MGMT Outside Lands Day 1 on August 12th, 2011. Photos by Lindsey Best. Bands: Big Audio Dynamite Ellie Goulding Foster the People Kelley Stoltz MGMT Phantogram Phish The Shins

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photography by Ward Robinson MGMT performed at The Greek on July 16. MGMT is a big fancy band now, but they still brought crowd-moving magic to the stage. The Greek is a gorgeous venue and it was a gorgeous night: they filled it all with familiar songs and warm, simple joy.

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The ukelele—a chordophone introduced to Hawaii during the 19th century by the Portuguese—reveals its hipness in this MGMT cover recorded at Live Rock Studios by the Ooks Of Hazard. 7 ukeleles, a box, and an accordion, the Ooks Of Hazard reside locally by the beach and serve as fine proof that country music has found [...]

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photography by Lindsey Best Photos from Coachella Day 2 including: Band of Skulls Beach House Devo Dirty Projectors Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Faith No More Girls Hot Chip MGMT Muse Old Crow Medicine Show Porcupine Tree Portugal the Man Shooter Jennings & Hierophant The Dead Weather The XX White Rabbits

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On January 2nd, Manimal Vinyl announced an upcoming 28-song David Bowie tribute album. The tracklist has since been revised, and will be released as a double-disc release of 32 covers. The album, titled Repetition – A Tribute to David Bowie, features Bowie classics covered by Duran Duran, Warpaint, Carla Bruni, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic [...]

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Download: MGMT “Flash Delirium” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (from Congratulations out Apr. 13 on Columbia)

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These are great records made by hunky, young things. We love them in spite of their inherent boy-band-ism. This is an instance where our tastes align with 13 year-old girls’.

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Ariel Pink’s Haunted Grafitti – The Doldrums, Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow, David Sylvian – Blemish

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Have you ever stood five feet away from a napalm explosion during the height of the Vietnam War? That’s pretty much what standing in the front row at an Entrance show is like. As the band took the purple-lit stage, bassist Paz Lenchantin gave drummer Derek James a high five and they both smiled, as if in on a secret. I figure that’s pretty much what I’d do before every show if I was about to play these songs live.

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Listening to Starfucker in my car, I could feel the power of their pop, the party jam nod, the harmony as they refer to sea urchins peeing on your bones and liken love to a rusty bag of nails on the beach. Up close at the Smell, the fuzz stood out, the sweaty rocker side. The sugar on top glistened but the nutty crunchy stuff in the middle gave the cake its flavor.

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