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Is an American band based in Brooklyn, New York, consisting of founding members Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. After the release of their first album, the members of their live band, Matthew Asti, James Richardson and WIll Berman joined the core band in the studio.
Formed at Wesleyan University and originally with Cantora Records, they signed with Columbia Records and Red Ink in 2006.
On October 5 2007 Spin.com named MGMT "Artist of the Day". On November
Is an American band based in Brooklyn, New York, consisting of founding members Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. After the release of their first album, the members of their live band, Matthew Asti, James Richardson and WIll Berman joined the core band in the studio.
Formed at Wesleyan University and originally with Cantora Records, they signed with Columbia Records and Red Ink in 2006.
On October 5 2007 Spin.com named MGMT "Artist of the Day". On November 14, 2007, Rolling Stone pegged MGMT as a top 10 "Artist to Watch" in 2008. The band was named 9th in the BBC's Sound of 2008 top 10 poll. They were also named as Last.fm's most played new artist of 2008 in their Best of 2008 lists.
Their first album as MGMT, Oracular Spectacular, debuted at number 12 on the UK album chart and number six on the Australian ARIA Charts, and hit number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. It has also been named the 18th best album of the decade by Rolling Stone magazine. It was named the best album of 2008 by NME. MGMT also appeared prominently in Australia's Triple J Hottest 100 2008, coming in 2nd with "Electric Feel", 5th with "Kids" and 18th with "Time to Pretend".
MGMT was nominated for the 2010 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and their track "Kids" was nominated for Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals. These are the first Grammy nominations for the band. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, the Justice remix of "Electric Feel" won the Grammy for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical.
Their second album, Congratulations, was released on April 13, 2010. MGMT performed at Lollapalooza 2010 in Chicago's Grant Park. They have just been added to the lineup for the well-known Voodoo Experience 2010 taking place over Halloween weekend in New Orleans, LA. It has been announced that MGMT will perform at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas taking place November 5, 6, & 7, 2010.
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 Underrated Bands. (13 person items)"After their debut album "Oracular Spectacular" was a smash hit, people were disappointed when "Congratulations", their sophomore effort lacked the chart-topping hits the first album had. "Congratulations" was a far better album in my opinion that was more experimental and really took advantage of the psychedelic rock influences. Here's hoping their next album continues this trend of experimentation."
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 Seen live. (38 person items)"April 03, 2012 @ Quilmes Rock 12, Bs AS, Argentina."
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 Bands I've Seen Live (35 person items)"Leeds, 02 Academy
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Played a lot of new stuff which was weirder than what the crowd expected. Crowd exploded when they played Kids, MGMT themselves didn't seem impressed. "
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 Music duos (27 person items)"American duo composed by Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser. "
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