It couldn’t have been a more beautiful day on Manhattan. The sites of the holiday, the bustle of the shoppers, the smell of the Halal Food trucks on every corner and The Holiday Shops at Bryant Park all while wearing short sleeves–”forget about it!” Temperature had to be somewhere between 60 and 70 degrees and the sun was out at the end of “Movember“, aka November or for me–aka “moe.vember”. READ MORE
photo by Lisstless
Last night, I was super lucky to witness LCD Soundsystem’s last show (ever) at MSG. Even with all the hype surrounding this show, it absolutely exceeded expectations and blew me away. From the bombastic drum-drop of “Dance Yourself Clean” to kick off the show, the place was a total dance party, and it was clear the band was on a mission to blow the roof off of MSG. The show clocked in at over three and a half hours and saw the band hit all the high notes, including stand-out tracks from their last three albums as well as some older rarities and covers of Alan Vega’s “Bye Bye Bayou” and Harry Nillson’s “Jump Into the Fire”. They shared the stage with other artists from the DFA family (The Juan Maclean, Shit Robot), and featured some fun sit-ins, including Reggie Watts and Arcade Fire. Overall, it was a career-spanning blowout that covered all the key territory and I think it’s safe to say that it’s now in my top ten concerts of all time.
I don’t quite have it in me today for a full play-by-play review, but thanks to ArcadeFireTube (and Pitchfork.tv’s webcast), you can now watch the show in its entirety. Check it out to get a taste of the sheer energy that James Murphy and crew brought to the Garden last night:
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OMFG! While our illustrious editor-in-chief is busy getting his untz on down in LA tonight, I’ll be at MSG for LCD Soundsystem’s final concert!
Despite all the utter nonsense involved with their ticketing fiasco and through some utter stroke of beginner’s luck, my lovely wife scored two tickets to LCD Soundsystem tonight at MSG and it’s just now hitting me how stoked I am for this show. Although I’ve been an LCD fan for years, their last album, This Is Happening, really hit my ears in the sweet spot. It was basically at the top of my list of favorite albums from 2010, and despite totally overplaying it since last spring, I still haven’t gotten tired of listening to it.
By the way, if you’re ticket-less–which I usually am for these big shows–or you don’t live in NYC, keep in mind that you’re not totally shit-out-of-luck. Pitchfork will be webcasting the show in its entirety. Hell, given my shitty 300-level upper deck seats, you might even get better sound and visuals than me from the comfort of your own couch.
Either way, this one should definitely be a show for the books. Let’s just hope that James Murphy and the gang haven’t totally tired themselves out over at Terminal 5 this week! I don’t expect to have great cell service, but I’ll try to do my best to send some live updates from the show over at the LMB twitter feed as well as my own.
(image via @extrawack)
LCD Soundsystem began their farewell run last night in New York with a triumphant first show at Terminal 5, featuring a male choir (that was tweeted in advance), Reggie Watts, The Juan MacLean, the entire 45:33 album, not to mention two encores to close out the night. This was only the first show, too…
Brooklynvegan already has pics up. I wonder if anyone taped this.
Drop some comments if you have some solid links to add to the coverage. I’m excited to see the media coming out of these shows…
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Happy Friday, gang! I thought I’d drop a little west coast love today in anticipation of our Phish Friday post coming in a few; thanks to the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, we’ve got a pair of tickets to giveaway to the LCD Soundsystem and Sleigh Bells show at The Pearl club at Palms on October. Read on for the info!
The Virgin Mobile Festival (now called FreeFest) just announced their lineup for this year’s free festival, with M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem and Pavement all topping the lineup.
M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, Pavement top Virgin Mobile FreeFest ‘10 [Consequence of Sound]
On Saturday, September 25th, the Virgin Mobile FreeFest returns, this time with a lineup that crosses indie, hip-hop, and dance boundaries. The much controversial M.I.A., NYC alt-dance outfit LCD Soundsystem, and recently reunited indie legends Pavement will headline this year’s festivities.
The tickets for the one-day festival set for Merriweather Post Pavilion will be FREE for anyone that can quick-draw the tickets on Saturday, 7/24 at 10am EDT. TicketFly.com will be hosting the tickets. Previous ticket holders and Virgin Mobile customers get a little break and get access to the tickets first on Friday.
Read on for the rest of the lineup. READ MORE
campbisco.net
Camp Bisco 9 just wrapped up this past weekend in upstate New York, so I rounded up some links from the festival coverage making its way online. Got a link to share? Drop a comment if you went to the festival and shot some photos or took video. It looks amazing based on the stuff we’ve seen rolling into our inbox. Here are some of the highlights: READ MORE
treasureislandfestival.com
The lineup for Treasure Island Music Festival was officially released today following last week’s leak, and it’s exactly what we expected to see.
The gorgeous, panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay will serve as the backdrop for LCD Soundsystem and Belle & Sebastian when they headline The 2010 Treasure Island Music Festival presented by Noise Pop and Another Planet Entertainment. The fourth annual festival, which takes place on Treasure Island over two days — October 16th and 17th — will carry on the tradition of featuring some of the music world’s most exciting artists.
This year’s stellar line-up, in addition to LCD Soundsystem and Belle & Sebastian (making their first Bay Area appearance in four years!), is a who’s who of the dance/electronic and indie rock worlds, including The National, Broken Social Scene, She & Him, Deadmau5, Kruder & Dorfmeister (live) (with one of their first U.S. performances since 2001), Miike Snow, !!!, Superchunk, Surfer Blood, Die Antwoord, Little Dragon, Four Tet, Rogue Wave, Ra Ra Riot, Monotonix, Phantogram, The Sea & Cake, Phosphorescent, Holy Fuck, Jamaica, Wallpaper, Papercuts, Maus Haus and The Mumlers.
As I mentioned before, I’m pretty sure that me and my crew will be in Las Vegas for the three-night Phish run that’s been on the rumor mill for a bit. I’d love to do both because this lineup looks pretty rad, and bands like The Sea & Cake don’t often make their way out to the West Coast.
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