494 - MGMT - Oracular Spectacular - Gareth Reynolds

494 - MGMT - Oracular Spectacular - Gareth Reynolds

Gareth Reynolds joins The 500 with Josh Adam Meyers to dissect experimental indie band MGMT's breakout record. Youth, sexual exploration, the banality of modern life: these are all themes that have been explored in countless art forms; so much so that one might expect that MGMT's 2007 debut album Oracular Spectacular would have little to add to the conversation. But that expectation doesn't take into account how much that conversation might change when filtered through the brilliantly improvisational wit of Gareth Reynolds, who has made a career out of lampooning the equally minute and bizarre aspects of life through his writing on shows like Arrested Development and his own wildly successful podcast The Dollop. Locked in a room together with nothing but synth pop and psychedelic rock to sustain them, Gareth and Josh can barely contain themselves from laughing hysterically at the inconsistencies in the album's quality, the division of labor in the band, and the irony of a song about becoming famous being the ticket to stardom for two guys who never even wanted to form a band in the first place. The 500 is a production of Native Creative Podcasts. For show notes, guest playlists, documentaries and audiobooks about the music, go to The500Podcast.com. New Song / Artist influenced by MGMT: "Afterthought" by Slum Sociable (YouTube) & (Spotify) Join. The. Movement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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122 - Various Artists - The Harder They Come (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Jackie Fabulous

122 - Various Artists - The Harder They Come (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Jackie Fabulous

***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Jackie Fabulous joins the podcast for the first time to discuss the The Harder They ...

4 Feb 1h 14min

123 - Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell - Erik Griffin

123 - Run-D.M.C. - Raising Hell - Erik Griffin

***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Raising Hell did what no rap album had done before, becoming the first multi-platinu...

28 Jan 1h 18min

124 - Moby Grape - Moby Grape - Wayne Federman

124 - Moby Grape - Moby Grape - Wayne Federman

***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Released during the Summer of Love, the album landed at a moment when the Bay Area...

21 Jan 1h 32min

125 - Janis Joplin - Pearl - Greg Fitzsimmons

125 - Janis Joplin - Pearl - Greg Fitzsimmons

***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Pearl is the second and final solo studio album by Janis Joplin, released three mont...

14 Jan 1h 34min

126 - The Wailers - Catch A Fire - Ian Edwards

126 - The Wailers - Catch A Fire - Ian Edwards

***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Catch a Fire is now widely recognized as one of the greatest and most influential r...

7 Jan 1h 24min

127 - The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday - Craig Shoemaker

127 - The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday - Craig Shoemaker

***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** At this point in The Byrds' career, they were already established as pioneers of fo...

31 Dec 20251h 17min

128 - Iggy and The Stooges - Raw Power - Maria Bamford

128 - Iggy and The Stooges - Raw Power - Maria Bamford

***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Iggy and the Stooges only had one day to mix the final version of the album, leading...

24 Dec 20251h 15min

129 - Talking Heads - Remain In Light - Greg Proops

129 - Talking Heads - Remain In Light - Greg Proops

***This show is brought to you by DistroKid. Go to http://distrokid.com/vip/the500 for 30% off your first year!*** Before recording Remain In Light, the Talking Heads and producer Brian Eno sought to...

17 Dec 20251h 47min

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