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Ten Unlikely Musicians Whose Best Songs Are Slow Jams

Over time, rock and roll lost touch with its "Love Me Tender" and "Peggy Sue" beginnings and became kind of a closet Quiet Storm listener sometime around the time Ozzy Osbourne entered the collective consciousness. Except even hair metal was dominated by lighter-wavers. Basically, no one can resist ... More >>

Kid Cudi Added To Governors Ball Lineup

The Governors Ball—taking place at Randalls IslandJune 23 and 24—has added another headliner to its lineup, which is already led by the likes of Passion Pit, Beck, and Fiona Apple. Kid Cudi, the recently alt-rock-water-testing rapper from Chicago, will play on Saturday, which will also h ... More >>

March Madness: Will LCD Soundsystem (9) Lose Their Edge Against The Talking Heads (8)?

​The Round of 64 for Sound of the City's own version of March Madness—in which you, the Sound of the City voting public, help determine the quintessential New York musician—is a little jam-packed today, with six matches on the docket. (The schedule and results so far are here; the full ... More >>

The Juan Maclean

HOMECOMING KINGS

Holy Ghost! finish their tour in Brooklyn

FDA Gets Into Gluten-Free; Food Is the New Rock

​New research suggests that babies develop their palates in the womb and that what a woman eats while pregnant could affect her child's tastes later in life. [NPR] The FDA will soon start to regulate gluten-free foods. Currently, a gluten-free label doesn't necessarily ensure that a product a ... More >>

Presented For Your Enjoyment: A Shot-For-Shot Lego Remake Of LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends"

Everyone mourns the demise of their favorite bands in their own way; Michael J. Green decided to do so in elaborate fashion, crafting a shot-for-shot Lego remake of LCD Soundsystem's clip for "All My Friends." I have a strong feeling that this very well-done homage will be one of the more passed-ar ... More >>

Live: LCD Soundsystem Say Goodbye, For Once and For All

Got three hours and 41 minutes? LCD Soundsystem, Liquid Liquid Saturday, April 2 Madison Square Garden Better Than: Seeing the Strokes there on Friday. Midway through the evocative "Someone Great," James Murphy wiped his cheek with his hand. Maybe he was crying. Or maybe he was sweating. It could ... More >>

Your Weekend In Nightlife, Starring Caribou, Frankie Knuckles, Trouble & Bass, Night People, and, Uh, LCD Soundsystem

There's no getting around it, this is LCD Soundsystem week. Buy your tickets on Craigslist and be scorned by James Murphy forever if you must--sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. But hey, other things are happening this week too! Tropical dance fete Que Bajo?! has relocated to a new home fo ... More >>

Live: Shit Robot Starts LCD Soundsystem's Dance Party on Night Three

photo by Rebecca SmeyneLCD Soundsystem in Baltimore, September 2010 Better Than: A really good laugh-cry. It's the third of LCD Soundsystem's final five shows, all leading up to the band's final hurrah at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, when we're almost positive that the stadium will spontaneo ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem, Remembered

Cool but never cold, funny but never ironic, a great New  York band bids adieu

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The Great LCD Soundsystem Ticket Fiasco

James Murphy and StubHub face off as the band's MSG farewell sells out instantly

Jeff Mangum at Town Hall Tickets Sell Out Instantly, And a Twitter Nation Laments

At 11 a.m., New Yorkers got their long awaited, announced in advance, ticketed-and-everything, first official Neutral Milk Hotel show (slated for October 29th) in a long, long time. And at 11:01 a.m., perhaps unsurprisingly, it was already over--if LCD Soundsystem can sell out Madison Square Garde ... More >>

The Week We Let Our Eyes Wander

​Last week we spent a lot of time searching for solid ground in a world where Arcade Fire win Grammys and Odd Future take over Fallon. This week Tyler got his shoe back, Thom danced, and we all moved on.

LCD Soundsystem Tickets For Their Terminal 5 Run Are On Sale At 9 A.M.

