There is a moment towards the end of Air’s “It’s Working” remix where you realize that this should have been the version released by MGMT. As much as Congratulations has managed to grow on me in the past few months, there is nothing as triumphant as Air’s reinterpretation of the album’s best track. The remix [...]

MGMT brought two of the best tracks off of Congratulations (still officially unrated) to Jimmy Fallon last night. “It’s Working” and “Congratulations” are both featured in the video above. The ‘bonus song’ that Fallon mentions at the end is a web exclusive performance of “Time to Pretend” from the more officially rated Oracular Spectacular. Still [...]

6.5

I think MGMT has a case of Flash Delirium.
I understand that one shouldn’t expect a band to top [label] debut albums like Oracular Spectacular, and that sometimes the best way to approach a follow-up after a record like that is to drastically change your formula. But on Congratulations, MGMT stray so far from the sounds [...]