These scarily talented Miami prodigies — lead singer and
guitarist Gabriel Garcia is only fifteen — play a tuneful
brand of metal that's been AWOL since the Reagan years. Catch their
nuclear-hot twin leads and banshee shrieks on this summer's
Rockstar Mayhem tour.
"Shockwave"
MGMT
Two unwashed hippie freaks straight out of Wesleyan play
deliriously catchy psych-pop with a wicked sense of humor and heavy
grooves. On their cool-ass debut, Oracular Spectacular,
they come off like the Flaming Lips' snarky little siblings.
Record-exec-turned-singer Santogold (born Santi White) makes
futuristic pop for the skinny-jeans set. She raps like M.I.A.
("Creator") and skanks like Gwen Stefani ("Shove It") on her debut
album, out on tastemaker label Downtown Records/Lizard King on
April 29th.
In a year, these preppy Columbia grads rocketed from playing
frats to SNL, thanks to their literate, globe-trotting rock. Their
first disc, Vampire Weekend, has already sold more than
150,000 copies — that's an indie smash.
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