We'd spoken briefly about LCD Soundsystem's Vinyl Saturday 12" featuring a cover of "Bye Bye Bayou" from Alan Vega's eponymous 1980 solo debut. Talk is cheap. Take a listen at HypeM. (While you're there, compare/contrast with the original.) Remember, Record... CONTINUE READING LCD SOUNDSYSTEM COVER ALAN VEGA»
Posted on October 16, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Alan Vega | James Murphy | LCD Soundsystem | Think About Life
The LCD head rhapsodizes about art and Nazis, laments social networking's descent into marketing/manipulation, and finds Facebook to be the most "idiotic and hilarious" of them all. So he posted this awesome rant on MySpace instead. (via P4K). ... CONTINUE READING JAMES MURPHY EXPLAINS WHY THE INTERNET IS FUNNY»
Posted on October 9, 2009 (5 comments)
Tags: LCD Soundsystem | Sufjan Stevens
Record Store Day's Vinyl Saturday is 11/7, and to celebrate LCD will release a 12" featuring a cover of "Bye Bye Bayou" from Alan Vega's 1980 solo debut Alan Vega. Buy it then at an independent record store near you.... CONTINUE READING LCD SOUNDSYSTEM COVER ALAN VEGA FOR VINYL SATURDAY»
Posted on October 7, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Alan Vega | LCD Soundsystem | Record Store Day | Suicide | Thom Yorke
After holing up in an L.A. mansion, dressing in all white and partying with lesbians, LCD Soundsystem inform us that their LP is due in March (and other tidbits) over at their suddenly active Facebook. (Thanks for the tip, Chris.)... CONTINUE READING LCD SOUNDSYSTEM REVEALS NEW SINGLE, TOUR ON FACEBOOK»
Posted on September 30, 2009 (1 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | James Murphy | LCD Soundsystem
German DJ Riley Reinhold's minimal take on LCD Soundsystem's Nike-commissioned jogging soundtrack is the first we've heard from the forthcoming 45:33 remix project. As a reminder, the various remakes will appear as a series of 12"'s this summer and a... CONTINUE READING RILEY REINHOLD REMIXES LCD SOUNDSYSTEM»
Posted on July 30, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: LCD Soundsystem | Riley Reinhold | Sleepy Sun
James Murphy & Co. are putting together a collection of 45:33 remixes that'll be issued as a series of 12"'s this summer and a full album on 9/14. The list of remixers is at NME.... CONTINUE READING LCD SOUNDSYSTEM SET FOR UPDATED RELEASE OF 45:33»
Posted on July 20, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Jay-Z | LCD Soundsystem
This past weekend MTV aired their annual two-hour paid advertisement for upcoming blockbusters awards show. Videogum boiled it down to just the funny parts, although the funniest part actually came via a James Murphy MySpace blog post (H/T P4K) last... CONTINUE READING BEHIND-THE-SCENES AT THE MTV MOVIE AWARDS WITH ... JAMES MURPHY?»
Posted on June 3, 2009 (6 comments)
Tags: Aziz Ansari | LCD Soundsystem | MTV Movie Awards
Prom Season -- and its promise of rented limos, expensive gowns you'll never wear again, and desperate hookup attempts -- is upon us. Many of you probably didn't go to prom because fuck high school! But what if there was... CONTINUE READING VAMPIRE WEEKEND, LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR DJ 826NYC PROM»
Posted on May 22, 2009 in Photo (14 comments)
Tags: Hercules And Love Affair | LCD Soundsystem | Vampire Weekend
A couple weeks ago we posted James Curd's remix of the Juan Maclean's "One Day." The straight-up version's part of The Future Will Come, the followup to Less Than Human. As we mentioned then, John MacLean's now joined more permanently... CONTINUE READING NEW JUAN MACLEAN VIDEO - "ONE DAY" »
Posted on March 26, 2009 in Video (3 comments)
Tags: LCD Soundsystem | The Juan MacLean
The fact that James Murphy is behind (in more ways than one) this amusing Simon Owens-directed video starring the downtrodden frog, earns LCD Soundsystem's main man points for admitting he totally sounds like Kermie on the Sound Of Sliver closer.... CONTINUE READING KERMIT THE FROG: "NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU BUT YOU'RE BRINGING ME DOWN" »
Posted on December 4, 2008 in Video (8 comments)
Tags: Ezra Koenig | Kermit The Frog | LCD Soundsystem | Lollapalooza | Vampire Weekend
