LCD Soundsystem

Debaser's New Last Nite Party Takes Nostalgia Back to the 2000s

Debaser presents Last Nite Elbo Room Friday, April 12, 2013 Growing up in the veritable golden age of cultural nostalgia that was the '00s, it never really occured to me that my own decade might eventually be revisited. Even now, it's surprising that anyone would care to go back and try to relive m ... More >>

Local Song of the Day: The Easygoing Disco of Glenn Jackson's "Morning Swim"

As we noted today for SFist, one of the Bay Area groups we're most excited to watch in 2013 is the Oakland duo James & Evander, who make synth-pop that's both affecting and danceable. Glenn Jackson is the Evander in James & Evander, and his solo work -- to be showcased in a forthcoming EP on Brookly ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

"The Comedy": Look at This Fucking Movie

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Shut Up and Play the Hits: Five Quick Thoughts About the LCD Soundsystem Documentary

Like proper mourners of LCD Soundsystem, we went and checked out the new documentary on the band's final show at Madison Square Garden, Shut Up and Play the Hits, at its single-night-only showing yesterday. In lieu of a full review -- we have one that includes an interview with James Murphy over her ... More >>

This Has Happened: James Murphy on the New LCD Soundsystem Doc

Fourth of July: Five Excellent Pro-America Songs to Soundtrack Your Party Today

Happy Fourth, everybody! As we all know, patriotism in this fine land of ours often sounds frickin' terrible when presented in song form. But feeling happy to be American doesn't -- we repeat, doesn't -- have to involve Toby Keith. Or Keith Urban. Or, well, anyone named Keith actually. Here then, ar ... More >>

Southpaw BBQ: New Joint Spices (and Salts) Up the Mission

LCD Soundsystem Doc Shut Up and Play the Hits Coming to Make You Wistful For One Night Only

So of course you didn't get to go see LCD Soundsystem's final three-hour kiss-off at Madison Square Garden last April, aka the most important music event of your stupid, short lifetime. Okay, maybe it wasn't that important. But if you were a fan, missing out on LCD's farewell probably felt a little ... More >>

I Love This City Festival Gets Even Bigger, Adds David Guetta, Datsik, Apparat, AraabMusik, and More to Lineup

See also: * I Love This City Festival: Tiësto, Duck Sauce, Steve Aoki, James Murphy, Holy Ghost! and More to Play Over Two Days in S.F. We warned you: The I Love This City festival, which is scheduled to bring two days of throbbing bass and pulsing tempos to the parking lots around AT&T Park late ... More >>

Weekend Parties: Tiger & Woods at the W Hotel, DJ Skeet Skeet at Blow Up, and More

Well, it's almost the weekend, and it's time to start figuring out what there is to do. At this point, you've probably heard all about the massive (and controversial) rave scheduled for this Saturday at the Oracle Arena, so we won't mention it. Instead, we've prepared a shortlist of four sure-fire e ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem's Pat Mahoney and Nancy Whang to DJ at Public Works This Week

Pat Mahoney and Nancy Whang -- two of the crucial members of LCD Soundsystem who aren't James Murphy -- are performing a rare joint DJ gig for this Friday's Face Party at Public Works. While likely to be good, it's also certain to be popular, so if you're dead-set on going, it might be worth grabb ... More >>

Madonna's MDNA: A First Listen

​Sure, I heard bad things about MDNA, but when's the last time critics actually jumped for Madonna? In the pre-"poptimist" era of 1999, with Ray of Light, I'm pretty sure. Music was a billion times better, and the oft-cited failure American Life is actually pretty strange and fun (vocoder and rapp ... More >>

The Creators Project: Show Preview

Junior Boys: Show Preview

America Sucks: Six Great Songs Complaining About the USA

​So it's almost the Fourth of July -- a day when we are all obligated to find a barbeque, pretend it's sunny, get drunker than we probably should in the middle of the day, and complain about British people. As is the case with so many national holidays, this whole deal is a pain in the ass for the ... More >>

S.F.'s Q Bar Plans LCD Soundsystem R.I.P. Party for Monday

LCD is no more (tear) -- but you can still party to its music in S.F. (Photo by Joseph Schell)​  When LCD Soundsystem mastermind James Murphy announced his band's retirement, it signaled an end to the decade-long run that saw the project turn the worlds of independent and dance music on their ... More >>

The Top 10 Best Big Concerts I Saw in 2010, with Gaga, Green Day, Sir Paul, Pavement, and LCD Soundsystem

It just didn't seem right to lump in Oracle Arena and HP Pavilion fare with the cozy goings-on at S.F. dens like Bottom of the Hill and even Great American Music Hall. So, in search of an even comparison, I'm breaking it up: Today, here are the best concerts I saw with more than 5,000 of my fellow h ... More >>

Pitchfork's Best Albums List: What It Got Right and What It Got Wrong in 10 Sentences, Pt. II

​Yesterday, we offered our own take on Pitchfork's list of the best albums of 2010 -- or at least the parts of it that had been revealed so far. Today, with the web site's top 20 albums made public, we offer 10 more sentences of agreement, disagreement, and generally glib mischief. Our own list of ... More >>

Treasure Island Day 1: LCD Soundsystem, Deadmau5, !!! Have Crowd Dancing To Keep Warm

