Ftp. Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games - Times Online. Pop duo MGMT's rocky road to fame. Brooklyn-based pop duo MGMT are making waves with the cosmic psychedelia of their debut album Oracular Spectacular.
They were named "ones to watch" on several critical lists, including the BBC's Sound of 2008 poll, but the band nearly ended before they began. "We got signed at a point where we hadn't really talked to each other for the last six months," confesses lead singer and guitarist Andrew VanWyngarden. "We had never thought of MGMT as a real band. We didn't even have a live act.
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