Don't forget your ID, either. Pic by Puja Patel.​Our long national LCD Soundsystem ticket-scarcity nightmare is almost over: Their four Terminal 5 shows, running March 28-31, are on sale this morning at 9 a.m., priced at a reasonable $40 a pop and with all sorts of scalper-frustrating measures ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem Shows Take Longer Than 15 Seconds To Sell Out, As Twitter Rejoices

LCD Soundsystem have finally succeeded at getting tickets into the hands of people other than scalpers. The group's four warm-up gigs at Terminal 5 went on sale this morning at 9 A.M. and, to the delight of many a James Murphy fan, took almost an hour to sell out completely. While this may seem li ... More >>

Rock-Critic Pop Quiz: Can You Name All Four Bands on No New York?

​A few weeks ago, James Murphy, reluctant voice to a generation of record-obsessed man-children, announced that LCD Soundsystem was going to call it quits, culminating in a fascinating pushing-and-shoving match for farewell concert tickets. Seriously, it was like Black Friday for doughy people ... More >>

Presale For the Strokes' March 1 Show at Madison Square Garden Starts Today at 4 p.m.

​Alright Ticketmaster--here we go again. Will the ticket sales for the Strokes' newly-announced March 1 show at Madison Square Garden be the complete disaster that was the LCD Soundsystem Experience? Tune in today at 4 p.m. to find out, when the band hosts a presale ahead of a general on sale ... More >>

The Rageful Tweets of A Nation of LCD Soundsystem Fans Defeated By Ticketmaster

It's official: LCD Soundsystem will say farewell on April 2, 2011, at Madison Square Garden, to an audience comprised entirely of ticket scalpers and StubHub captcha bots. It was a grim scene this morning on Ticketmaster and Twitter, where LCD fans went first to one and then the other, crying out ... More >>

Better Get Your LCD Soundsystem Tickets Today

Don't get pissed at us if you miss this. Pic by Puja Patel.​As your favorite music-news outlet has probably already informed you, the indomitable LCD Soundsystem have announced their final show: April 2nd at Madison Square Garden, a venue unthinkable nearly a decade ago when the band started a ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem Madison Square Garden Farewell Presale Set For Wednesday Morning

​We find ourselves ever more upset by the news that LCD Soundsystem will be calling it quits on April 2nd at Madison Square Garden. Consider this recently recirculating interview Murphy did with Fresh Air's Terry Gross last year: "I've been on a quest for almost the length of this band to just ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem Will Play Their Last Show Ever at Madison Square Garden

​For our money: there have been few New York acts in the last decade as consistently exciting and rewarding as LCD Soundsystem. It was James Murphy who best chronicled the ecstatic rise and befuddling fall of the early aughts NYC creative class; and, with last year's This Is Happening, he help ... More >>

"DFA Records New Year’s Eve Party"

Big Boi+Calvin Harris

JAM WITH THE BISCUITS

Philly eccentrics crash at Terminal 5

Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever? Redeeming M.I.A.

Welcome to Sound of the City's year-in-review rock-critic roundtable, an amiable ongoing conversation between five prominent Voice critics: Rob Harvilla, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Maura Johnston, and Rich Juzwiak. We'll be here all week! ​Dear Rob, Sean, Rich, and Maura, I believe, as per ... More >>

"Eat It, Michael Musto" Is Now A Video

​LCD Soundsystem, whose song "Pow Pow" features the immortal line "Eat it, Michael Musto/You're no Bruce Vilanch," has just come up with a video for the song, starring Oscar nominated actress Anna Kendrick. That's exactly who I'd pictured to play me!

LCD Soundsystem Are Releasing A "John Peel Session-Style" iTunes-Only Record Next Week

The crew at Terminal 5. These guys are good. Pic by Puja Patel.​LCD Soundsystem live are a fearsome, complicated, pretty wonderful thing, as hopefully you've found out by yourself by now; they've got an iTunes-only thing coming out Tuesday that will, for those who haven't seen 'em in person ye ... More >>

Black Mountain

Drake's Thank Me Later Goes Platinum

According to Drake, anyway. In reality, he seems stuck around the 850,000 mark--close, maybe even inevitably close, but not there yet. Should he finally limp across that line (at the rate he's selling, it'll take another three weeks), he'll be just the second rapper--after Eminem--to sell a millio ... More >>

Listen: Soulwax Remix LCD Soundsystem's "You Wanted A Hit"

​Well, hey now: Belgian remix collective Soulwax flip the distinctly New York strains of LCD Soundsystem's self-doubting meta-anthem "You Wanted a Hit" into a buzzing, fist-pumping continental jam. Really, really easy to like. Hear it at Pitchfork.