Joseph Schell!!!'s Nic Offer dove into the crowd no fewer than three times.​Treasure Island Music Festival, Day One October 16th, 2010 Better than: A 1974 episode of Soul Train taped inside a meat freezer. We were breakfasting with friends in Potrero Hill when our hostess prono ... More >>

Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch Loves S.F., and Why a Music-Based Dating Site Doesn't Work

Stuart Murdoch of Belle & Sebastian​In SF Weekly's print edition this week: A look at the impressive lineup for this weekend's Treasure Island Music Festival.My exclusive interview with Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch:  "He didn't know then that this city would shape the course of ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy Has Literally Never Heard of Train

Think he's heard of Lil Wayne?​Well here's a gem from this week's Pop Quiz interview in the SF Chronicle: When Chronicle music critic Aidin Vaziri makes a witty aside in an interview with James Murphy (who is performing at Treasure Island this weekend, as you may have heard), it comes out that the ... More >>

Mysterious Non-LCD Soundsystem Track Pops up on Pitchfork as Official Remix, Then Disappears

James Murphy's wondering, "Whaa happened?"​Sometimes the Internet is just a big, bubbling mess of "Um... Okay?". For example: Earlier today, the trendsetting indie music site Pitchfork posted a Soundcloud music player under the headline "LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean (Tiga Remix)," writing: ... More >>

Best Albums of 2010: We Roundup the Lists

Jason NocitoBeach House tops many critics' Best of 2010 lists​Music publications love to compile their personal (though not always eclectic) tastes into easily digestible lists of loves, hates, bests, and worsts, and that's largely because music fans love reading them. While some tastemakers wait ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem, Belle & Sebastian, The National, Broken Social Scene Top Treasure Island Lineup

Christopher VictorioJack White with the Raconteurs at Treasure Island 2008​The lineup for the 2010 Treasure Island Music Festival was unveiled earlier today, and it's every bit as drool-worthy as we had hoped. First: the rumors were right, and Belle & Sebastian is headlining the second day's s ... More >>

LCD Soundsystem and the space-time continuum

Free Mixtape for Free Show Thursday at Milk Bar

Skeletal System​ Ain't no tickets left for the LCD Soundsystem show on Thursday, so indie fans looking for a good time that night shouldn't need a helluva lot of carrot-waving to hit up the solid bill of up-and-comers playing for free (with RSVP) at Milk Bar. But just in case you do, show promoter ... More >>

CD Review: LCD Soundsystem's "This Is Happening"

​Third albums come with a lot of pressure. They're typically treated as a chance for a rising band to secure its place in the halls of greatness (see Radiohead's OK Computer or The Clash's London Calling). While some acts face the challenge by letting loose with experimentation, others stick to th ... More >>

Holy Ghost! Tour Dates and Free LCD Remix

​Holy Ghost! brightened up this dreary S.F. morning via the Twitter announcing a free download of their electro remix of LCD Soundsystem's "Drunk Girls". Subbing synth where there once were guitars, "Drunk Girls" gets a nu-disco twist. For better or worse?They've also posted songs from their new E ... More >>

More New Songs from Upcoming LCD Soundsytem Release

​ Anticipation is running mighty high for the upcoming, third LCD Soundsystem album, This Is Happening. First, there were teaser videos documenting frontman James Murphy and co. recording, followed by an unveiling of the cover art, after which came the first single, "Drunk Girl ... More >>

Sasquatch! Music Festival Lineup: Pavement, Dam-Funk, Girls, Massive Attack, the XX

Joseph SchellEdward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros: festival favorites​More music news today for festicationers: Sasquatch! Music Festival laid out its lineup last night at a party at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe. This Memorial Day Weekend (May 29-31) the indie rock caravans will head to Washington's ... More >>

Track of the Day: Pantha Du Prince

​Anyone who has guests Noah Lennox of Animal Collective and Tyler Pope of !!! and LCD Soundsystem on an album is worth a listen. But even without the indie extras, Pantha Du Prince weaves a beautifully complicated web for the ears.  Hendrik Weber, a Paris- and Berlin-based DJ and producer who ... More >>

The Juan MacLean Lose Drummer, Alter San Francisco Show

Temporary Residence Ltd.​On Sunday, The Juan MacLean's drummer, Gerhardt "Jerry" Fuchs, died in a pretty terrible accident. According to the NY Daily News, Fuchs was heading to a party in Williamsburg when the freight elevator he was taking got stuck between floors. After being trapped for 20 minu ... More >>

Losing Your Version-ity

Electronic acts trade laptops for live bands

The Rapture

Tapes (!K7)

Lindstrøm

Where You Go I Go Too (Feedelity/Smalltown Supersound)

MP3 of the Day: The Hold Steady

MP3 of the Day: DJ A-Trak

SF Weekly Best Albums Of 2007 : Jennifer Maerz Rounds Them Up

My Tunes: Intro

Best CDs of 2007

LastNight: Arcade Fire Ignites Indie-Rockalypse at Shoreline Amphitheatre, CA.

LCD Soundsystem: the planet's party-starting pro

Breaking With the Safety Dance

LCD Soundsystem and !!! give new boosts to a languishing genre

What's in store for indie rock and prime time in a post-O.C. universe

BeatBox

!!! blows the lid off of dance-punk; 2Many DJs lives up to their name with pan-genre mash ups

Various artists

Fabric Vol. 11 (Swayzak)

LCD Soundsystem

"Losing My Edge" (DFA)