Soundsystem

Band finally leaves the confines of New York City for a spring trek that starts in Mexico and ends in Chicago LCD Soundsystem announced dates for a small North American tour they’re labeling as a “Kinda” Tour set to begin this spring. Starting in Guadalajara, Mexico in March, the group’s first U.S. date (excluding their headlining festival slot at the Kilby Block Party in Salt Lake City) will be at the Hayden Homes Amphitheater in Bend, Oregon on May 14th. They’ll play four nights in…

Coachella parent companies Goldenvoice and AEG will kick off a new outdoor concert series this summer across 12 U.S. cities. Re:Set will bring headliners Steve Lacy, Boygenius and LCD Soundsystem to Brookside at the Rose Bowl on June 2, 3 and 4, respectively. The opening bills, each curated by the headliners, will include such notable acts as Jamie XX, Clairo, Idles, Fousheé, Dijon, Bartees Strange, Toro y Moi, Big Freedia and L'Rain.Compton native Lacy is up for four Grammys this weekend, including song, record, pop solo…

Christopher Polk/Getty Images. The Noah Baumbach-directed film White Noise will feature the debut of a new song by LCD Soundsystem — the first piece of music that has emerged from the band in five years. Now, Baumbach has revealed the tune, called “New Body Rhumba,” was specifically composed with the theme of death in mind to go along with a scene in which characters dance in a supermarket, as the Associated Press reported (via The Washington Post). James Murphy, the frontman for LCD Soundsystem — and arguably…

Alvaro Barrington is recalling his first ever festival experience in Grenada: “I was maybe five years old and my cousins took me to J’ouvert,” he says, referring to the day that acts as a precursor to the main party in Caribbean culture. “I have a memory of one of my older cousins holding my hand as we walked through the streets. We found a sound system and I climbed up on it and immediately fell asleep with the music blasting. A few hours later, I woke up to my cousin carrying me home while I laid on his shoulder.”He may…

Multiple-night residencies have become an a la mode currency for artists who have the pulling power to fill arenas, yet still prefer to sweat it out within touching distance of the faithful. For LCD Soundsystem, that means a weeklong takeover at Brixton Academy in celebration of their 20th anniversary, with ringleader James Murphy, this century’s pre-eminent disco evangelist, opting only to rest on the fourth, not seventh, day.Murphy’s reputation as a generational mouthpiece has taken a few knocks in recent years, chiefly…