Tag Archives: MGMT

h8 when memes are mrktng gimmicks

I was recently browsing the internet, and I saw this meme being blogged/blurbed about in multiple outlets. In the video, a group of free-spirited moms without kids who formed a band instead play the song “Kids” by MGMT on multiple iPhone applications.

Is this just some sort of ‘marketing gimmick’? Did some ad agency [...]

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Great Moments in Mainstreamers Embracing Alternative Songs from 2 Years Ago

“Control yalls selves
take only what yall need from yall.” -the MGMT

So there I was. The party was winding down, but I felt like I still had a chance to get tugged 2nite. I was gonna stay around and keep nursing some beers, maybe nonchalantly working my way on to the impromptu dance [...]

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Did yall watch the Grammys?

Yall.. I didn’t watch the Grammys cuz I’d rather just read reactions to it on the internet, then pretend that I watched it/was there/I am connected to the modern world. Seemed like a real celebration of things that are kinda mainstream but letting more alt artists in2 the show. Some of my [...]

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Whenever an Alternative Artist is on the Cover of a Mainstream Magazine, I quietly say to myself, “We Finally Did It.”

Whenever an Alternative Artist is on the Cover of a Mainstream Magazine, I quietly say to myself, “We Finally Did It.  We have arrived. The mainstreamers are starting to understand why we listen to better music than them. I have a dream that one day, blogs will be the radio stations of the [...]

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