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Coachella + Cruise = Boatchella

July 17th, 2012

The Coachella Music Festival is expanding beyond the desert and heading to the sea! Coachella announced the S.S. Coachella today, which will take place in December, with two trips through the Carribbean and Jamaica. The line-up so far includes Pulp, Hot Chip, Girl Talk, Yeasayer, Sleigh Bells, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and various other [...]

Tags: Cloud Nothings, Coachella, cruise, Girl Talk, Hot Chip, James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem, News, Pulp, Sleigh Bells, Yeasayer
Posted in Blog, Concerts & Events, News | Posted by Melody

LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy jams with The Roots on Fallon

July 12th, 2012

James Murphy is doing a terrible job at retiring. The restless leader of electro-dance band, LCD Soundsystem called it quits last year and celebrated with a final show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, which has now been turned into a documentary called Shut Up and Play the Hits (hitting theatres next Wednesday). [...]

Tags: james muprhy, jimmy fallon, LCD Soundsystem, News, shut up and play the hits, the roots
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Melody

LCD Soundsystem release teaser for Shut Up And Play The Hits

March 12th, 2012

With LCD Soundsystem’s break-up still fresh in the minds of music fans, some relief can be found in an upcoming documentary on the group, titled Shut Up And Play The Hits. The teaser features concert footage from the band’s farewell show, as well as a clip of lead singer James Murphy walking down the street [...]

Tags: LCD Soundsystem, Movies, News
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture, Movies, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, News | Posted by Allison

Gorillaz x James Murphy x Andre 3000 “DoYaThing” (Stream)

February 22nd, 2012

Thanks to Converse’s Three Artists. One Song. campaign, We’ve heard what Kid Cudi/Vampire Weekend/Best Coast and Santigold/N*E*R*D/Strokes collaborations would sound like. The latest pairing is Gorillaz with LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy and OutKast’s Andre 3000. Titled “DoYaThing,” the track will be available as a free MP3 from the Converse website tomorrow, but someone’s gone and [...]

Tags: Andre 3000, Converse, Gorillaz, James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem, OutKast, Stream, The Wedge, Three Artists. One Song
Posted in Blog, Stream, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Top Ten Best Cover Songs of 2011

December 31st, 2011

Another End of Year list? Yes please. We’ve got the Top 10 Covers of 2011 for you! The best of the best of the best. Here we go. 10. The Low Anthem – “Ghost Woman Blues” (George Carter Cover) This is an awesome way to start off the list. This is an absolute gem. The [...]

Tags: arcade fire, Bon Iver, feist, Franz Ferdinand, holiday wrap, James Blake, Karen O, kelly clarkson, LCD Soundsystem, The Black Keys, tokyo police club, trent reznor, wilco
Posted in Blog, Holiday Wrap, MuchRadar, Music & Videos | Posted by Matty - Correspondent

Watch the last ever LCD Soundsystem concert

April 4th, 2011

Saturday night it was the end of an era when LCD Soundsystem played their final concert as a band. Held at the legendary Madison Square Garden, James Murphy and co performed three sets and two encores that clocked in at a staggering three hours and 40 minutes. Playing virtually every song in their catalogue, they [...]

Tags: arcade fire, LCD Soundsystem, Madison Square Garden, pitchfork
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy goes off on scalpers

February 11th, 2011

Last weekend LCD Soundsystem announced that they will go out in a blaze of glory with one final show at Madison Square Garden on April 2nd. Presale tickets went on sale for the big show earlier this week, and almost immediately some went back up on re-sell sites, specifically Stub Hub, as high as $11,000. [...]

Tags: James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

LCD Soundsystem “retiring from the game”

February 7th, 2011

James Murphy said it was coming and in April, his much beloved musical output LCD Soundsystem will draw the curtain with one final performance. The “band” announced their farewell show this weekend with a post titled “lcd’s last show! at madison square garden!!!!!!!” that reads: good people of earth: lcd soundsystem are playing madison square [...]

Tags: James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem
Posted in Blog, News, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Much Staff Picks: New year means new music

January 7th, 2011

Hello, Today is a good day because it’s the day the courier dropped off my latest issue of Q Magazine. This magazine really is my Bible in terms of legit tunes and great in-depth looks at new and old artists alike. This month’s cover story is of Canada’s own Arcade Fire as they received the [...]

Tags: album reviews, arcade fire, Brandon Flowers, Foals, Kanye West, LCD Soundsystem, Much Staff Picks, The Black Keys, The Drums
Posted in Blog, List, MuchRadar, Music & Videos, Reviews, The NewMusic | Posted by Guest Blogger

New.Music.Live.: Cam’s impeccable taste in music – 2010 edition

December 10th, 2010

Hey this is Cam from the New.Music.Live. team. Year-end listmaking is a habitual tradition of mine every December. In fact, it’s reached a point where I could clinically be deemed in need of some serious help (well, at least according to friends of mine). The process begins usually around June, when I start keeping track [...]

Tags: Beach House, best coast, Big Boi, Deerhunter, Emeralds, Kanye West, LCD Soundsystem, playlist, robyn, The Drums, Titus Andronicus
Posted in Blog, nml | Posted by Cam