Way Out West could be regarded as two, overlapping festivals. When the forest closes at midnight, it passes the musical torch to a number of clubs around the city centre. This divide between Way Out West and Stay Out West (the club gigs) are both the festival’s forté, and it’s biggest problem.
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
James Murphy and Co. prove that they have been to more parties than the rest of us combined.
LCD Soundsystem – Brixton Academy, London 23/04/10
To a certain point, LCD Soundsystem are mythic, almost beyond criticism – dumb, literate fun, pulling out clichés from the last thirty years of pop music and subverting them with a deft, tight electronic hand.
LCD Soundsystem: ‘Drunk Girls’
Watch the video for the new LCD Soundsystem single “Drunk Girls” inside. New album, This Is Happening, is out May 17th on DFA.
LCD Soundsystem confirm new album details
Hot off the wire, LCD Soundsystem have confirmed details of their much anticipated follow-up to 2007′s epic Sound of Silver.
TLOBF Albums Of The Decade
It’s the last TLOBF feature of the year… The best, and must hear, albums since the noughties arrived – as chosen by TLOBF contributors. Enjoy.
New LCD Soundsystem album due
James Murphy, in a new interview with Mojo magazine, has been talking about recording the new LCD Soundsystem album.
LCD Soundsystem announce 45:33 remixes
DFA Records/Parlophone will release a new collection of remixes of the LCD Soundsystem musical epic 45:33 as a series of vinyl 12″ singles this Summer before dropping the whole set as a CD/Download album.
Various – Brand Neu!
Compilation of (disparate range of) bands influenced by krautrock legends Neu!, featuring everything from rarities from Dinger and Rother, enjoyable electronica, plodding lad-rock and woozy shoegaze. A mixed bag which serves its purpose of referring the listener back to the source band themselves.
The Juan MacLean – The Future Will Come
The Juan MacLean’s second album for DFA marries sweaty NY dancefloor electro, disco and synth pop. James Dalrymple reviews.
James Murphy curates This is Not London on Friday, October 24
This Is Not London at matter have announced James Murphy as the curator of one of their Friday night spectaculars, featuring live music and DJ sets from a whole rang of talent.
Arcade Fire & LCD Soundsystem – Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 17/09/07
Have you ever had a feeling of impending yet unspeakable greatness? Like there is something lurking on the horizon that will be mind-blowing and unlike anything you have ever witnessed? That’s how I felt when I heard that The Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem were planning a tour together, and that the tour was opening [...]
