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Thursday, July 21 2011

Daft Punk Is Playing at Your House: 10 Essential Dance-Rock Albums

Today, the intersection of dance music and rock music seems only natural. However, the process has been in the making for decades, and this list provides an introduction to ten of the best albums this genre combination has to offer.


Wednesday, May 4 2011

Holy Ghost!: Holy Ghost!

New York duo signed to James Murphy's DFA label use 21st century genre-bending innovations to make music firmly rooted in the past.


Wednesday, April 20 2011

Laying LCD Soundsystem to Rest

...wish that we could talk about it but there, that's the problem.


Tuesday, April 12 2011

LCD Soundsystem: Who Cares About an Edge, Anyway?

Among all the fervent eulogizing of the late LCD Soundsystem, a backlash has kicked up some funereal dirt. So, where to lay the band to rest -- with the hippest of the hip, or the bright-but-empty space with most of the other Madison Square Garden clientele?


Wednesday, April 6 2011

LCD Soundsystem: 28 March 2011 - Terminal 5, New York

First of the last for Brooklyn's seminal hipster band.


Friday, April 1 2011

LCD Soundsystem + Shit Robot: 30 March 2011 - New York

Wednesday’s show at Terminal 5 already seemed like the penultimate ending to an incredible tenure.


Friday, January 21 2011

The Year in Music: May 2010

May 2010, the subject of our latest look at the year’s biggest events in music, was a hodgepodge of notable cover versions, new releases, TV events, and more.


Wednesday, November 17 2010

ACL Music Festival Day 2: 9 October 2010 - Austin, TX

Day two of our three day coverage of the ACL Music Festival, and fatigue still runs high, while Black Lips and LCD Soundsystem shine. M.I.A, unfortunately, is a different story.


Monday, May 17 2010

LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening

Serving up a comprehensively postmodern survey of pop culture with wit, panache and an enviable dose of hooks, LCD Soundsystem take its place on 2010's shortlist of year-defining albums.


LCD Soundsystem: 45:33 Remixes (Reviews) [11.Nov.09]
CMJ 2009: Day 3 - YACHT + James Murphy (Notes from the Road) [23.Oct.09]
LCD Soundsystem (Reviews) [22.Jun.07]
In praise of challenging albums (PopWire) [26.Mar.07]
LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver (Reviews) [20.Mar.07]
LCD Soundsystem: self-titled (Reviews) [11.Feb.05]
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