Idles have released a new single, “Dancer,” featuring LCD Soundsystem‘s James Murphy and Nancy Whang. The song is the first listen from the U.K. group’s forthcoming fifth LP, Tangk, out Feb. 16 via Partisan Records. The band performed a secret show at London’s Village Underground on Oct. 17 under the …
Read More »LCD Soundsystem Will 'Just Be a New York Band for a Bit' with 12-Date Tri Boro Tour
Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens will get to see LCD Soundsystem several times later this year. On Monday, the group announced a 12-date Tri Boro tour in New York City, starting on Nov. 16 at Brooklyn Steel. The city “tour” will see the group perform four nights at each venue, including …
Read More »Alanis Morissette, LCD Soundsystem, Leon Bridges Set for 2023 Format Festival
Alanis Morissette, LCD Soundsystem, and Leon Bridges are among the artists headed to the Ozark Mountains for the 2023 Format Festival, taking place Sept. 22 through 24 in Bentonville, Arkansas. The three-day event features a packed schedule of music, as well as visual and performing arts. On the music side, …
Read More »Boygenius, LCD Soundsystem, Steve Lacy Lead Re:SET Lineup
Boygenius, LCD Soundsystem, and Steve Lacy are set to headline the Re:SET concert series this summer. As part of a take on the multi-artist outdoor concert by AEG, the event will take place in 12 cities across four U.S. regions. Each headliner will bring a curated lineup on their respective …
Read More »The Fast Times and Bizarrely Long Afterlife of the New York 2000s Rock Explosion
The best scene in Meet Me In the Bathroom, the excellent new documentary on the rock & roll scene that slouched into New York in the beginning of the 21st century: a parking lot under the Williamsburg Bridge, Brooklyn, Labor Day weekend, 2002. An afternoon punk show, maybe semi-quasi-not-illegal. The …
Read More »The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and LCD Soundsystem Blow Up in 'Meet Me in the Bathroom' Doc Trailer
“Sounding good and having a good time.” On Thursday, Utopia released the trailer for Meet Me in the Bathroom, an upcoming Showtime documentary inspired by Lizzy Goodman’s book of the same name, about the wild alt-rock music scene that blew up in New York City in the early 2000s. “People …
Read More »LCD Soundsystem Return to the Dance Floor With New Song 'New Body Rhumba'
LCD Soundsystem’s first new song in five years, “New Body Rhumba, from the upcoming film adaptation of White Noise, has arrived. The band’s first new music since their 2017 comeback album American Dream was penned by frontman James Murphy along with LCD Soundsystem’s Nancy Wang and Pat Mahoney and produced …
Read More »LCD Soundsystem's First Song in Five Years Will Be for Noah Baumbach's 'White Noise'
Noah Baumbach’s extremely wild looking adaptation of Don DeLillo’s (arguably un-adaptable) classic White Noise will include the first new bit of music from LCD Soundsystem in five years, Variety reports. All that’s known about the song at the moment is that it’s called “New Body Rhumba” and that it will …
Read More »Watch LCD Soundsystem Perform 'All My Friends' Live in London
LCD Soundsystem kicked off their six-night residency at London’s Brixton Academy last night, where the James Murphy-led group performed a set of their biggest hits. The concert included renditions of “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down,” “Dance Yrself Clean,” “Daft Punk Is Playing At My House,” …
Read More »John Mulaney Plots 'SNL' Return, Zoë Kravitz, Rosalía to Make Debuts
John Mulaney will return to Saturday Night Live this month, while Zoë Kravitz and Rosalía will make their hosting and musical guest debuts, respectively, in March. SNL will return Feb. 26 with Mulaney hosting the show for the fifth time and LCD Soundystem serving as the musical guest for the …
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