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‘I was there!’ Writers remember legendary gigs by Beyoncé, Brian Wilson, Britney, Oasis, Daft Punk and more

What’s it like to catch a gig so great it goes down in history? Our writers relive incredible performances by everyone from Amy Winehouse at the North Sea jazz festival to Kanye West at Glastonbury

The Guardian - UK

"I’d imagine James Murphy would think: ‘The kids are coming up from behind – but this one I’m not concerned about actually’…”: The Unofficial Scotland World Cup song is a tribute to LCD Soundsystem

JJ Bull is a bedroom musician and journalist

MusicRadar

Arlo Parks announces new album and intimate tour dates

Arlo Parks has announced her third studio album, Ambiguous Desire, which is scheduled for release on 3 April via Transgressive Records. The album represents a musical shift for Parks, drawing inspiration from dance icons like Burial, The Streets, and LCD Soundsystem, alongside historic queer nightclubs like New York’s Paradise Garage.…

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“When we wrote the piece, it was a warning. I didn’t, honestly, in my heart, think it would ever happen”: Heaven 17 to release new updated version of (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang

The song was recently covered by LCD Soundsystem and has become an anthem of resistance in the US

MusicRadar

"We are finally ready for Different Class to be heard in all its glory." Pulp announce 30th anniversary reissue of Britpop cornerstone Different Class, to include their never-before-released Glastonbury 1995 set

Pulp to release remastered reissue of a Britpop classic

Louder

There’s an art to staging a comeback. But the best artists know when it’s time to take a pause

An LCD Soundsystem reunion, the Sex and the City reboot, Oasis back on stage: is this welcome revival culture, or a cynical money grab?, says writer and editor Larry Ryan

The Guardian - UK

“Big Muffs are usually 'all or nothing', but the Chelsea is a different beast”: EarthQuaker Devices Chelsea Low End Fuzz Driver Pedal review

The secret weapon behind LCD Soundsystem's bass tone is here at last, and it's... a Big Muff?

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LCD Soundsystem at O2 Academy Brixton: 'beg, borrow or steal for a ticket'

4/5 James Murphy and co have their residency in Brixton underway and it is an LCD love-in

Evening Standard

LCD Soundsystem honour Brian Wilson and Sly Stone at residency’s opening night

The New York group played at London’s Brixton Academy.

Evening Standard

Primavera Sound 2025: The Definitive Guide to Barcelona's Must-See Acts and How to Watch on Streaming

One of Europa's biggest and more important music festivals is starting this Wednesday. Primavera Sound Barcelona 2025 can be streamed on Amazon Music and Twitch

Latin Times

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight to produce Oasis reunion tour film

Film will be directed by Dylan Southern and Will Lovelace, the pair behind NYC music doc Meet Me in the Bathroom and LCD Soundsystem concert film

The Guardian - UK

“All the idiosyncrasies of the original but without the threat of total collapse”: LCD Soundsystem used a ‘one-of-a-kind’ vintage pedal to define their fuzz tones – and now it’s been recreated by EarthQuaker Devices

The Chelsea Low End Fuzz Driver is a close replica of James Murphy’s oddball vintage fuzz

Guitar World

LCD Soundsystem to hold eight-show residency in London

Electronic rock band LCD Soundsystem will return to London in June to play eight shows at O2 Academy Brixton.

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You wanted a hit? LCD Soundsystem’s 20 best songs – ranked!

With Daft Punk Is Playing at My House turning 20 and a new album being worked on, we select the dance-rock musos’ finest tracks

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LCD Soundsystem: The album that changed music – and sparked hipster culture

PLAYBACK : Twenty years on from the group’s genre-splicing debut album, Mark Beaumont talks to those who were there, from The Rapture to Hot Chip, about the most influential New York band of the Noughties

The Guardian - US

The 2010s are glorified by gen Z. But the ‘indie music’ of that era was unoriginal

So much of early 2000s ‘indie’ music was nothing but a backward-looking rerun of movements past

The Guardian - UK

‘We tried to get Mariah Carey … and found out she costs $1m’: the songs musicians chose for their first dance

Does Charlie Simpson regret choosing Sigur Rós? Did Chesney Hawkes play ‘that’ song? And who picked an eight-minute jam by LCD Soundsystem? Musicians on the songs they chose for their wedding dance, for better or for worse

The Guardian - UK

One to watch: Friedberg

The London-based four-piece led by Austrian singer-songwriter Anna F serve up the coolest dance punk this side of LCD Soundsystem

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‘We don’t care whether it’s cool or not’: inside the weaponised weirdness of Mermaid Chunky

How did an oddball Stroud duo, who once played the wedding of two ceramic dogs, come to get signed by LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy? Nothing is ordinary in the world of Mermaid Chunky

MusicRadar

Stadium-sized vulnerability and synth-led synchronicity: Loyle Carner and LCD Soundsystem at Forwards Festival

Four Tet, Underworld, CMAT and more joined a diverse line-up at one of the most talked-about events in Bristol's cultural calendar

Evening Standard

Your 2024 summer bucket list: the ultimate guide to fun in London

Stuck for things to do? Take a hot tub river cruise and then hit the hottest rooftop in town

MusicRadar

“Billy Joel’s engineer said that you’re trying to get to a point where your collaborator feels so nurtured they become like a child”: Hot Chip man Joe Goddard on his solo return with Harmonics

“My biggest, ongoing obsession is using gear to get the most exciting and interesting sounds I can find”

What Hi-Fi?

7 of the best Glastonbury 2024 performances to stream on BBC iPlayer

Catch up on all the highlights from Glastonbury 2024 with these brilliant sets now available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

Evening Standard

Glastonbury 2024, Friday review: from Dua Lipa's pop spectacular to K-pop's Glasto debut

In the first of our daily festival round ups, we bring you the best sets and our favourite festival moments

The Guardian - UK

Glastonbury live: Friday with Dua Lipa, LCD Soundsystem, Idles and more – as it happened

The first day saw performances from Heilung, Jamie xx, PJ Harvey and more – alongside Marina Abramović’s startling silent art piece

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