MGMT - Kids

New Singles - Electronica & Hip Hop Singles

Written by TK

From the cool streets of Brooklyn, NY, hail electro-rock band MGMT - and surely they are one of the most exciting bands to emerge this century.

"Kids" is the third single from MGMT's breakthrough album, "Oracular Spectacular". Featuring fairly obscure lyrics and an appealing synthesiser-driven melody, this song is an outright classic.

"Kids" is as unique in sound as the song's video clip. MGMT have created an inspired-sound, a half-way house between electronica and rock but with enough cross-over potential to appeal to the commercial masses.

You can only wish progressive creative-talent like MGMT the very best.

9.5/10

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This latest collection from label Record Kicks is easy on the ear.

If it doesn’t have you dreaming of better days in the snap of a second, there is something wrong with you. This record is an aphrodisiac for the modern workplace.

From "The Young Patter" by the Baker Brothers and "Prophets Bound to Christ" by William Joseph Fowler & the Disciples, DJ Smoove mixes up a storm on record Act II. With the types of sounds that would be at home at a funk club in the funkiest of cities in the funkiest of countries, there is no denying that DJ Smoove is, for want of a better description, a cool cat.

A particularly favourite track of this reviewer is "Rags to Riches" by the Liberators, a fresh afro-funk act hailing from Sydney, Australia. The track is so rich with the sounds of Africa, it is a wonder it was not produced in, ummm, Africa.

The Diplomats of Solid Sound have been on my radar for a while, and so have Lack of Afro. So it does not surprise me that the Lack of Afro remix of the Diplomat’s tune "Give Me One More Chance", is an outright classic.

Similarly to a lot of the new releases from the team at label Record Kicks, this is highly recommended!

Label: Record Kicks

8/10