Stuff I like by Benita
I'm awesome.
-
The Songs Behind The Start Of LCD Soundsystem : NPR
This is a fantastic mix to make your Tuesday better.
As LCD Soundsystem heads into retirement — its last show takes place Saturday night at New York’s Madison Square Garden — we decided to pay homage to a band that helped define the sound of new music. With artists name-checked directly in “Losing My Edge,” we created a music stream that pays tribute to where LCD Soundsystem came from and where the band was first inspired.
-
You Were There: The Complete LCD Soundsystem
In anticipation of tonight’s livestream from LCD’s final show, here’s a ridiculously comprehensive piece on their career and a detailed writeup on each of their 43 songs. Every college house party mix I ever made included an LCD song. I love this band. I’ve seen them live three times, possibly four, I can’t quite remember.
“So “Daft Punk Is Playing at My House” is a fantasy song that juxtaposes the poorly-ventilated basement punk shows of Murphy’s past with the spotless, robot-headed superstars. (Daft Punk’s gargantuan pyramid show would debut a year and a half after this song was released, making the mental mismatch even more potent.) “I had spent so long obsessing on what was missing from indie rock that was present in dance music that I forgot what was present in indie music that was missing from house music,” Murphy said in the same interview. “I just had this idea that someone might have gone through the same epiphany with dance music and then ended up saving up to have Daft Punk to play in their basement.”“
-
A shot-for-single-shot remake of LCD Soundsystem’s 2007 music video for “All My Friends” in Lego.
-
LCD Soundsystem's 'Shut Up and Play the Hits' -- EXCLUSIVE TRAILER | Inside Movies | EW.com
One of the most unique-sounding Sundance films this year has to be Shut Up and Play the Hits, which follows LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy in the days leading up to and immediately after his beloved act’s final live performance, at Madison Square Garden last April. Directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, Shut Up intercuts concert footage with intimate access to Murphy as he deals with the fallout from his decision to walk away from such a successful enterprise. The film premieres on Sunday, Jan. 22, at Sundance. In the meantime, check out the very cool-looking trailer below.
Newspaper copy editor, semi-new homeowner, amateur baker who is in love with words, sarcasm, news, pop culture, bright colors, music, design, books, Detroit, DIY.
