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Finding an unlikely middle point between Suicide's hostile proto-electro punk art noise and the sardonic, studied, but ultimately pop-friendly sound of the Flaming Lips, MGMT started as electroclash musical terrorists but quickly transmogrified into an eclectic, brainy pop group with heavy psychedelic overtones. MGMT first formed in 2002, during Ben Goldwasser and Andrew Van Wyngarden's freshman year as art students at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. At first the band was known as the Management, and its shows consisted mostly of backing tapes, synthesizers, and prerecorded vocals playing as Goldwasser and Van Wyngarden engaged the audience in a manner somewhere between performance art and good old-fashioned punky hostility. By their senior year, things had toned down considerably on-stage and the duo was augmenting its live sound with backing musicians.

Upon graduating, MGMT released an electro-rock EP, Time to Pretend, on the tiny indie Cantora Records in 2005. Good reviews, especially for the title track, and extensive touring brought the duo to the attention of British producer Steve Lillywhite in his role as an A&R executive for Columbia Records, which signed the band for a major long-term deal in 2006. Regrouping in Brooklyn, the duo enlisted producer Dave Fridmann to create the entirely different-sounding Oracular Spectacular, a far more musically expansive album that was released digitally in late 2007 (a traditional CD release followed in January 2008). Additionally, MGMT served as Of Montreal's opening act for their extensive 2007 tour, during which Van Wyngarden and Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes began sketching out ideas for a new collaboration called Blikk Fang. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music GuideMore

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MGMT
Oracular Spectacular40 years after the Summer of Love (and 30 years after the Summer of Hate), MGMT ...
Songs: 13, Videos: 6, Playlists: 2, Blog Posts: 7, Polls: 0, Battles: 0

Most Popular Music Videos (4)

Time To Pretend
(Duration: 4:19)
Jun 23rd, 8:05pm
Electric Feel
(Duration: 3:50)
Aug 5th, 7:17am
Kids
(Duration: 6:06)
Jun 4th, 7:46am
Time To Pretend
(Duration: 4:18)
Jun 23rd, 7:32pm
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Fan Comments

Nov 5th, 2:48am
you guys are funky i like you ;)
Jul 19th, 4:44pm
check out the band mew sometime...they have a new EP on itunes now and their new album "no more stories" comes out on august 25th
Jul 10th, 7:50pm Last edited Jul 10th, 7:50pm.
I LUV UR MUSIC THANKZ 4 THE ADD =]
Jul 9th, 12:27am
i never faLL
Jul 8th, 3:43am
you guys are amazing!
we use your music for dance. we love it
is this seriously you?
Jun 11th, 7:20pm
you guys are slapity - when you dropping blue steel on us?
May 27th, 8:27pm
Hey MGMT, you guuys rock it, check out the new music video, Computer Freak, from your friendly competition. What do you think?

http://www.imeem.com/zoloworld/video/dLDfprIL/zolo-computer-freak-official-music-video-by-zolo-music-video/

-Zolo
May 17th, 12:29am
OMG i love your music Kids is the best i saw u in concert in missouri u guys are so good live
May 15th, 3:06am
PLEASE COME TO HOUSTON MY BROTHER LOVES YOU NOT AS IN GAY TYPE BUT AS IN I LIKE YOUR MUSIC
May 14th, 6:59pm
COME TO BOSTON! PEOPLE LOVE YOUR MUSIC HERE!