Update* The Management Is Not Pretending

If you've been checking out other music reviews this month, you may have heard of MGMT, or the Management. Their new and first major label disc debut is happening this month through Columbia Records. Oracular Spectacular's most recognizable track is the awesome electro "Time to Pretend."

The two main guys behind the indie rock band is Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, who met back in 2002 at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. This fall, they'll be on tour with another great band, Of Montreal. Their music is similar to Of Montreal's, Mates of State and Spoon.

In MGMT's profile located on Last.fm it says, "Andrew VanWyngarden, one of the MGMT figureheads, is currently collaborating with Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes, with plans to release a record in 2007 under the name Blik Fang."

Hmmm. Upon more research, I found an older article regarding this same subject. But, this one I found is from Pitchfork Media posted by Kati Llewellyn. "Barnes (from Of Montreal) has also been pumping out the jams for a 2007 record with Andrew VanWyngarden of the Management (the MGMT if you're hip, the band who toured with OM on several occasions if you're really hip) under the name Ocelot Fang," she says. But, that article was posted in June of 2006, so I feel quite confident in saying the Blikk Fang name is most current. Though, personally I think I like Ocelot Fang better. Oh well. Hopefully, we'll get to see MGMT continue to peer out from behind Of Montreal. Of course, they make a great team, but they deserve some praise and acknowledgement all of their own.

Update* SO, I thought the album was released in October and was wondering why I could not find it anywhere! Turns out, it will officially be released in January. (But, you can cheat and get the jams on iTunes if you can't wait!)

Picture and text sources from: Pitchfork Media, Spin Magazine, Last.fm

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