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MGMT Announces A Spring Tour

Posted 3-5-13 by

Tags: MGMT

It's been three years since the release of MGMT's Congratuations, but Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden are back. MGMT will embark on a spring tour of North America as a preamble to third album, likely released this summer. Tickets go on sale this Wednesday, March 6, at 12 p.m. (local times) for the first spate of dates, kicking off with a free show on April 26 at Penn State in State College, PA.

Jack White, My Morning Jacket, MGMT Salute Public Radio Music Month

Posted 4-11-12 by

Tags: Chairlift, Fleet Foxes, Jack White, MGMT, My Morning Jacket, Passion Pit, The Roots

April marks Public Radio Music Month, an event that's not gone unnoticed by musicians and bands like Jack White, My Morning Jacket, MGMT, Best Coast, the Roots, Passion Pit and Wye Oak or indie labels like Jagjaguwar and Sub Pop. They have all signed an open letter thanking public radio stations for "taking chances" and "asking intelligent questions" about music.

Watch: MGMT and Chairlift Debut New Videos

Posted 11-18-11 by

Tags: Chairlift, MGMT

MGMT's cover of Bauhaus' "All We Wanted Was Everything," from their LateNightTales compilation, gets its own animated video while Chairlift releases the first video from their upcoming album, Something.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending July 4

Posted 6-29-10 by

Tags: Arcade Fire, Blitzen Trapper, Broken Social Scene, Foals, Freelance Whales, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Kele, LCD Soundsystem, MGMT, Phantogram, Sleigh Bells, The Apples in Stereo, The Black Keys, The Dead Weather, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, The Roots

The Roots make their TAS Top 20 album chart debut with How I Got Over while The Black Keys, The National and LCD Soundsystem swap places. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has your summer stats.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending June 27

Posted 6-22-10 by

Tags: Arcade Fire, Blitzen Trapper, Broken Social Scene, Foals, Freelance Whales, Goldfrapp, Gorillaz, Kele, LCD Soundsystem, MGMT, Phantogram, Sleigh Bells, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, The Apples in Stereo, The Black Keys, The Dead Weather, The Morning Bender, The National, The New Pornographers

Arcade Fire, who just added a second show at New York's Madison Square Garden on August 4, jump onto the TAS Top 20 album chart this week with The Suburbs, while The National and The Black Keys battle on for number one. Russ Borris has your weekly update.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending June 13

Foals trot onto the TAS Top Twenty album chart with Total Life Forever while Brooklyn bands, The National and LCD Soundsystem, still arm wrestle for that number one spot. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has this week's stats.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending May 23

The Dead Weather and The Apples in Stereo travel through space and time to debut on this week's TAS Top 20 album chart while Broken Social Scene break their way to the top. Our assistant music director Russ Borris rounds up this week's chart climbers and crashers.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending May 16

Everything is nearly broken as Broken Bells and Broken Social Scene challenge the seemingly unbreakable Gorillaz for the top spot. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has this week's album chart rundown.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending May 9

While Saratoga Springs' buoyant duo Phantogram make their TAS debut, this week's eclectic album chart is a zoo of Gorillaz, Freelance Whales and LCD Soundsystem's battalion of "Drunk Girls." Our own Russ Borris has the stats.

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending April 18

The Black Keys debut on the chart this week as Broken Bells crack the top slot. Assistant music director Russ Borris has your highest ranking albums getting spins on The Alternate Side.

Lollapalooza 2010 Lineup: Soundgarden, Arcade Fire, Green Day, The Strokes, Lady Gaga And Phoenix

The folks behind the Lollapalooza festival have revealed the event's 2010 lineup with the reunited Soundgarden, Broadway's Green Day, Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga, Phoenix and The Strokes as headliners. Other bands and artists include MGMT, Hot Chip, Yeasayer, Grizzly Bear, Devo, The National and the recently arrested Erykah Badu. The festival takes place August 6-8 in Chicago

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending April 11

As Gorillaz, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists and Broken Bells make their way to the top four, Yeasayer and Vampire Weekend arm wrestle for the top slot. Russ Borris has this week's Top 20 album chart. M

The TAS Top Twenty Album Chart For The Week Ending April 4

Posted 3-30-10 by

Tags: Broken Social Scene, MGMT, The New Pornographers, Yeasayer

While MGMT, Broken Social Scene and The New Pornographers segue into this week's Top Twenty album charts, Yeasayer stay atop the fray. Russ Borris has your weekly rundown of Top TAS records

Florence Welch On Being A "Secret Goth," The Little Mermaid, and Hangover Inspirations

Posted 11-21-09 by , Rita Houston

Tags: Florence and the Machine, MGMT

Florence and The Machine's quirky, garrulous redhead talks to WFUV's Rita Houston about her debut album Lungs, an obsession with Ariel from "The Little Mermaid," hangover inspiration, and the lime green catsuit she inherited from Andrew VanWyngarden of MGMT.

TAS Staff Picks: Best of 2008

The Alternate Side staff picks their favorite albums of 2008

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TAS Top 20

1. James Blake
Overgrown

2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Mosquito

3. Vampire Weekend
Modern Vampires of the City

4. Kurt Vile
Wakin on a Pretty Daze

5. Savages
Silence Yourself

6. Chvrches
Recover EP

7. Palma Violets
180

8. Depeche Mode
Delta Machine

9. Daughter
If You Leave

10. Phosphorescent
Muchacho

11. My Bloody Valentine
m b v

12. Phoenix
Bankrupt!

13. Shout Out Louds
Optica

14. Atoms For Peace
Amok

15. Deerhunter
Monomania

16. Yo La Tengo
Fade

17. Foals
Holy Fire

18. Chelsea Light Moving
Chelsea Light Moving

19. Jamie Lidell
Jamie Lidell

20. Caveman
Caveman

Deerhunter and Caveman make TAS Top 20 debuts while the James Blake juggernaut continues at the peak of the album chart.

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