At the beginning of this decade, MGMT were newly-minted rock stars, the type of band whose songs showed up in every movie trailer and who seemed to be on the fast track to festival-headliner status. But they took a left turn. For the band's second album, 2010's Congratulations, they teamed up with producer Pete Kember,…

Interpol are getting ready to release their sixth studio album Marauder, their first since 2014's El Pintor. The new album is produced by Dave Fridmann, who is known for his work with the Flaming Lips and MGMT. They shared its lead single, "The Rover," a few days ago along with a music video that takes…

Get ready for that Electric FeelMGMTMGMT have announced details of UK tour for December 2018. Full dates and ticket details are below. Read more: MGMT …Continue reading »The post MGMT announce 2018 UK tour dates appeared first on NME.

The people at Jimmy Kimmel Live have been nice enough to build a whole outdoors set -- a festival stage, basically -- for performances from bigger bands. If the musical act is popular enough, they'll play outside, and at least a few hundred fans will get to see them play in a parking-lot-sized lot. Often,…

Velvet Underground icon also suggested they sack their managersLou Reed and MGMT's Andrew VanWyngardenMGMT have discussed how they reached out to Lou Reed with the offer of a collaboration, revealing that he turned …Continue reading »The post MGMT recall how Lou Reed rejected their offer of a collaboration appeared first on NME.