Friday, July 18, 2008
New band: Amazing Baby
When a band calls themselves Amazing Baby, you can only hope and pray that their music justifies the sheer brilliantness of that name. Luckily, Amazing Baby are... er... amazing, baby.
Their first EP showcases a knack for the sort of spaced-out electronic prog nonsense that The Flaming Lips and MGMT do so well - in fact, they were in a band called Misogynistic Pineapple (another great name) with MGMT at university. The differences are twofold: Firstly, frontman Will Roan can actually sing. Secondly, their choruses sound like 1980s dadrock.
I know. Awesome, right?
If you want to hear more about the band whose ideal gig would be inside a volcano, try their Myspace page: (it's here), or score some free MP3s from their official website.
Labels: amazing baby, mgmt, MP3, Music
Monday, January 14, 2008
Sexy new band alert!
Well, they're not particularly sexy, but I got your attention...The band in question is The Management - or MGMT for short - and thankfully they are not a Hale and Pace tribute act (for younger readers, Hale and Pace were the 1980s equivalent of Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins, only without the facial hair and subtlety).
Formed at Wesleyan University, which is apparently in Connecticut, the band cut their teeth playing the theme tune to Ghostbusters. Not just once, mind you, but over and over again for the duration of their live set.
With that achievement under their belt, they started to write their own music - hitting on a euphoric pop formula which is equal parts Rolling Stones and Hot Chip. Unlike Hot Chip, however, their vocals are not performed by Charlie Brown.
MGMT's debut single, Time To Pretend, is about their fantasies of becoming famous, taking drugs and divorcing models:
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun.
Yeah it's overwhelming, but what else can we do?
Get jobs in offices and wake up for the morning commute?
Given their prominence on several critics' ones-to-watch lists for 2008, those fantasies show early promise of coming true. Somebody might even stump up the cash to pay for a video which doesn't consist of images ripped off from the BBC's Planet Earth programme.
Download the single for free from the band's website.
