LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem Do The Geeks Proud

It's only May, but the competition is over — 2007 belongs to LCD Soundsystem. Sound Of Silver is holding up as the banner album of the year, and James Murphy's live band have now established themselves as one of the best performing acts on the road today. Needless to say, their first show in Toronto since the release of the new record was an...
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LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem — Sound Of Silver

What makes me so giddy about LCD Soundsystem dance songs is that they're never afraid to go long. James Murphy is capable of dragging out a beat with nothing more than a minimal bass groove, and I'm still dancing with my glasses and underwear on for some reason. You'll probably do the same with Sound Of Silver. The infamous cowbells, hand claps...
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LCD Soundsystem's Sound Of Silver

LCD Soundsystem — LCD Soundsystem

The first LP from the James Murphy half of the DFA production crew builds on the cowbell-happy, liquefied electro of his previous hipster-friendly singles and turns out to be worth the hype. Even though the disc's nine tracks aren't as humourous as Murphy's previous work, there are some welcome surprises, like the beautifully weary Beatlesque...
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LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem

WATCH: A clip of James Murphy acting in The Comedy has surfaced!

This year’s Sundance Film Festival found LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy in not one, but two separate films, one of which is the previously reported on Shut Up, and Play the Hits, a documentary on the titular group’s final show. The second is Rick Alverson’s new film The Comedy, which features Murphy in a supporting role, alongside Tim Heidecker...
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WATCH: LCD Soundsytem - "Live Alone" (Franz Ferdinand cover) music video

I’m not going to lie, I really do miss James Murphy and the LCD Soundsystem gang, so it’s always a pleasure to report on news coming out of their camp. For this year’s Record Store Day, Franz Ferdinand released the Covers EP which featured artists including Peaches, Stephen Merritt and Debbie Harry providing their own renditions of a few tracks...
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BEST OF 2011: Our favourite live acts

 The year is winding down, which means that year-end lists are winding up. Without further ado, here are our favourite live acts of the year, selected by CHARTattack's devoted team of contributors, presented in no particular order. What did we miss?:...LCD SoundsystemThe deathbed was Madison Square Garden and the death rattle was a three-...
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I Read The News Today... For June 16, 2011

Really? This guy says he only got $2,500 to allegedly shoot Tupac? Doesn't that seem a little low to you? Hatebreed vocalist Jamey Jasta's solo album will feature guest appearances from members of Lamb Of God, As I Lay Dying and All That Remains, along with Black Label Society's Zakk Wylde. Play it around your mom to annoy her. Metallica are...
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I Read The News Today... For April 14, 2011

Rihanna leads the nominees for this year's Billboard Music Awards, while Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber are also among those with ridiculous amounts of nominations. You're not alone if that makes you puke in your mouth a little. —Billboard LCD Soundsystem's final show earlier this month at New York City's Madison Square Garden will be...
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I Read The News Today... For April 4, 2011

A Perfect Circle have announced that tickets for their upcoming summer reunion tour go on sale on Friday. (In other news... LOL.) —aperfectcircle.com Regina indie poppers Library Voices have signed to Nevado Records, which is home to Yukon Blonde, Bahamas and The Golden Dogs. They'll release their Summer Of Lust sophomore album sometime this...
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I Read The News Today... For April 1, 2011

In case any of you out there actually still care about The Prodigy, they'll release a live CD/DVD/Blu-Ray called World's On Fire on May 24. Yeasayer are touring North America this spring to get all weird on you 'n' shit. —MySpace The Get Up Kids and Saves The Day are touring together this June. ... Crap, my emo-metre just broke. —Alternative Press...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 23, 2011

Gord Downie's playing some U.S. dates in support of last year's The Grand Bounce. He'll head south of the 49th parallel in April, will play a set at this year's Coachella and will also support City And Colour on a few U.S. dates in March. —gorddownie.com Braids have announced a few more North American dates that'll take place this spring,...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 14, 2011

Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino is featured on a new tune that's been written for MTV EXIT to raise awareness about human trafficking. You can see the video for "When Will I Feel Love" below. We guess somebody had to do it... Converse has stepped up and saved London, England's fabled 100 Club from closure. The shoe company will be the...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 11, 2011

About a year ago, Toronto's Oh No Forest Fires broke up. And that sucked. But now they're playing a reunion show on April 1 at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern! Yay!!! —Facebook Scalpers have been selling tickets to LCD Soundsystem's farewell performance at New York City's Madison Square Garden for $1,500. James Murphy is FUCKING PISSED. —Twitter Said...
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I Read The News Today... For Feb. 7, 2011

Toronto singer/songwriter and former Local Rabbits member Peter Elkas will release a new album entitled Repeat Offender on Feb. 22 through Joel Plaskett's New Scotland Records. He'll be on the road promoting it in March. —peterelkas.com Mike Skinner has officially retired The Streets. We're sad, so we're going to go listen to every Streets album...
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UPDATE: A trailer has surfaced for the LCD Soundsystem Sundance Film 'Shut Up and Play the Hits'

On April 2nd, 2011, LCD Soundsystem said goodbye to its hoards of fans all over the world with a final concert in New York City’s Madison Square Garden. James Murphy has been relatively silent since last April, but the past week has been packed with exciting news about the frontman. Yesterday it was announced that Murphy will appear in a...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 15, 2010

The Besnard Lakes, Misteur Valaire, Fred Fortin, Random Recipe, Poirier, We Are Wolves, Radio Radio, and Brains won GAMIQ Awards last night. Arkells, Karkwa, The Sadies, Radio Radio, Sarah Harmer, Aidan Knight, Silly Kissers, Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, The Pack A.D. and Hollerado have made this year's CBC Radio 3 Bucky Awards short list....
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 5, 2010

Hard Core Logo 2 will premiere in Whistler, B.C. at that city's Whistler Film Festival on Dec. 4. It features a cameo from Die Mannequin's Care Failure, who plays herself, claiming to have picked up Joe Dick's spirit. —The Globe And Mail DD/MM/YYYY, Sunparlour Players and Elephant Stone all have new dates. Girl Talk has announced an epically long...
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