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"After hoping to have their new album ready this month,&amp;#xA0;MGMT have set September 17th as the release date for their third LP, MGMT. Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser&amp;#xA0;returned to Tarbox Road Studios to collaborate with Dave Fridmann, who co-produced and mixed both&amp;#xA0;2008&amp;apos;s&amp;#xA0;Oracular Spectacular&amp;#xA0;and 2010&amp;apos;s&amp;#xA0;Congratulations.\r\nFor the new album, the duo experimented with different in-studio writing processess, resulting in a 10-song collection that includes a cover of the 1960s song &amp;quot;Introspection&amp;quot; by Faine Jade and &amp;quot;Alien Days,&amp;quot; which was released on Record Store Day in April.&amp;#xA0;\r\n100 Best Albums of the 2000s:MGMT, &amp;apos;Oracular Spectacular&amp;apos;\r\nThe band is also preparing visual elements to accompany the album through what they&amp;apos;re calling &amp;quot;the Optimizer&amp;quot;: an enhanced package that will include video and CGI work &amp;#xA0;by&amp;#xA0;Andrew Benson, Emilio Gomariz, Geoffrey Lillemon and Chris Timms.\r\nMGMT are currently on tour and are set to perform at festivals including Summer Fest in Milwaukee next week.&amp;#xA0;\r\nDates for their North American tour follow:\r\n7/3 &amp;#xA0;Milwaukee, WI &amp;#x2013; Summer Fest7/ 5-7 &amp;#xA0;Kelowna, CA &amp;#x2013; Keloha Music &amp;amp; Arts Festival7/9 &amp;#xA0;Quebec, ON &amp;#x2013; Festival D&amp;#x2019;Ete International De Quebec &amp;#xA0; &amp;#xA0; &amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;7/12 &amp;#xA0;Lansing, MI &amp;#x2013; Common Ground Music Festival7/ 13 &amp;#xA0;Cincinnati, OH &amp;#x2013; Bunbury Music Festival8/24 &amp;#xA0;Monterey, CA &amp;#x2013; Monterey County Fairgrounds8/25 &amp;#xA0;Los Angeles, CA &amp;#x2013; FYE Festival8/26 &amp;#xA0;Las Vegas, NV &amp;#x2013; The Pool at the Cosmopolitan8/29 &amp;#xA0;Davis, CA &amp;#x2013; Mondavi Center8/31 &amp;#xA0;Bend, OR &amp;#x2013; Les Schwab Amphitheatre9/1 &amp;#xA0;Troutdale, OR &amp;#x2013; Edgefield Amphitheatre9/2 &amp;#xA0;Seattle, WA &amp;#x2013; Bumbershoot Festival9/4 &amp;#xA0;Boise, ID &amp;#x2013; Knitting Factory9/5 &amp;#xA0;Salt Lake City, UT &amp;#x2013;&amp;#xA0;Twilight Concert Series &amp;#xA0; &amp;#xA0; &amp;#xA0; &amp;#xA0; &amp;#xA0; &amp;#xA0; &amp;#xA0; &amp;#xA0; &amp;#xA0; &amp;#xA0;&amp;#xA0;9/6 &amp;#xA0; Denver, CO &amp;#x2013; Fillmore Auditorium"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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