The Best Electronica of 2007

By Dan Raper

As electronic music's edges bleed out all over the genre map, some sounds have been resurrected, others minimally revised, but the sum total shows a genre that, diffuse identity or not, continues to exert its pull on rock, pop, and the dancefloor. [10 December 2007]

Fun Is an OK Thing: An Interview With LCD Soundsystem

By David Tatasciore

James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and DFA Records talks corporate sponsorship, German pronunciation, and why the kids who don't dance aren't alright. [9 April 2007]

LCD Soundsystem: 45:33 Remixes

By Richard Elliott

The music has not only been remixed, but has also had its original purpose radically reconfigured. [11 November 2009]

LCD Soundsystem

By Kevin Pearson

Imagine Rupert Murdoch sitting Sliver-style in front of a bank of televisions, watching James Murphy and his band run through disco-affected, punk-funk tunes. What do you think he would think? [22 June 2007]

LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver

By Michael Keefe

With Sounds of Silver, LCD Soundsystem pass inspection, with perhaps just a touch of tarnish on their disco ball, a patina of "great, but what's next?" ever so slightly dulling their 2005 sparkle. [20 March 2007]

LCD Soundsystem: Forty-Five: Thirty-Three

By Michael Keefe

Joggin' James Murphy's Nike-commissioned electro-funk epic is the perfect soundtrack for running... and most other activities, too. [11 January 2007]

LCD Soundsystem: self-titled

By Matt Cibula

LCD has had mad buzz for three years without actually releasing an album. Which means, of course, that the knives were out for this record among the scenesters. [11 February 2005]

In praise of challenging albums [26 March 2007]

What is glaringly absent from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "Definitive 200" list are challenging listens.