But do they bring their "A" game? (Sorry.) The band, seemingly piloted by Arcade Fire/Beirut member Kelly Pratt, includes LCD Soundsystem's Pat Mahoney on drums plus Jon Natchez and Perrin Cloutier from Beirut and Richard Reed Parry from Arcade Fire.... CONTINUE READING ARCADE FIRE & BEIRUT MEMBERS JOIN TEAM B»
Posted on November 5, 2008 in MP3 (8 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Beirut | LCD Soundsystem | Popo
NME.com reports James has a new project with LCD drummer Pat Mahoney (not "Maloney," NME) and former Hockey Night guys Paul Sprangers and Scott Wells. James is playing bass and says the "classic rock record" is due out in early... CONTINUE READING JAMES MURPHY'S GOT A NEW BAND»
Posted on October 20, 2008 (5 comments)
Tags: James Murphy | LCD Soundsystem
This third video from Hot Chip's Made In The Dark LP features James Murphy. In case you forgot, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem fame is a DFA honcho and noted jujitsu master, of which he reminds us by wearing a... CONTINUE READING NEW HOT CHIP VIDEO - "WRESTLERS"»
Posted on September 4, 2008 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Hot Chip | James Murphy | LCD Soundsystem | Vampire Weekend
James Murphy and LCD Soundsystem drummer Pat Mahoney are going on a DJ tour this summer, bringing the real heart and "outlaw spirit" of disco to select cities in the States and the UK as part of the 26-date, three... CONTINUE READING LCD SOUNDSYTEM TAKE DISCO ON THE ROAD»
Posted on August 5, 2008 in Tour Dates (11 comments)
Tags: Academy Awards | James Murphy | LCD Soundsystem
Zach Hill plays drums in Hella, opposite Mick Barr (who's new metal band Krallice is great, by the way) on Shred Earthship and Volume 2, with Marilyn Manson's Twiggy Ramirez in Goon Moon, and behind Marnie Stern, etc. On his... CONTINUE READING NEW ZACH HILL VIDEO - "HINDSIGHT IS NOWHERE"»
Posted on June 20, 2008 in Video (8 comments)
Tags: Hella | LCD Soundsystem | Tyler Pope | Zach Hill
LCD Soundsystem mean business about their support for the forthcoming stylish blackjack movie 21. It started by contributing an original tune, "Big Ideas," to the 21 soundtrack. And it's continued here, with the band having waited a conspicuous number of... CONTINUE READING NEW LCD SOUNDSYSTEM VIDEO - "BIG IDEAS"»
Posted on March 18, 2008 in Video (7 comments)
Tags: LCD Soundsystem
Hot on the heels of Oscar night, we have the aforementioned soundtrack tune from LCD Soundsystem (of Your Favorite Album Of 2007, fame), which was commissioned for the forthcoming math-kids-counting-cards-in-Vegas Robert Luketic-directed film 21 starring Kevin... CONTINUE READING NEW LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - "BIG IDEAS" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on February 25, 2008 (39 comments)
Tags: LCD Soundsystem
The man who wrote a music for a shoe company has decided to lob his Kelly Kapoor approved efforts in a slightly more conventional direction: a movie company. Sony Pictures is releasing 21 (as in never always double down on 11) this March and has commissioned LCD to write a track, which they entitled "Big Ideas." Other artists on the soundtrack include Rihanna, UNKLE, MGMT, Amon Tobin (contributing old songs), Mark Ronson and Kasabian (doing most likely a Motowned version of Kasabian's "Lost Souls Forever") and D Sardy & Duke Spirit's Liela Moss (doing something we've never heard of). As for the movie, the official site says it's about "Five Students Who Changed The Game Forever" and has a page where you can click on the starring actors' faces (Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne, etc.) hear them speak, and learn all about how they got caught up in this crazy, crazy world of blackjack to begin with. Looks forgettable, but points for not making the five students walk into a casino to "All My Friends."
Posted on February 19, 2008 (6 comments)
This past weekend a couple Big Days Out took pace down under (Friday in Aukland and Sunday at the Gold Coast) with LCD Soundsystem, Björk, Rage Against The Machine, Battles, Kate Nash, Billy Bragg, Silverchair, and Arcade Fire, among others. Rage's set (along with Tom Morello's solo turn as the Night Watchman) was expectedly political, but doesn't sound like Win Butler was caught making Obama orations -- or, at least not in the clip we found of "Black Mirror." As far as Björk and Co., they kept the ass-kicking on stage. The next Big Day stop's this Friday in Sydney.
