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Pop duo MGMT defies critics on "Congratulations"

6057 days ago
Reuters — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Psychedelic pop act MGMT has followed up its celebrated first album by departing from the sound that grabbed the music world's attention and offering something more timeless, and less dance-friendly. more info

You Can Stand Under My Coachella

6057 days ago
Let There Be Night — Another weekend of madness is upon us, and though some of us are unable to attend (namely me) others are lucky enough to experience one of California's premier music festivals. Sweat in tents tho they might, if you love music, then you love Coachella... more info

New Reviews: MGMT and Freelance Whales

6057 days ago
Rolling Stone — Before MGMT’s second album Congratulations even hit stores, it was being hailed as the Most Polarizing Album of 2010. The LP’s aesthetic is a galaxy away from the electro-pop of Oracular Spectacular’s hits “Kids” and “Time to Pretend” â... more info

Coachella Schedule Revealed

6057 days ago
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

Coachella Reveals Set Times, Fans Consider Conflicts: Jay-Z or PiL?

6057 days ago
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

Out This Week 4/13

6057 days ago
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

Album review: MGMT's 'Congratulations'

6058 days ago
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

MGMT - Congratulations

6058 days ago
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

Album review: MGMT's 'Congratulations'

6058 days ago
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

MGMT – Congratulations Review

6058 days ago
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

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