Showing posts with label MGMT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MGMT. Show all posts
Monday, 9 September 2013
Hear MGMT Now
You can now hear MGMT's new album in full, if you are signed up for Rdio. Click here to hear it, along with a visual experience called the Optimizer. The album is due out a week today; 16th September.
Sunday, 8 September 2013
MGMT Release New Album Trailer
MGMT have uploaded an album trailer, featuring some songs from the new album - it is unclear which ones, apart from the single Your Life Is A Lie and another track - Introspection. It also happens to be one of the weirdest videos of all time - and we would expect nothing less from MGMT! Click here to see it. The self-titled album is due out 16th September.
Monday, 5 August 2013
MGMT Reveal New Video
MGMT have unveiled the video for their new single, Your Life Is A Lie. The song is taken from the new self-titled album, due out 16th September. The song follows the Record Store Day release, Alien Days. You can hear the new song below.
Monday, 22 July 2013
MGMT Unveil Album Artwork
MGMT have revealed their new album's artwork. The album is due out September 16th, and is self-titled. The full album details page is here, and has been updated with the artwork (below).
Tuesday, 25 June 2013
MGMT - MGMT
Artwork
Tracklist
01. Alien Days
02. Cool Song No. 2
03. Mystery Disease
04. Introspection
05. Your Life Is A Lie
06. A Good Sadness
07. Astro-Mancy
08. I Love You Too, Death
09. Plenty Of Girls In The Sea
10. An Orphan Of Fortune
The album will be released 16th September, and has been preceded by Alien Days, a Record Store Day release which you can hear here. The first proper single will be Your Life Is A Lie, released in the near future; and will be followed by Cool Song No. 2.
Tracklist
01. Alien Days
02. Cool Song No. 2
03. Mystery Disease
04. Introspection
05. Your Life Is A Lie
06. A Good Sadness
07. Astro-Mancy
08. I Love You Too, Death
09. Plenty Of Girls In The Sea
10. An Orphan Of Fortune
The album will be released 16th September, and has been preceded by Alien Days, a Record Store Day release which you can hear here. The first proper single will be Your Life Is A Lie, released in the near future; and will be followed by Cool Song No. 2.
Monday, 11 March 2013
MGMT Announce New Single
MGMT have announced that a new single, Alien Days, will be available on April 20th, which is Record Store Day. The track is supposedly taken from their upcoming third album, which has yet to be unveiled.
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Best Of 2010 - #12
MGMT - Congratulations
This is what you call a change in direction. Turning from a pop-based album to a weird, psychedelic one is no mean feat, but one that MGMT most definitely have accomplished. I like mainstream music most of the time, but this one is as far from that as it could possibly be. As the bass line ascends in the opening notes of It's Working, you're instantly thrown into the weird and wonderful world of Congratulations. It does take a few listens to fully appreciate it, but when you do, it's worth it.
Other highlights include first single (of sorts) Flash Delirium, which weaves its way in and out of several different styles in the space of four minutes. Someone's Missing ends just as it's about to get going, but is one of the best here, along with 12-minute epic Siberian Breaks, which is essentially six or seven short songs combined together to make a masterpiece - the last two minutes of synth madness is the best moment on the album, in my opinion. Brian Eno is alright, but I can do without it, and I really don't like Lady Dada's Nightmare, but closing track Congratulations is a peaceful, calm end to one of the oddest albums of 2010.
SCORE
Previous albums: Oracular Spectacular (6/10)
This is what you call a change in direction. Turning from a pop-based album to a weird, psychedelic one is no mean feat, but one that MGMT most definitely have accomplished. I like mainstream music most of the time, but this one is as far from that as it could possibly be. As the bass line ascends in the opening notes of It's Working, you're instantly thrown into the weird and wonderful world of Congratulations. It does take a few listens to fully appreciate it, but when you do, it's worth it.
Other highlights include first single (of sorts) Flash Delirium, which weaves its way in and out of several different styles in the space of four minutes. Someone's Missing ends just as it's about to get going, but is one of the best here, along with 12-minute epic Siberian Breaks, which is essentially six or seven short songs combined together to make a masterpiece - the last two minutes of synth madness is the best moment on the album, in my opinion. Brian Eno is alright, but I can do without it, and I really don't like Lady Dada's Nightmare, but closing track Congratulations is a peaceful, calm end to one of the oddest albums of 2010.
SCORE
Previous albums: Oracular Spectacular (6/10)
Thursday, 18 February 2010
MGMT - New Album
The album will be called Congratulations, and will be released on April 12th in the UK. The artwork is below.
The tracklist is:
01. It's Working
02. Song For Dan Treacy
03. Someone's Missing
04. Flash Delirium
05. I Found A Whistle
06. Siberian Breaks
07. Brian Eno
08. Lady Dada's Nightmare
09. Congratulations
Apparently there will be NO singles from the album, as it is meant to be heard as one album.
Also, Siberian Breaks is 12 minutes long.
01. It's Working
02. Song For Dan Treacy
03. Someone's Missing
04. Flash Delirium
05. I Found A Whistle
06. Siberian Breaks
07. Brian Eno
08. Lady Dada's Nightmare
09. Congratulations
Apparently there will be NO singles from the album, as it is meant to be heard as one album.
