Under the Radar Magazine

Heading into its 43rd year, Seattle’s BumbershootFestival of Music and Arts has announced its multi-day line-up of artists.

With a new album promising to make its way to listeners’ ears this summer, MGMT has been unleashing a series of new cuts. (via Watch: MGMT – “Your Life as a Life” Live in Portland | Under The Radar)

This past weekend psycehdelic pop duo MGMT performed at Penn State where they debuted a bit of new material from their upcoming third album.

Over the weekend MGMT released a special Record Store Day track called “Alien Days.”

Is case you somehow forgot, tomorrow is Record Store Day.

This weekend on Record Store Day MGMT will release a special cassette single featuring an unreleased track called “Alien Days.” 

With the follow-up to their 2010 album Congratulations tentatively scheduled for a release this June,MGMT’s Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden have announced that they will embark on a North American tour starting in April. 

MGMT have revealed plans to release their follow-up to 2010’s Congratulations later this year. 

For the past number of weeks tracks off the forthcoming Fleetwood Mac tribute album Just Tell That You Want Me have been trickling online, showcasing the talents of such contributing artists as Best Coast, MGMT, and others. 

Classic Interview: 

Everyone can point to formative experiences from childhood that influence his or her future endeavors, and most people who are passionate about music can identify definitive experiences that set the course for their eventual interest or musical pursuit. To explore the issue of early experiences and how they relate to future goals, aspirations, and ultimately where we find ourselves as adults, Under the Radar spoke with some notable indie-rock musicians and Dr. Jefferson A. Singer, Professor of Psychology at Connecticut College, one of the preeminent researchers in memory and early experience today. (via Thanks for the Memories | Under The Radar)