New LCD Soundsystem Video - "Someone Great"

There was a moment at an ACL afterparty when the DJ followed by Guided By Voices' Bee Thousand jam "Smothered In Hugs" with the Silver sounds of "Someone Great." Doesn't sound like it should flow, but somehow it was perfect,... CONTINUE READING NEW LCD SOUNDSYSTEM VIDEO - "SOMEONE GREAT"»

Posted on September 19, 2007 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: LCD Soundsystem

Austin City Limits '07: Friday In Photos

Welcome to Austin City Limits 2007, where the weather's hot, the tacos are tasty, and the toilets are very, very flammable. Folks all over town are still buzzing about the lineup's loss of the exceedingly anxious White Stripes, but... CONTINUE READING AUSTIN CITY LIMITS '07: FRIDAY IN PHOTOS»

Lollapalooza '07: Friday In Photos

Plenty of guitar rawk to go around, but Lolla Day One was a dancer's delight: Ghostland Observatory, M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk ... bodies were moved and clothes were drenched. But of course there was plenty of fun from... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA '07: FRIDAY IN PHOTOS»

New Franz Ferdinand Video - "All My Friends"

Franz Ferdinand and producer Erol Alkan set out to cover LCD Soundsystem and wound up paying homage to New Order with their hot-shit contribution to James Murphy's "All My Friends" deluxe single release, so it's nice to see the track... CONTINUE READING NEW FRANZ FERDINAND VIDEO - "ALL MY FRIENDS"»

Posted on June 4, 2007 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: Franz Ferdinand | Jeff Goldblum | Law And Order | LCD Soundsystem | The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

New LCD Soundsystem Video - "All My Friends"

Though we nominally enjoyed LCD's show at Bowery in March, it wasn't 'til their set at Coachella last weekend that we fully succumbed to the band's insatiable drive to sweat-drench its victims. A set highlight that night, along with a... CONTINUE READING NEW LCD SOUNDSYSTEM VIDEO - "ALL MY FRIENDS"»

Posted on May 2, 2007 in Video (10 comments)
Tags: LCD Soundsystem

Coachella: Saturday Night At The Sahara Tent

After !!!, we had no choice but to seek out the dance. And, inadvertently, we stumbled into the craziest "scene" we've seen all weekend. The lineup at the Sahara Tent Saturday night featured French electro duo Justice, LCD Soundsystem, and... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE SAHARA TENT»

John Cale Covers LCD Soundsystem

Alex Kapranos and Erol Alkan spread New Order synth luster all over Franz Ferdinand's take on LCD's "All My Friends" -- so maybe we're just in that mode, but John Cale's version sounds like "Isolation" off of Joy Division's Closer,... CONTINUE READING JOHN CALE COVERS LCD SOUNDSYSTEM»

Posted on April 26, 2007 (2 comments)
Tags: John Cale | LCD Soundsystem

Franz Ferdinand Cover LCD Soundsystem

Following James Murphy's push for "North American Scum," LCD Soundsystem is giving consumers a slew of options for the next single off Sounds Of Silver, "All My Friends." Depending on the format (7" or CD), you'll get LCD covering Joy... CONTINUE READING FRANZ FERDINAND COVER LCD SOUNDSYSTEM»

LCD Soundsystem @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC 3/30/07

You won't find anything but raves all around for LCD's set at Bowery Friday night, the first of two sold-out shows of straight scene. Drunk kids up front slam-dancing, hipsters against the walls nodding and posing. Cowbell-clanging linebacker James Murphy... CONTINUE READING LCD SOUNDSYSTEM @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 3/30/07»

Posted on April 2, 2007 in Concert, Tour Dates (5 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Barack Obama | LCD Soundsystem | Michelle Obama | Young Rival

James Murphy, New York Loves You

Dumbo's superstar DJ is the subject of a career-charting profile in NY Mag, which gives the DFA hero credit for making NYC's stagnant turn of the century rock scene ("rockers in skinny ties and black leather preening like jesters") interesting... CONTINUE READING JAMES MURPHY, NEW YORK LOVES YOU»

Posted on March 20, 2007 (2 comments)
Tags: Britney Spears | DFA | James Murphy | LCD Soundsystem

Sounds Like Silver

The crew behind the unofficial remix albums Always Outsiders, Never Outdone (tweaking Prodigy) and Flip The Switch (tackling The Chemical Brothers) are back with a track-by-track reworking of the new LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver, out today in the UK... CONTINUE READING SOUNDS LIKE SILVER»

Posted on March 12, 2007 in MP3 (7 comments)
Tags: LCD Soundsystem | team9

New LCD Soundsystem Video - "North American Scum"

The Reynolds Wrap budget for this outer-space video shoot must have been astronomical (pun), 'cause James and the crew take one step through a Truman Show door into the cosmos, wrapped in sheets of shiny tin and claiming the moon... CONTINUE READING NEW LCD SOUNDSYSTEM VIDEO - "NORTH AMERICAN SCUM"»

Posted on February 9, 2007 in Video (1 comments)
Tags: LCD Soundsystem

Premature Evaluation: LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver

James Murphy's been a busy boy; this year he gave us the surprisingly awesome (though impossible to actually enjoy in one run -- 45 minutes?!) Nike collaboration 45:33, which we're seeing pop up on year end lists from bloggers and... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - SOUND OF SILVER»

Posted on December 6, 2006 in Premature Evaluation (9 comments)
Tags: Cat Power | LCD Soundsystem

Artists To Watch In 2005

According to Pitchfork, which gets some love in today's Sun Times... Bloc Party: Jagged guitar lines and dense harmonies pepper the hook-filled songs from England's latest '80s indie revivalists. Jesu: Former frontman of industrial pioneers Godflesh merges spaced-out shoegaze and... CONTINUE READING ARTISTS TO WATCH IN 2005»

Posted on January 3, 2005 (13 comments)
Tags: Bloc Party | LCD Soundsystem | M.I.A.