MGMT have blown up. Capitalizing on a unique brand of psychedelic electro-rock (we like to call it "hippie-glitz"), anthemic lyrics you can't get out of your head, and a sense of irony that may or may not be ironic at all, the band has gone from a music blog footnote to a major label international act in less than a year.
On Thursday, August 7 the band appears on Sundance Channel's Live from Abbey Road. Ben Goldwasser, who founded MGMT with Andrew VanWyngarden during their freshman year at Wesleyan University in 2001, chatted with us about the recording experience, remixes, praying mantises,...
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