Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
LCD Soundsystem mastermind James Murphy announced that last night's performance on the "Colbert Report" would be his band's last appearance on television. Mock news demigod Stephen Colbert asked him why he was walking away at the height of popularity - to which Murphy responded: "It seems like the right thing to do. I'm 41. At a certain point, I think it gets embarrassing."
The news was no shock as Murphy has been openly discussing the band's coming demise for some time. Murphy and company performed "I Can Change" from last ...
Thursday, December 30th, 2010
1. Trap Them – Filth Rations
2. Valient Thorr – Stranger
3. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
4. United Nations – Never Mind The Bombings, Here’s Your Six Figures
5. Kaki King – Junior
6. The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards
7. Cephalic Carnage – Misled By Certainty
8. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part II (Return of the Ankh)
9. Les Savy Fav - Root for Ruin
10. Galactic – Ya-Ka-May
Trap Them – Filth Rations E.P. (Southern Lord Recordings) – Bulletproof release. Four of the most well executed songs in extreme music in 2010. If you think there was a better overall song offering elements of Swedish death metal ...
Monday, November 22nd, 2010
LCD Soundsystem and Hot Chip have been tearing it up on the road together all over Europe. The DFA label mates released a live double LP last week and are keeping fans a-buzz with this new live video of the two pop acts collaborating on Alessi Brothers' "Seabird," to close out the show at the Manchester Apollo on the 15th of November.
If you missed a our review of the latest LCD Soundsystem full-length, This is Happening, check it out HERE.
Saturday, May 1st, 2010
This is Happening
LCD Soundsystem
DFA Records
2010
Genres: Dance-punk, Disco, Electronica
RIYL: New Order, !!!, Disco revival with a modern twist.
8.7
Patience is a virtue…or so all the sages and soothsayers in various walks of life explain to us. This also applies heavily to music. Take acts like Tool and Radiohead, who release extravagant albums, but take years to do so. When LCD Soundsystem front-man James Murphy exclaims, “You wanted a hit? / but that’s not what we do,” in band’s latest full-length effort, This is Happening - he’s sharing their honest methodology.
Opening track “Dance Yrself Clean” takes about 3 minutes to really get going. Having this kind of patience is expected of LCD’s fans these days. Don’t ...
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
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Website: LCD Soundsystem.com
Myspace: LCD Soundsystem Official Myspace
For someone who hails from the very epitome of small-town America, James Murphy is extremely partial to a very English insult. Particularly when it's a self-deprecating one. Despite being labeled as a tragically hip super-producer - 'the Pharrell Williams of punk-funk' - the wiseass sarcasm that comes out of his own songs is generally aimed, first and foremost, at himself. The 'tit' reference is provoked by a conversation about Losing My Edge, the 2002 single that launched LCD Soundsystem's recording career, skewered the vanity, insecurity and one-upmanship of the ageing hipster with hilarious accuracy, and remains, thus far, his signature tune. 'It still ...
LCD Soundsystem mastermind James Murphy announced that last night's performance on the "Colbert Report" would be his band's last appearance on television. Mock news demigod Stephen Colbert asked him why he was walking away at the height of popularity - to which Murphy responded: "It seems like the right thing to do. I'm 41. At a certain point, I think it gets embarrassing."
The news was no shock as Murphy has been openly discussing the band's coming demise for some time. Murphy and company performed "I Can Change" from last ...
1. Trap Them – Filth Rations
2. Valient Thorr – Stranger
3. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
4. United Nations – Never Mind The Bombings, Here’s Your Six Figures
5. Kaki King – Junior
6. The Dead Weather – Sea of Cowards
7. Cephalic Carnage – Misled By Certainty
8. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part II (Return of the Ankh)
9. Les Savy Fav - Root for Ruin
10. Galactic – Ya-Ka-May
Trap Them – Filth Rations E.P. (
This is Happening
LCD Soundsystem
DFA Records
2010
Genres: Dance-punk, Disco, Electronica
RIYL: New Order, !!!, Disco revival with a modern twist.
8.7
Patience is a virtue…or so all the sages and soothsayers in various walks of life explain to us. This also applies heavily to music. Take acts like Tool and Radiohead, who release extravagant albums, but take years to do so. When LCD Soundsystem front-man James Murphy exclaims, “You wanted a hit? / but that’s not what we do,” in band’s latest full-length effort, This is Happening - he’s sharing their honest methodology.
Opening track “Dance Yrself Clean” takes about 3 minutes to really get going. Having this kind of patience is expected of LCD’s fans these days. Don’t ... 
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