MGMT: Loss of Life review – a victory of style over substance
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
MGMT: Loss of Life review – surprise TikTok stars play to their strengths
June 2021
Ranked
The greatest ever songs of the summer – ranked!
From Don Henley to Drake, we rate the hottest sounds of the season
November 2020
10 of the best ...
From Weezer to Missy Elliott: 10 of the best difficult second albums
Dismissed at the time for being pretentious, bloated or way too WTF, these are the second albums that deserve return visits
October 2018
Cash-in or creative rebirth: why are MGMT and Kelela remixing their albums?
Name that killer tune: why today’s TV dramas thrive on musical mystery
July 2018
MGMT review – wallpaper synthpop drowned out by chatter
The fake plastic shrubs on stage have more charisma than Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser in this understated, underwhelming set
February 2018
MGMT: Little Dark Age review – uneasy pop anthems
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The surreal success of MGMT: 'I assumed it would all go away. Like it was all a dream'
Ten years after their indie pop anthem Kids, Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden are back and working with Beyonce’s producer. But can they stop the self-sabotage?
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
MGMT: Little Dark Age review – synthpop pranksters get serious for a change
After two albums of wilfully awkward music seemingly designed to lose them fans, the duo return with some unironically gorgeous melodies and a dash of hallucinogenic weirdness
October 2013
Later... with Jools Holland: at it happened
Keep up with this week's edition of Later … in the company of Anna Calvi, MGMT, John Newman and Passenger (and your host Paul Lester)
MGMT – review
The expanded stage version of MGMT were more interested in cosmic jamming than popularity in a set of head-wrecking polyphony, writes Graeme Virtue
This week's new live music
MGMT, John Grant, Bastille: this week's new live music
MGMT | John Grant | Bastille | ReVoice! Festival | Mick Coady's Synergy | Les Vêpres Siciliennes
September 2013
MGMT: MGMT – review
Brooklyn's psychedelic explorers go even deeper down the rabbit hole – and further away from their radio-friendly beginnings – and it sounds great, writes Kate Hutchinson
August 2013
The populist
Populist: Items of interest this week
New music
MGMT - Your Life Is A Lie: New music
January 2013
MGMT's third album is not for everyone, say band
Foxygen: We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic – review
August 2012
Six songs of me
Six Songs of Me: Pete from PeteHatesMusic
The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to him as part of our Six Songs of Me project
June 2012
Fleetwood Mac celebrated by indie stars on new compilation
MGMT, the Kills and Best Coast to cover some of Fleetwood Mac's biggest hits on forthcoming album
