Last night, LCD Soundsystem opened their first farewell show at Manhattan’s Terminal 5 with “Dance Yrself Clean”. Looks like fun.
"The idea of a reunion came up and then we just started talking about the Pixies. It’s bittersweet."
— LCD Soundsystem’s Nancy Whang on the possibility of a reunion after the band’s final gig this Saturday.
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Pitchfork will host a live stream of LCD Soundsystem’s final show at Madison Square Garden next weekend– more info here.
James Murphy gets grilled by Stephen Colbert about the end of LCD Soundsystem. Click here for the band’s “Colbert Report” performance.
"1 thought: if everyone breathes a sec, maybe it’ll calm down, and shitbags will lower the $ on stubhub etc. i think hype is making it worse."
— James Murphy responds to those who couldn’t manage to get tickets to April’s LCD Soundsystem farewell extravaganza at Madison Square Garden, which apparently sold out with the quickness.
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My life is slightly better today for having stumbled upon this cover of LCD Soundsystem’s “Someone Great” performed by a single cellist with a bunch of loop pedals.
"Since we know we’re not gonna do another record I feel freer to do the biggest shit I possibly can. Like, ‘Fuck it, we should play Madison Square Garden.’ Putting an end to it frees me up to have fun; it’s like knowing your mortality."
— James Murphy talked to us about putting LCD Soundsystem to rest at last year’s Pitchfork Music Festival.