Posted on January 21, 2008 (0 comments)
We saw a lot of concerts this year! You probably did too, if you're the sort to be checking music blogs on your downtime over holiday break, so let's all trade notes. Stereogum's Amrit Singh kicks things off with a... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S 30 FAVORITE LIVE SHOWS OF 2007»
Posted on December 28, 2007 in Concert (82 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Antony Hegarty | Arcade Fire | Battles | Björk | Bon Iver | Boredoms | Chk Chk Chk | Cornelius | Daft Punk | Dan Deacon | Deerhunter | Dirty Projectors | Feist | Grizzly Bear | Jamie Lidell | Justice | LCD Soundsystem | M.I.A. | Man Man | Mastodon | My Morning Jacket | No Age | of Montreal | Panda Bear | Paul McCartney | Santigold | The Field | The National | The Police | The White Stripes
P4K's Top 100 Tracks Of 2007 covers the gamut. We have a few complaints -- "Myriad Harbour," "Mistaken For Strangers," and No Age's "Neck Escaper" way too low-- but there are enough solids to offset the misses. For instance, good... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK'S TOP 100 TRACKS OF 2007»
Posted on December 17, 2007 in List, Year-End List (67 comments)
Tags: LCD Soundsystem
It's December, which means we've entered the official month of list giving. In that spirit, following in the footsteps of Stylus, Uncut has LCD Soundsystem at its top spot. As far as we can tell -- judging from Paste showing... CONTINUE READING UNCUT NAMES LCD SOUNDSYTEM AS 2007'S FINEST»
Posted on December 3, 2007 in List, Year-End List (67 comments)
Tags: John Hodgman | LCD Soundsystem
Fresh off that Les Savy Fav-breaking show with Arcade Fire et al at Randall's Island, James Murphy & Co. are streaming the "Someone Great" EP for your computer-side listening pleasure. Jump on over here to bob your head along to... CONTINUE READING STREAM LCD SOUNDSYSTEM'S "SOMEONE GREAT" EP»
Posted on October 19, 2007 (2 comments)
Tags: LCD Soundsystem
This week's 'Gum Drop offered Amanda Palmer's late-night piano take on R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts," and she joins the estimable likes of Nellie McKay, Deerhunter, Xiu Xiu, and Marissa Nadler as 'Gum Drop premiere artists. On top of Amanda's R.E.M., this... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP GIVEAWAY #6»
Posted on October 3, 2007 in Giveaway (0 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | LCD Soundsystem
"Once in a while I do something I know people are going to think is really cool. Like when I started running outside instead of on a treadmill. Or when I translate Latin for people off of monuments or coins... CONTINUE READING KELLY FROM THE OFFICE REVIEWS ARCADE FIRE»
Posted on October 1, 2007 (10 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | LCD Soundsystem | The Office
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Jonathan Boulet - A Community Service Announcement (The Album Leaf Remix) (»)
El Guincho - Antillas (XXXchange remix) (»)
El Guincho - Antillas (»)
Wolf People - October Fires (»)
Fan Death - Cannibal (»)
Fan Death - Reunited (CCENTURIESS Remix) (»)
Chll Pll - Dick Moves (»)
Chll Pll - Pass Out (»)
Beck - Harry Partch (»)
Tim Cohen - Haunted Hymns (»)
Tim Cohen - Take Aim Goliath (»)
Ducktails - Sandglider (»)
tUnE-YaRdS - Hatari (Drunkenmonkey Remix) (»)
tUnE-YaRdS - Hatari (Karn Remix) (»)
Beach House - Norway (»)
The Golden Filter - Thunderbird (»)
Crystal Antlers - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Bob Dylan Cover) (»)
CFCF - How Bizarre (OMC Cover) (»)
The Acorn - Strange Animal (Gowan Cover) (»)
Black Tambourine - Black Car (»)
Boyracer - Sunshine And Violence (»)
Henry's Dress - 1620 (»)
Honeybunch - Mine Your Own Business (»)
Lilys - Claire Hates Me (»)
Lilys - February Fourteenth (»)
Lorelei - Today's Shrug (»)
Sleepyhead - Different Colored Letters (»)
Small Factory - Merry-Go-Round (»)
Swirlies - Sarah Sitting (»)
The Ropers - Waiting (»)
Velocity Girl - My Forgotten Favorite (»)
Monsters Of Folk - Say Please (»)
Rain Machine - Give Blood (»)
Wetdog - Tidy Up Your Bedroom (»)
Beck - Little Hands (Feat. Feist, Wilco And Jamie Lidell) (»)
Brendan Benson - Feel Like Taking You Home (»)
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp (Memory Tapes Remix) (»)
Solange - Stillness Is The Move (Dirty Projectors Cover) (»)
Pearl Harbor - California Shakedown (»)
LoneLady - Immaterial (»)
Andrew Cedermark - Hard Livin' (»)
Family Portrait - Super Cool (»)
The Soft Pack - Answer To Yourself (»)
Bear In Heaven - Dust Cloud (»)
Bear In Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers (»)
Atlas Sound - Doctor (Five Discs Cover) (»)
Atlas Sound - The Screens (»)
Cloud Nothings - Hey Cool Kid (»)
The Mary Onettes - Dare (»)
The Mary Onettes - Puzzles (»)
