r/mgmt • u/runepuzzles • 15d ago

Music like MGMT?

Hi! I make music influenced by MGMT among others, looking for recommendations of similar music!

UPDAET: thanks everyone!!! if you want to check out my tunes, theyre here!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYLSXonNbRXZC8lHvZK_sTg

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u/SlickJamesBitch 15d ago

They are influenced by old psychadelic rock.

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u/psychedelicpiper67 15d ago edited 15d ago

Yes, this. Syd-Barrett era Pink Floyd.

Also, Animal Collective is a good modern artist, also heavily influenced by old psychedelic rock.

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u/jerog1 15d ago

Syd Barrett’s solo stuff like The Madcap Laughs album

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u/psychedelicpiper67 15d ago

Yeah, Andrew clearly was influenced by Syd’s cryptic lyricism on his solo albums, no doubt.

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u/macinema 14d ago

They even did a cover of Lucifer Sam

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u/brothersp0rt 15d ago

Animal Collective, Dumbo Gets Mad, Magdalena Bay, Dan Deacon, of Montreal

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u/ZeroHootsSon 15d ago

A few songs as a tasting platter, most of these artists have a similar sound:

Magenta Mountain - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Edge of the World pt. 2 - Pond

Chameleon - Dark Dazey

Fantasy - Mini Mansions

Shuggie - Foxygen

Lost in Space - Foster the People

That's my Floor - Magdalena Bay

In the Flowers - Animal Collective

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u/societyisahole 15d ago

Wire - The 15th, Spacemen 3 - Honey, Donovan - There Was a Time

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u/BuryMeWithTheLights 15d ago

Check out Passion Pit

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u/Radagast729 15d ago

Ariel pink is the most similar that I'm aware of. Weird dude, but great music

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u/bebabodi 15d ago

I second this, absolutely piece of shit but some incredible music

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u/psychedelicpiper67 14d ago edited 14d ago

Ariel Pink is such a self-absorbed failure of a human being, yet he effortlessly comes up with unique melodies and song structures like it’s second nature to him.

He has a very rare, almost supernatural musical gift, but it has come at the cost of being able to function as a decent human being.

His brain ought to be studied, not going to lie. It’s like he was born with some aspect of music theory embedded in his brain. You have to wonder if he was some insanely gifted classical composer in a past life.

It must have really pained MGMT to see a collaborator they admired end up self-destructing so badly.

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u/LeonCloud11 15d ago

What kind of mgmt are we talkin?

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u/untitled________ 15d ago

Foxygen. I think they are really similar to MGMT and also take inspiration from old psych-rock. I recommend We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic, but Take the Kids Off Broadway is also good too.

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u/WelfareLyfe 15d ago

Pink Floyd

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u/psychedelicpiper67 15d ago edited 15d ago

Syd Barrett-era specifically. Later stuff, not so much. MGMT even covered Lucifer Sam live on TV.

And Andrew appeared in the most recent Syd Barrett documentary, Have You Got It Yet?

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u/Plastic_Nezerto 15d ago

Tame Impala, Cage The Elephant

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u/Valuable-Drink4949 15d ago

Klaxons, Crumb, Sports

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u/Open_Medium_3185 14d ago

SPORTS!! was waiting for someone to mention them, their voices sound very similar to me

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u/Valuable-Drink4949 14d ago

I agree! You can tell that they're also fans of MGMT lol

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u/Eclipse0322 15d ago

Empire of the Sun

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u/Prestigious-Pass3993 15d ago

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

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u/sandiegopadres69 15d ago

A couple of the tracks of The Lemon Twigs first album are definitely MGMT inspired. Especially “A Great Snake”

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u/EliBtk 13d ago

some groups I know that sounds a bit like MGMT: Cut Copy, Thieves Like Us, Memory Cassette, Gidropony

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u/Square_Extension1759 15d ago

Ween, magdelina bay, geese

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u/deadstar1998 15d ago

The album Butterfly 3000 by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is very MGMT-esque

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u/tundrabee119 15d ago

Of Montreal (anything pre-2017), Neon Indian, Washed Out, Foxygen, Ween, unknown mortal orchestra, animal collective, panda bear

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u/Emotional-Value-3488 15d ago

You might dig my newest tracks

It's Not Real a future is now, dystopia lofi sci fi drama,

I Love My Life more chill, reflective vibe, life is good

Taxi Girl for when you are crusin' on a cool night with the windows down

& if ya dug any of that, full album here

-Risker

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u/anujbeatles 15d ago

Nice!! Thanks for sharing, hope more people hear it.

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u/Emotional-Value-3488 15d ago

Thank you for saying that!! I'm hoping so too!

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u/runepuzzles 12d ago

Hi risker!!!!!

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u/runepuzzles 12d ago

Can confirm this album BUMPS! and yeah.. basically risker and me are friends!

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u/Emotional-Value-3488 12d ago

Yoooo thanks for the shout!

I did not even realize it was you til later, i looked back like :0

And ya can confirm me&runepuzzles are broz, his music is very awesome, animal collective would like it and have him open for them if they knew about him.

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u/Emotional-Value-3488 12d ago

lol funny that your comment was downvoted before i saw it, people on the internet... man...

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u/Helpful-Distance149 15d ago

Check out De Lux. More on the dancey side of things

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u/Fabrics_Of_Time 15d ago

Book Of Love - Boys

That song is like 25% of Andrew’s muse. It’s great

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u/Tony-Canoli 15d ago

Steven Wilson's "The Harmony Codex" if you like MGMTs self titled

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u/ChipsAgainstDip 15d ago

Fishmans, Panda Bear, Haruomi Hosono, Dumbo Gets Mad

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u/macinema 14d ago

Little Jesus - Rio Salvaje

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u/Brindlewindow 14d ago

Brindle window - invincible

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u/Jetfuel_N_Steel 14d ago

Alex g, summer salt, vacations

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u/Layne360 14d ago

There's some stuff from Devendra Banhart that really sounds like mgmt to me. "Never Seen Such Good Things" is a decent example

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u/GrantGatwick 12d ago

Beach boys. All I wanna do

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u/canyonskye 12d ago

Saw Animal Collective mentioned in someone else’s list and I just want to double down that, while not sonically twins, Animal Collective is definitely feels like the most complimentary vibe to MGMT in my life. Same goes for Panda Bear’s solo stuff, which is notably surf-ier like Congratulations is.

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u/sir_rockabye 11d ago edited 11d ago

Flaming Lips and both use the same producer on most of their albums.

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u/not_souljaboy 15d ago

Ween is MGMT for grown-ups

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u/psychedelicpiper67 15d ago

Ween inspired SpongeBob, and wrote a song about tying your shoes for a SpongeBob episode. 😂

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u/not_souljaboy 15d ago

Yeah, they also have one about HIV

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u/Valuable-Drink4949 15d ago

You're selling MGMT way short with that stance. Loss of Life is an incredibly refined album with adult themes and lyrics. It's also the first they've released under their own record label, free of outside influence from record executives and shareholders.

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u/not_souljaboy 15d ago

Its a joke lol. I love both. Ive seen MGMT three times in my life. I was 13 when I started listening to MGMT and i just feel like ween overall feels like the natural progression from MGMT as I personally got older.

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u/not_souljaboy 15d ago

But I dont mind upsetting people on the internet. Tell me all about it meng

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u/Valuable-Drink4949 15d ago

I'm usually decent at not taking the bait but this is one subject people will have to fight me over 😅

You effortlessly found my trigger

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u/Valuable-Drink4949 15d ago

That's a relief. I was OFFENDED for a second there lmao