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LCD Soundsystem – Terminal 5 – March 30, 2011
March 31st, 2011
A Killer Dance Party at Terminal 5
May 24th, 2010LCD Soundsystem – Terminal 5 – May 21, 2010
On Friday night, Terminal 5 went to full capacity to try to grasp LCD Soundsystem’s official return to New York City. And this isn’t even entirely true: Friday’s show was the second of a sold-out four-show run, spanning Thursday to Sunday and numbering 12,000 tickets. So as fans packed themselves between the stage and the bar, they were part of something achingly fun. Distilled as an English sentence: This was happening.
From the outset, the band made clear their desire to destroy any vestige of collective boundaries. On the stunning opener, “Us v Them,” from their 2007 release, Sound of Silver, LCD Soundsystem poked fun at the divisions that brought their audience in the door as individuals in the hopes of having them move in unison. Later in the set, frontman James Murphy directed, in quick succession, possible second single from the brand new This Is Happening, “All I Want,” the band’s thesis statement, “All My Friends,” and “I Can Change,” each full of the Confucian-style wisdom (“I wouldn’t change one stupid decision/ For another five years of life”) that breeds such a sense of unity among those who subscribe to their recommendations.
The night closed with “Losing My Edge,” a song about the fragility and impermanence of youth, and “New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down,” a darkly romantic ode to the city, a sense of a rapidly fading moment and the impossible mission of recapturing it. Balloons poured from the ceiling and a few thousand individual orbs all bounced together. —Geoff Nelson
Photos courtesy of Michael Jurick | music.jurick.net
Grow a Pair: Win Free Tickets to See LCD Soundsystem on 5/22
May 18th, 2010
LCD Soundsystem has three sold-out shows at Terminal 5 this week (although you can still get in to Sunday’s show), so it’s clearly a tough ticket. Fortunately for you, The House List is giving away two of them to Saturday’s show. Want to Grow a Pair? All you’ve got to do is try. Just fill out the form below, including your name, e-mail address, which show you’re trying to win tickets for (LCD Soundsystem, 5/22) and a brief message explaining why James Murphy does it for you. Eddie Bruiser, who loves the roof deck at Terminal 5, will notify the winner by Friday.
LCD Soundsystem’s Triumphant Return
April 9th, 2010LCD Soundsystem – Music Hall of Williamsburg – April 8, 2010
(Photo: Jared Levy)
News traveled quickly that LCD Soundsystem planned to play a surprise gig at Music Hall of Williamsburg. And as soon as the tickets went on sale early Wednesday morning, the greater Internet community swarmed, swiftly selling out the impromptu show. Such is the demand for the music of James Murphy—the DFA Records’ pioneer with a reputation for creating, managing and producing internationally renowned dance music. With a third and potentially final LP, This Is Happening, slated for release next month, Murphy and the rest of LCD Soundsystem, chose to warm up before a long summer of touring begins.
Ambling upon the stage as the band set up their instruments, Murphy fumbled with his microphone before patiently explaining, “I have good news and band news.” The crowd, audibly distraught at the prospect of some limiting factor ruining the performance, braced for the worst. “The good news is we’re here,” he stated. “But the bad news is I’m wasted.” If this insight was intended to disappoint the eager crowd, it utterly failed. For the next 80 minutes, a rapturous audience hung on every slurred lyric.
Repeatedly, Murphy informed those in attendance that this performance was the first since the group’s longest break. This fact hardly affected a tremendous set, consisting of a couple of new songs and established staples. “Drunk Girls” and “Change,” both debated for the upcoming album’s first single, seemed to elicit as impassioned of a response as choice selections from the last album, Sound of Silver. However, during the masterful piano anthem “All My Friends,” a mosh pit formed in the front of the crowd, which made the song necessarily stand out. Further, for an encore, the band closed with “New York, I Love You but You’re Bringing Me Down.” Regardless of whether LCD Soundsystem considered themselves prepared, the crowd would not dare remember it as less than a triumphant return. —Jared Levy
(LCD Soundsystem plays Webster Hall on Monday.)
