LCD Soundsystem Stories

Pitchfork Festival 2017 Announces Complete Lineup

Pitchfork 2017 will be held once again in Chicago's Union Park on July 14-16.Today, the announced their headliners and have made tickets available.  LCD Soundsystem, A Tribe Called Quest, and Solange will headline.[Update 3/10] The complete lineup is out, including TV favorites like Thurston Moore, Vince Staples, Hiss Golden Messenger, William...

LCD Soundsystem To Reunite For Tour And Studio Album

Following the announcement that LCD Soundsystem will headline this years Coachella festival and a new Christmas song, frontman James Murphy has announced that the band will reunite for a tour as well as recordan albumin 2016.In a lengthy, rambling note posted to the bands website, Murphy explains the reasoning for the reunion, specifically as opposed...

LCD Soundsystem’s First New Release In Five Years Is A Depressing Christmas Song

Though LCD Soundsystems members have stayed busy with solo projects since the bands well-publicized dissolution in 2011, the group surprised fans on Christmas Eve with a new single, titled Christmas Will Break Your Heart.The downbeat and overall depressing holiday song features many of LCDs crucial members and is available for purchase on iTunes or streaming...

The 15 Greatest Muppet Musical Moments And Mashups

[fblike style="standard" showfaces="false" width="450" verb="like" font="arial"] The Muppets are back in theaters today.Despite what is sure to be an all out media blitz, I'll admit I just can't get enough. The simple fact is that Muppets are ridiculously appealing to fans of all ages and, from the beginning, Jim Henson's...

The Barn Interview: Strange Arrangement's Joe Hettinga

These days, my music obsession exposes me to hundreds of new bands a year. There has always been a wealth of talent, but nowadays barriers to entry have been brought so low, I can now actively seek out, and enjoy, an extremely wide variety of high quality music with a few mouse clicks or finger...

Friday Linkafication

Some kick ass photos of the Furthur tour from Jambase.Enter your twitter account name and, using the hunch.com recommendation engine, this site will create a music playlist for you. Gotta admit, it worked pretty well for me.For the Dylan completist. Store, Organize. Display Appreciate... the entire body of work. Bootlegs too?This...

Friday Linkafication: Useful Concert Etiquette, Classic Rock Psychiatry and HD Phish Online

Looking for recommended performances of your favorite Dead tunes? Heady Version is a crowd-sourced repository of best. versions. ever.If you're heading out to see some music this weekend, first brush up on concert etiquette - should come in handy for Trey's acoustic setSummer Phish tour announced this week. Gotta love the coverage these things...

Talking Heads Tuesday: Video Rewind

Every Tuesday in January, The Barn will offer another feature about the incredible music and career of Talking Heads.2010 was an incredible year for the music video. From the Spike Jonze deliciousness of LCD Soundsystem's "Drunk Girls" and his secret film project with Arcade Fire to wonderful tongue-in-cheek rave-ups like The Black Keys' "Tighten Up"...