Recordstoreday.com has announced MGMT's Congratulations Limited Edition 7" as one of their Black Friday Exclusives. It contains the Erol Alkan remix and a 20 page illustrated booklet. It will be on sale in the US on the 23rd at participating stores: http://www.recordstoreday.com/Venues
Fenway at CMJ
Check out the schedule of great shows we have lined up for this week at CMJ! Tuesday, 10/19 Francis and the Lights - The Studio @ Webster Hall - 9PM MTV/MTVU CMJ Kickoff Party w/ Surfer Blood, Dominique Young Unique, Fake Problems
Wednesday, 10/20 The Static Jacks @ Cake Shop - 11PM w/ Young Buffalo, Math the Band, Kilimanjaro, Botany, Freshkills
Thursday, 10/21 The Static Jacks @ PureVolume House - 9:30PM w/ The Indecent, Kitten, White Arrows, Funeral Party, Generationals
Friday, 10/22 Bodega Girls @ Arlene's Grocery - 5pm Beast of the Northeast presented by Ryan's Smashing Life and Weekly Dig w/ Mean Creek, Bridges & Powerlines, Aloud, Kingsley Flood, Son of the Sun, David Wax Museum Francis and the Lights @ Mercury Lounge 11PM Paradigm CMJ Show w/ Nada Surf, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Reptar, JBM, Blair, Ume
Saturday, 10/23 Francis and the Lights @ Knitting Factory - 1pm AAM CMJ Show w/ Maximum Balloon, Crocodiles, Jaill, Magic Bullets, Ty Segall The Static Jacks @ Bowery Ballroom - 4:30PM w/ Neon Indian, DOM, Wild Nothing, Lower Dens, Lia Ices, Fake Problems, Lord Huron
Sunday, 10/24 The Static Jacks @ McKibbon Loft (225 McKibbon St.) - 11PM w/ Reckless sons, The Twees, Etta Place, SHAPES, Wyldlife, The Lines
MGMT to be on NPR's World Cafe Friday, Oct. 15th
MGMT will be on NPR's World Cafe on Friday, October 15th. Find a station near you by going HERE. Or if you are somewhere abroad, you can connect to the WXPN Philadelphia stream Monday through Friday, 2pm to 4pm EST, HERE.
And late in the day Friday, the audio may be available on the NPR website HERE.
Bodega Girls added to Miike Snow show in Boston on 10/10
Bodega Girls have been added as support for the Miike Snow show at the House of Blues in Boston on October 10th. Get your tickets here!
Win a limited signed print from MGMT's "Congratulations" video
Head to MGMT's website for your chance to win a limited, signed, print from the band's latest video for "Congratulations."
iTunes First Look: MGMT's "Congratulations" Video + $7.99 album sale!
"Darling It's Alright" by Francis and the Lights video!
Francis and the Lights have produced a single-take live performance, edited with light for their track "Darling It's Alright" off the record It'll Be Better
Directed by Jake Schreier
MTV covers Francis and the Lights involvement with Drake's "Karaoke"
MTV covers the story behind Francis and the Lights' involvement on Drake's stand-out track "Karaoke" off the rapper's latest album Thank Me Later.
Read moreThe New York Times review Francis and the Lights
These are the things that were pointing skyward during Thursday night’s performance of Francis and the Lights at S.O.B.’s: the popped collar of Francis’s white shirt; the popped collar of Francis’s black jacket; Francis’s hair, molded into a prism. His ego too.
Read moreFrancis and the Lights interviewed by TimeOut NY
Francis and the LightsOn a hot streak after opening for Drake and MGMT, a local artist does his best to square fame with integrity. By Hank Shteamer
Read moreBodega Girls featured in The Improper Bostonian
The Bodega Girls "a colorful electro-popcollective whose musical in-jokes draw flocks of hipsters," is profiled in The Improper Bostonian's annual list of buzz worthy bands
Read moreThe Cribs release new single "Housewife"
Vote for Bodega Girls to play Virgin Mobile FreeFest
The Bodega Girls are currently in the running to play the Virgin Mobile FreeFest with LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A, and a ton of other great bands.
Read moreBoston voters name Mission of Burma one of Boston's 25 best music acts of all time
Boston.com readers have voted Mission of Burma one of "Boston's 25 All-Time Best Pop Music Acts"! You can check it out online here and pick up full print version in the Boston Sunday Globe this weekend.
Just confirmed: Fenway Recordings Sessions Show #106: Jarrod Gorbel w/ DJ Carbo on Sept. 12
Jarrod Gorbel (formerly of The Honorary Title) has been confirmed to play the next Fenway Recordings Sessions show at Great Scott. The show is on Sunday, September 12th at 8:00PM. Known for his "soaring vocals and deceptively simple melodies," Gorbel will be touring behind his debut solo album, Devil's Made A New Friend, out August 31st via Burning-house and his own imprint, "Gorbel Music." Tickets are on sale now, and available here.
UPDATE: Dave Munro (Air Traffic Controller) has just been confirmed as the supporting act for the evening!
Faces on Film to be featured on MTV
Tune into MTV @ 10PM tonight for the season premiere of the show "Teen Mom"; they're using two Faces On Film songs during the episode: "Natalie's Number" and "Winners Daughter". You can check out both tracks before the show here on the Faces on Film MySpace.
Available today: iTunes Digital 45 featuring 2 new remixes of MGMT's "It's Working"
MGMT's "It's Working" Digital 45 available on iTunes today.
Read moreChicago Tribune names Mission of Burma's 7/30 Subterranean gig a "Hidden Gem"
The Chicago Tribune today posted its summer concert preview and picked out 12 not to be missed shows and festivals. Mission of Burma's gig at Subterranean on July 30th is one of the paper's "hidden gems." Tickets for that show are available here.
Watch MGMT's new "It's Working" Video!
Check out the newest video from MGMT: "It's Working" off their Congratulations album
Bodega Girls release new single "We Are Losers"
Bodega Girls released their newest single "We Are Losers" on RcrdLbl.com as an exclusive FREE download.
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