There's a good chance you already love one-half of the twin creative force behind the Crystal Ark. Gavin Russom was a member of a little band called LCD Soundsystem, which popularized a particular Nu-Disco-meets-New Order sound endemic to New York-based boutique label DFA. As you may know, LCD has split up. Russom, accordingly, has found a new creative partner, telenovela director and artist Viva Ruiz. The result might be the best dance-pop album of the year.
KFC recently unveiled a new commercial for Dip’ems, “freshly prepared tenders dipped in irresistible sauces.” The catchy, upbeat tune playing in the background bears a striking resemblance to ‘Dance Yrself Clean’ by LCD Soundsystem -- but a closer listen reveals that it is most likely a rip-off as opposed to the original.
-- We thought we were really going to miss LCD Soundsystem, but since they announced their split, they haven't really gone away. First there was that rad concert film, 'Shut Up and Play the Hits,' and now, the defunct NYC dance-rock greats are getting their own photo book.
LCD Soundsystem's farewell documentary, 'Shut Up and Play the Hits,' was screened in theaters last month for just one night only, but fans who missed the very limited engagement are in luck. Plans to release the film on Oct. 9 as a three-disc Blu-ray and DVD collection have been announced.
The documentary chronicling LCD Soundsystem's last show as a band in 2011 has been receiving critical acclaim during the movie festival season this year. 'Shut Up and Play the Hits' will premiere in movie theaters across the country for one night only on July 18. Band leader James Murphy shared his thoughts on the film before its release.
He's out promoting the imminent release of the documentary that captured his former band's final gig, but when LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy visited 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' last night (July 11), the discussion of music took up only a small portion of the interview.
James Murphy has been keeping a relatively low profile since disbanding LCD Soundsystem in 2011, but Brooklyn residents will soon be able to shop at his new store, House of Good -- and we might even be hearing new songs from the band.
LCD Soundsystem have developed quite the following since their formation in 2001. Fans were distraught to discover that the dance rockers were hanging up their instruments a decade later. They played a farewell show at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City on April 2, 2011, and a film crew was on hand to document LCD Soundsystem's final days for the film, 'Shut Up and Play the Hits.' A clip from the documentary can now be seen.
Not everybody gets to go out on their own terms, which is part of what made last year's farewell shows for LCD Soundsystem such a great event. Singer James Murphy announced the band's conclusion early in the year and then called in the cameras to document the group's final performance.
LCD Soundsystem's 2005 debut album featured a song titled 'Daft Punk is Playing My House,' and now T.G.I. Friday's seems to have used that same tune as the basis for the soundtrack in a commercial for the ubiquitous American food chain. As Pitchfork reports, the new Friday's ad for its "2 for $10" appetizer and entree special "features a song that sounds suspiciously similar to the music from" the LCD song.
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