When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. VanWyngarden agreed. “Oddly, the reactionary part of it, the part that required a lot of mental ...
When the synth-pop duo MGMT released their début album, “Oracular Spectacular,” in 2007, three of its songs became instant hits. “Electric Feel” was an arboreal psychedelic sex anthem that could have ...
An indie rock band that has defied the odds in more ways than one, MGMT was founded in 2002. Created by two instrumentalists, the group gained early notoriety for their songs spoofing the rock star ...
The video showed MGMT members Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser when they were fresh-faced students at Wesleyan University in 2003. They were playing an early version of their hit single Kids to ...
MGMT returned today with a major surprise for longtime fans. The indie band released a new live album, 11-11-11, on both streaming platforms and limited vinyl versions. The record was originally ...
“I wonder how far we can go with our silly music?” pondered a bobbleheaded likeness of MGMT’s Ben Goldwasser onstage at Los Angeles’s Just Like Heaven festival Saturday. “Do you think we could ever ...
“I’m going to die,” Andrew VanWyngarden croaks into the microphone. Actually, the MGMT frontman probably just needs a bowl of chicken soup, a sofa to crash on, and some Breaking Bad on Netflix. But ...
The creation story behind “Astro-Mancy,” MGMT’s rhythmic freakout on its self-titled new album, is instructive when considering the duo’s oblong output over the years. A band best known for its string ...
“This is our decision/To live fast and die young/We’ve got the vision/Now let’s have some fun.” Those words, taken from MGMT‘s 2008 breakout single “Time to Pretend,” have become a rallying cry of ...
MGMT's new album, out today, sounds nothing like you'd expect. Then again, that's no surprise for the indie band that has produced albums as distinct in sound as Oracular Spectacular and Little Dark ...
Forget Monopoly for Christmas - play as psychic secret agents in a cat and mouse (and dolphin) duel in this hidden movement ...