minefield that backs away from mainstream ambitions. ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Though the new MGMT album Congratulations has been getting much more press, my favorite release this week is easily Kaki King's Junior. I can also strongly recommend Carrie Rodriguez's Love And Circumstance, Dosh's Tommy, Little Women's Throat, The N... more info

Topix — The cover of Congratulations , MGMT's sophomore album , depicts a two-headed cartoon cat on a surfboard -- one head looking forward, the other looking back -- on the verge of being eaten by the wave it's surfing. more info