Artist Profile: MGMT
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Eastern America’s MGMT (pronounced ‘Management’) will be performing with Yeasayer in Toronto on February 9th at the El Mocambo.
MGMT has been featured in virtually every publication, listing them as a band to watch. Feb 9th at the El Mocambo will be your chance to see a cool band in a cool venue that could be an impact band in the future. At the very least, it’ll be a trippy night.
Here’s the skinny on MGMT…
While studying music at Wesleyan University in Middleton, Connecticut, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser formed the electronic-rock group MGMT and played at the college’s notorious “clothing optional” dorm.
The set list? The Ghost Busters theme song, performed ad nauseam. But whenever VanWyngarden or Goldwasser weren’t on a stage, the two wrote more-traditional songs together, with the aim of signing to a major label.
“We were this unknown band, but we talked a lot about selling out as soon as possible,” says VanWyngarden. Still, when Columbia Records came courting them last year, MGMT couldn’t bring themselves to take the process seriously. “We were really sarcastic when we met them,” VanWyngarden recalls. “They asked us for a list of dream producers, so we made one: Prince, Barack Obama, Nigel Godrich and ‘Not Sheryl Crow.’ ”
The band’s latest release, Oracular Spectacular has received pretty wild reviews. If you think the sound is a bit Flaming Lips-ish, it’s because Flaming Lips producer Dave Fridmann produced this offering from MGMT.
Good listen – enjoy.
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