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Ongoing History Daily: MGMT facts

March 19, 2021March 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments MGMT

Here are a few things that you may have missed about MGMT. Their original name was The Management, but when

New Music From The Inbox: City and Colour, Soccer Mommy, Orlando Weeks, and more!

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 Zoe Orion 0 Comments City and Colour, Foreign Diplomats, MGMT, Orlando Weeks, Soccer Mommy, The Maccabees, Tiffy

Artist: City and ColourSong: MurdererEP: Low Songs City and Colour can’t possibly go wrong with vocals as divine as Dallas

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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 869: The golden age of synths (as told by OMD)

November 15, 2019November 17, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, MGMT, OMD, Synthesizers

There have been many, many times over the last one hundred years when technology has changed the way we make

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AJoMT’s Mat picks the best albums of 2018

January 7, 2019January 7, 2019 Mathew Kahansky 1 Comment Album of the Year, Best Albums, Best Of, Best of 2018, Best Records, Born Ruffians, BOSSIE, Dizzy, Doja Cat, IDLES, Jeff Rosenstock, Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers, Little Junior, MGMT, New Music From The Inbox, Snail Mail, The Dirty Nil, Tokyo Police Club

Because late is better than never, right? 2018 to me felt like the year of new emotion. It seems like

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No consonants allowed: A brief history of band names without vowels.

December 31, 2018December 31, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Consonants, MGMT, Vowels

There’s a passage in James Joyce’s 1939 novel, Finnegan’s Wake, that employed what he called “disemvowelling.” He was culping for

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New Music from the Inbox: MGMT, Jesse Saint John, Skott, and more!

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018 Zoe Orion 0 Comments jesse saint john, MGMT, Midas Fall, Skott, They Might Be Giants

Artist: MGMT Song: Me and Michael Album: Little Dark Age Me and Michael from MGMT’s brand new album ‘Little Dark

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New Music From The Inbox – Tuesday Edition! (Dec 19, 2017): MGMT, Tricky, Bully, and more!

December 19, 2017December 18, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments Bully, MGMT, New Music From The Inbox, Tricky, Vern Matz

Artist: MGMT Song: “When You Die” Album/EP: Little Dark Age The story goes that MGMT’s unbelievably popular debut Oracular Spectacular was actually their

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MGMT Returns with a New Song: “Little Dark Age”

October 17, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments MGMT

MGMT has been mostly AWOL since the release of their 2013 self-titled album and frankly, a lot of us weren’t

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The Ongoing History of New Music Encore Presentation: Spectacular Acts of Self-Destruction

August 11, 2017August 13, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Chris Cornell, Metallica, MGMT, Nirvana, Sinead O'Connor, Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Temple Pilots, U2

You probably know someone like this: A guy (or woman) who, though having loads of talent or tons of luck

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New Music From The Inbox (May 8, 2017): Nick Hakim, MIDDAY SWIM, Simon Doom & more

May 8, 2017May 6, 2017 Juliette Jagger 0 Comments Julien Jasper, Juliette Jagger, MGMT, MIDDAY SWIM, New Music From The Inbox, Nick Hakim, Simon Doom, Suffer The Children

By: Juliette Jagger (@juliettejagger) Artist: Nick Hakim Song: “Roller Skates” Album/EP: Green Twins Off of his forthcoming album, Green Twins,

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Random Music News for Saturday, May 6, 2017

May 6, 2017May 6, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bestival, Black Flag, Blur, Kanye West, Liam Gallagher, Loretta Lynn, MGMT, Radio, Radiohead, Tragically Hip

It’s been raining so long where I live that my two bull terriers are in danger of floating away. I’ve

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The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
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The Custodian of Toronto Sports – Richard Peddie in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 033 May 27, 2021
Over a 20+ year span, as the Toronto pro sports scene evolved from older venues and stands filled with blue and white (Leafs, Blue Jays, Argonauts) to a more intense red (Raptors, TFC), and grand coliseums that define the city’s skyline, there is one sports executive in particular who ownership looked to. We’re of course […]
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The Ultimate Backstage Pass – David Kines in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 032 May 17, 2021
In today’s everything-on-demand world, it may be hard for anyone born post-Y2 K to answer a simple question, “where do you watch music videos?” A reasonable answer would be YouTube, Apple Music, or maybe even Tiktok. Prior to the dawn of YouTube in 2005, the answer was easy. MTV if you’re American, and of course […]
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