MGMT

MGMT are two charming American hobgoblins who surfaced to the world in late 2007 with a stunning first album named "Oracular Spectacular", following on spring 2010 by a more leftfield and experimental one entitled "Congratulations".
Miles above any concurrence for their ability to write songs and harmonies, but also lyrics with meaning and a genuine, quite profound poetic touch, the duo also excels at more or less hidden musical citations and are therefore a treat for music lovers who will spot delightfully a wink to obscure references, generally from the 60's, 70's or 80's pop misfits vaults.
They are in this sense quite representative of a generation that had the ability to dig instantly on very obscure and varied music from all around the world, and mix all these eclectic influences without "levelling" the cool from the uncool, courtesy of the 2000's internet facilities and lack of self-consciousness.
The band had to face two handicaps or misunderstandings so far : 1/ their unability to properly join any "scene", play the "indie game" and therefore being held as 100% credible and "cool" by the tastemakers of their times (ie Pitchfork etc) and 2/ being quite shy and "maladjusted" on stage (but so were The Beatles...).
In my book, these two minor flaws should not prevent their exceptional talent to blossom even further and confirm them as some of the pop geniuses of their time.