Beck is touring in support of his new album, the critically acclaimed Modern Guilt. The album contains 10 new songs, and with the exception of last year’s Grammy-nominated, digital-only single “Timebomb”, Modern Guilt is the first new material Beck has written since the prolific stretch that produced 2005’s platinum Guero and 2006’s universally acclaimed The Information.

Modern Guilt is a tightly assembled group of songs that range in lyrical tone from introspection and social commentary to off the cuff wordplay and lighthearted humour. Musically, the album’s tracks vacillate between economy and experimentation, hybrid and pop classicism, while consistently manifesting Beck and producer Danger Mouse’s shared interest in psych-rock, folk, electronic minimalism and orchestration.

MGMT….40 years after The Summer of Love (and 30 years after The Summer of Hate), MGMT is celebrating the grand re-opening of the third eye of the world with Oracular Spectacular, the duo’s much-anticipated first full-length album, an enigmatic and prophetic collection of hallucinatory sounds and hook-riddled pop tones for the new millennium. MGMT is: Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, two psychic pilgrims whose paths first intersected in the green pastures of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, circa 2002. “We weren’t trying to start a band,” Ben remembers.

Tickets will be on sale here

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In any case, MGMT’s single Time to Pretend has made it’s way on the Edge.  Get ready to fall in love with the song and then get sick of it.

Have a listen to Time to Pretend

The good news…if you like the track, the rest of the album is stellar.

Check out the Artist Profile on MGMT

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If you’ve missed MGMT on their previous Toronto jaunts, this upcoming MOD CLUB show will be a good chance to catch them as they hit the tipping point. MGMT will be at the MOD CLUB on Tuesday April 15th – Tickets are only 11 beans.

As we’ve mentioned before, The Opera House is a fantastic spot to catch an energetic show and Tokyo Police Club always lives up to that bill. TPC will rock the Opera House on Friday May 2nd – Tickets are 16 bucks

Great spring shows…check em out.

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This week, we decided to list off the 76 Songs That Have Our Ear.

Why 76? Because Rock and Roll is unpredictable…

Various bloggers throughout the channel have listed off the songs that have been residing in their ear buds. Some are old classics, others are so new we’re not sure they exist and some are undiscovered gems. Click through the links below and discover music. Enjoy.

Our Digital Music let’s us in on a great collection of songs ruling their music player including the great Leonard Cohen and CSNY.

For a taste of what’s hot in New York, Big Apple Music Scene delivers some tracks to check out like ultra-cool MGMT.

Today’s Rock Dose features the lyrics to a legendary track.

Time to rock out. Check out the embedded music player at Metal Martyr to have a listen to 10 great tracks.

Toronto is rockin’ right now with up and coming acts ready to break out. Toronto Unplugged offers a chance to listen to bands such as The Coast.

You can NEVER go wrong with the Beatles. Beatles Invasion lists off a fantastic selection of tracks by arguably the world’s greatest band.

Oz Music Scene has put together a list of 10 tracks that have emerged as favorites including the likes of Josh Pyke. Sit back and enjoy because you can watch the video of each track listed.

Visit Ear Sucker to listen to a great variety of 10 tracks ranging from Zeppelin to Biggie Smalls.

Brit Music Scene has embedded 10 tracks that you should hear including The Zutons. Check it out and listen to great British Music.

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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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