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“The revelation that you didn’t need formal training to start a band in 1977 and the realization that you don’t need to be Merce Cunningham to dance are one and the same.” - Ryan Schreiber, Pitchfork, 2003 47 minutes. Two sides. A single spine jacket. Con

After a handful of name making dance-punk singles on DFA Records, producer and label co-founder James Murphy issued the eponymous full-length debut under the LCD Soundsystem banner in 2005. Three of those ubiquitous preceeding singles - "Movement," "Daft

The classic third LCD Soundsystem LP. Of the many arresting moments that fill LCD Soundsystem’s This Is Happening, perhaps the most unexpected comes less than halfway through album opener “Dance Yrself Clean.” The seemingly unassuming, low-key rumble of a

"I'll never forget the first time I heard JJulius. I was stumbling down the waxed marble steps of the Sunset Marquis, sipping in vain from my empty flask, when David Bowie pulled up in a tangerine Hummer H3 he "borrowed" from one of those Kraftwerk guys,

Written and recorded in the depths of the early pandemic, JJULIUS' first solo album, Vol. 1, is a heavily lidded, subsuming journey into the dark heart DIY and kosmische sounds. There are traditional "songs" here, sure - catchy basslines, little dollops o

Double album of blissed out beatless Krautrock influenced soundscapes on DFA Records. The sounds on these recordings were made by layering live takes of keyboards & other instruments, many of which were designed and built specifically for this album. The

Behold, Compilation #2. A compendium what are arguably the best prime-era DFA cuts, mostly all recorded and/or remixed at the old DFA Studios on W. 13th Street (with some notable exceptions), released as 12-inches and then compiled onto a 3xCD set for con

Like a dream foggily remembered, Loopsel's "Öga For Öga" is tempting in its beauty yet slightly menacing in its depth. These songs, like paths into the forest, are heavily, almost creepily, reverberated, with finger-plucked guitars acting as the signposts

Far from the typical difficult sophomore release that some might have expected, Sound Of Silver took the LCD Soundsystem we knew and loved and unveiled their rebirth as a great pop band. Here, repetitive percussion, towering walls of sound, driven melodie