Also, Siberian Breaks is 12 minutes long.
Thursday, 25 December 2008
Best Of 2008 (#15-#11)
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE - The countdown continues...
15. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
The first five songs are fantastic, the sixth is average, and I didn't like the last four, but in general, this album is good. Thrown in with the insanely brilliant Time To Pretend, followed up with single-worthy songs Weekend Wars and The Youth, and returning up for the brilliant Electric Feel and my personal favourite (after Time To Pretend), Kids. Then I just found it hard to like the rest.
SCORE: 6/10
14. Hadouken! - Music For An Accelerated Culture
I was unsure about this album - but I was pleasantly surprised after a few listens. A really heavy electric album, after a while it gets to you. An interesting new band. The pace never lets up, and every song is good, save for Game Over and What She Did, which are the only ones I didn't really like. But songs such as Liquid Lives and Crank It Up are insane.
SCORE: 7/10
13. Feeder - Silent Cry
After some fantastic albums, at first I was not best pleased with Feeder's sixth offering, but considering, it is actually a quite good album, just not in obvious ways. The opener We Are The People is great, a few hiccups follow, save for Itsumo, until the brilliant middle part of the album: Silent Cry through to Who's The Enemy, which saves the album from a bad score. Then I just didn't really find the ending tracks that interesting. But generally, good, despite being the worst from the band in a while.
SCORE: 7/10
12. OneRepublic - Dreaming Out Loud
After hearing Apologize and Stop And Stare, I was really looking forward to this album. And it is well worth it. The first five tracks are great, and the only three songs that don't keep up with the brilliance are All Fall Down, Tyrant and All We Are. But even they aren't bad. The closing pair, Someone To Save You (one of the best) and Come Home really gets you. If you count bonus tracks (as I've got) - Dreaming Out Loud is great, Something's Not Right Here is not.
SCORE: 8/10
11. Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns
Snow Patrol's albums have got gradually better, starting with the completely awful Songs For Polarbears, which I honestly thought was a B-side album at first, to the reasonable When It's All Over..., up to the absolutely fantastic albums Eyes Open and Final Straw. However, this new attempt is not quite up there. It has typically good Snow Patrol songs, mixed in with a new sound. The first four are good, then the fifth track just is out of place and not good at all. The sixth track is absolutely brilliant (Please Just Take These Photos...) and the following one isn't that good, but then it builds up from the slow Planets Bend Between Us to the great Engines, to the great rock song Disaster Button, and then closes with the sixteen minute epic (which is sort of a cheat considering it's three songs in one) The Lightning Strike, which is surprisingly good.
SCORE: 8/10
15. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
The first five songs are fantastic, the sixth is average, and I didn't like the last four, but in general, this album is good. Thrown in with the insanely brilliant Time To Pretend, followed up with single-worthy songs Weekend Wars and The Youth, and returning up for the brilliant Electric Feel and my personal favourite (after Time To Pretend), Kids. Then I just found it hard to like the rest.
SCORE: 6/10
14. Hadouken! - Music For An Accelerated Culture
I was unsure about this album - but I was pleasantly surprised after a few listens. A really heavy electric album, after a while it gets to you. An interesting new band. The pace never lets up, and every song is good, save for Game Over and What She Did, which are the only ones I didn't really like. But songs such as Liquid Lives and Crank It Up are insane.
SCORE: 7/10
13. Feeder - Silent Cry
After some fantastic albums, at first I was not best pleased with Feeder's sixth offering, but considering, it is actually a quite good album, just not in obvious ways. The opener We Are The People is great, a few hiccups follow, save for Itsumo, until the brilliant middle part of the album: Silent Cry through to Who's The Enemy, which saves the album from a bad score. Then I just didn't really find the ending tracks that interesting. But generally, good, despite being the worst from the band in a while.
SCORE: 7/10
12. OneRepublic - Dreaming Out Loud
After hearing Apologize and Stop And Stare, I was really looking forward to this album. And it is well worth it. The first five tracks are great, and the only three songs that don't keep up with the brilliance are All Fall Down, Tyrant and All We Are. But even they aren't bad. The closing pair, Someone To Save You (one of the best) and Come Home really gets you. If you count bonus tracks (as I've got) - Dreaming Out Loud is great, Something's Not Right Here is not.
SCORE: 8/10
11. Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns
Snow Patrol's albums have got gradually better, starting with the completely awful Songs For Polarbears, which I honestly thought was a B-side album at first, to the reasonable When It's All Over..., up to the absolutely fantastic albums Eyes Open and Final Straw. However, this new attempt is not quite up there. It has typically good Snow Patrol songs, mixed in with a new sound. The first four are good, then the fifth track just is out of place and not good at all. The sixth track is absolutely brilliant (Please Just Take These Photos...) and the following one isn't that good, but then it builds up from the slow Planets Bend Between Us to the great Engines, to the great rock song Disaster Button, and then closes with the sixteen minute epic (which is sort of a cheat considering it's three songs in one) The Lightning Strike, which is surprisingly good.
SCORE: 8/10
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