Creepy Uncle New York James Murphy's LCD Soundsystem Is #10 In the Country

LCD at Terminal 5, celebrating. Photo by Puja Patel​So can we just put that whole "LCD Soundsystem are merely a regional phenomenon speaking to solely to jaded New Yorkers and people who are worried about turning 40" thing to bed now? This Is Happening is one of the top ten most popular record ... More >>

Today in Missed Connections: "You Asked Me to Dance at the LCD Soundsystem Show"

During "New York I Love You," from our perch on the balcony. Romantic!​And the award for person we most want to help find love in the world this morning goes to this plaintive Craigslist poster, whose experience at last night's LCD show at Terminal 5 was every bit as romantic and confused as o ... More >>

This Weekend! LCD Soundsystem, Malaikat dan Singa, Fuck Buttons, Starscream, Truman Peyote, Beach Arabs, NY Eye & Ear Fest (w/ Blank Dogs and Effi Briest), Eric Copeland, And Previously On Lost

Since the weekend's LCD Soundsystem ticket shortage has us just as weepy and beat-crazed as Mr. James Murphy himself, we must seek eclectic alternatives: 1) Tuvan throat-singing via punk-rock ranters Malaikat dan Singa at Death by Audio; 2) the Beets, a couple of deadbeat lo-fi dudes that an alt-b ... More >>

Live: LCD Soundsystem And All Their Friends Settle In At Terminal 5

​ I was there when they dropped balloons at the LCD show. Pics by Puja Patel.​LCD Soundsystem (Night #1) Terminal 5 Thursday, May 20 "We're here for four days -- tonight I will sleep in my own bed, and wake up and have coffee in my own house," announces James Murphy, with palpable relie ... More >>

This Week's Voice: Sleigh Bells, LCD Soundsystem, Nas and Damian Marley, Obies, and More

Sleigh Bells' Alexis Krauss, meeting her public. Photo by Santiago Felipe​In this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla attempts to describe the planet-obliterating joys of Sleigh Bells, Zach Baron on LCD Soundsystem's sardonically devastating This Is Happening, and Sean Fennessey explains why th ... More >>

Fewer 808s, More Heartbreak: LCD Soundsystem's This Is Happening

On James Murphy's sardonically devastating new record

LCD Soundsystem Swap One "Drunk Girls" Video For Another

Though the initial, anonymously-made video for "Drunk Girls" was a kind of atrocity of date rape and Girls Gone Wild creepy college hedonism, and surely drove James Murphy crazy with its irony-free take on a song that is nothing if not joyfully sarcastic, at least the unofficial video's brief exis ... More >>

Live: LCD Soundsystem Return to New York City and the Music Hall of Williamsburg

Photo via underwhelmer's photostream​LCD Soundsystem Music Hall of Williamsburg Thursday, April 8th With Karen O decamped for LA, playing foil to Spike's Wild Things, and the Strokes figuring out whether they're still a band or not, James Murphy's LCD Soundsystem have become the best Classi ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem Tells Me To Eat It!

​I'm mentioned on a new dance single by LCD Soundsystem and it's not pretty! They tell me, in no uncertain terms, to "Eat it, Michael MOO-sto"! But who cares? When people are dancing to a new song, they're usually totally fucked up and thinking about imminent sex acts and all they hear is th ... More >>

Lauren Ambrose & the Leisure Class

Kid Cudi Raps Over LCD Soundsystem's "Someone Great," For Some Reason

Seems like there's a consensus on the internet that we're just not going to talk about Kanye-cosign Kid Cudi rapping over LCD Soundsystem's "Someone Great." I'm totally cool with that. "Can I Be" also bears an optimistic "production" credit from Ryan Leslie, who will surely be seeing the back of J ... More >>

Status Ain't Hood's Quarterly Report: The Year's Best Albums

Live: LCD Soundsystem is Really That Good

Status Ain't Hood Interviews LCD Soundsystem

Get in the Ring

Someone should've kicked dance-punk DJ-producer-bandleader James Murphy's ass by now. No one can.

Spankin' Pop? No, It's Pazz & Jop!