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Thursday night’s Howard Theatre concert — one of only six stops on a mini-tour of the United States — was a rare stateside performance by Babasonicos. The Argentine rock band, which co-headlined Puerto Rico’s Indie Fest with psychedelic rockers MGMT last month, is accustomed to playing huge, sold-out venues in Latin America, and the audience of about 200 was treated to a (relatively) intimate ...

Linkin Park are going upbeat with 'Burn It Down.' We're not sure when Linkin Park started listening to MGMT, but we're not gonna lie -- we're pretty into it. The band's "Burn It Down" hasn't jumped completely into hipster dance party territory, but with its sunny keyboard melody, the oft-aggro act sounds surprisingly, um, cheerful. [...]

Brooklyn-based duo Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden came across as a couple of jaded, ironic and musically adventurous Anglophiles on 2008's brazen breakthrough, "Oracular Spectacular."

Also, the Arkansas Flyer at Wildwood, Nervous Curtains at Maxine's, Toad Suck Daze at Simon Park, "A ... My Name is Alice" at the Weekend Theater, a Cinco de Mayo Fiesta at Clear Channel and David and Tamela Mann at Magic Springs. by Robert Bell WEDNESDAY 5/2 AWOLNATION 8 p.m. Revolution. $17. Like so many other contemporary acts, Awolnation reminds me of MGMT's first album, "Oracular ...

Awolnation plays Revolution tonight. AWOLNATION 8 p.m. Revolution. $17. Like so many other contemporary acts, Awolnation reminds me of MGMT's first album, "Oracular Spectacular." Shorthand: it's agitated white-boy robo-funk. That's not a dis on any of these bands necessarily; it's just that that I think "Oracular" had a really far-reaching influence. Awolnation is the solo project of Aaron Bruno ...

Last summer everybody (i.e. the NYC media) was all Rockaways this Rockaways that . And guess what? This summer we'll be singing the same tune, because the Rockaways are still white hot. So hot that Andrew VanWyngarden, co-founder of popular psychedelic rock band MGMT , just bought a house on Beach 93rd Street for $375,000. "Rockaway Beach is the Hamptons of New York City," realtor Maureen Walsh ...

Chairlift will perform in Bruin Plaza as part of Campus Events Commission’s spring quarter concert series. Chairlift toured with the Killers in 2009 and later played with MGMT and Yeasayer. The duo will perform in Bruin Plaza this Thursday.

Trey Anastasio, Eddie Vedder, Jack White, My Morning Jacket, JJ Grey, The Roots, Tenacious D, Death Cab for Cutie, MGMT , M. Ward, The Head and the Heart, Deer Tick and a diverse number of other acts have signed a thank you note to public radio. The letter is part of national Public Radio Month.

New Song Live - After the the sophomore slumpy Congratulations I'm really hoping MGMT are gonna deliver on their next album. The band have been taking their time writing/recording the new record and at a recent show in Colombia we saw some of the fruits of their labor. Although it's a bit bassy in parts, this recording of a [...]

The band play a new track during a show in South America.

The band premiered a new track live in Columbia....