LCD Soundsystem - Last ever gig @ Madison Square Garden

On Saturday night the curtain came down on one of the best bands of the last decade when James Murphy's LCD Soundsystem played their last ever gig to a spellbound Madison Square Garden. Pitchfork streamed the whole sad farewell live and the concert is available to view in all its 3 and a half hour glory.

Speaking of Pitchfork, they ran a piece on the legacy of LCD to coinicide with these final concerts. A great read and a great explanation of why they were so central to the Noughties underground dance scene and why their genre-busting approach helped change the mainstream (and influenced eclectically-minded DJs like our good selves!) . Click here.




Setlist:

Set 1:

2:10 Dance Yrself Clean (with "I'm Not In Love" by 10cc intro)

12:40 Drunk Girls

17:09 I Can Change

23:45 Time To Get Away

28:16 Get Innocuous!

35:18 Daft Punk Is Playing At My House

41:45 Too Much Love

46:53 All My Friends

55:30 Tired (with "Heart of the Sunrise" by Yes snippet)

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Set 2:

45:33 Part One

45:33 Part Two (w/ Reggie Watts)

Sound of Silver

45:33 Part Four

45:33 Part Five (w/ Shit Robot)

45:33 Part Six

Freak Out/Starry Eyes

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Set 3:

1:54:39 Us v Them

2:04:00 North American Scum (with Arcade Fire)

2:11:45 Bye Bye Bayou (Alan Vega cover)

2:16:30 You Wanted A Hit

2:24:07 Tribulations

2:29:15 Movement

2:33:48 Yeah (Crass Version)

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Set 4:

2:45:30 Someone Great

2:53:06 Losing My Edge (With "Da Funk" by Daft Punk snippet)

3:03:36 Home

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Set 5:

3:15:53 All I Want

3:22:18 Jump Into the Fire (Harry Nilsson Cover)

3:30:30 New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down (with "Twin Peaks Theme" by Angelo Badalamenti intro)

Dave Dresden November Mix

Legendary US DJ and producer Dave Dresden has been a fixture in East Coast clubs for nearly two decades. His recent November mix is cracking fun while his re-rub of the best track (IMHO) from LCD Soundsystem's This Is It album, Hit gives the track a welcome tribal edge.

November Mix Tracklisting

1. The Limousines - Internet Killed the Video Star - Tommie Sunshine's Brooklyn Fire Remix 

2. Roy Rosenfeld - Balloons 

3. Hybrid - Disappear Here - Antix Remix 

4. Martin Solveig - Hello - Michael Woods Dub Mix 

5. Dennis Ferrer - The Red Room - Objectivity Vocal Mix 

6. Tiga - You Gonna Want Me - Hey Today Remix 

7. Robbie Rivera - Acid Bass - Robbie Rivera Crazy Mix 

8. Morgan Page feat Jan Burton & Dave Dresden - I've Had Friends - Dave Dresden Re-Edit/Jean Elan Remix 

9. Zombie Nation - Squeek 

10. Moby - Go - Trentemoeller Remix 

11. Cocknbullkid - One Eye Closed - Kris Menace Remix 

12. Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand - Afrojack Remix/Original 

13. Dada Life - Unleash The Fucking Dada 

14. The XX - Intro - Sander Van Doorn Remix 

15. Dave Seaman & Josh Gabriel - Vorhanung 

16. Roy Rosenfeld - The Kettle 

17. Dresden & Johnston - I Know You - Featuring Holly Brook 

18. Digitalism - Blitz

19. Massive Attack - Atlas Air - Tim Goldsworthy Remix 

20. Logo - Junocide - "Auto" Remix      

 Latest tracks by Davedresden 

LCD Soundsystem - You Wanted A Hit (Dave Dresden Remix) by Davedresden

The Sonics - Shot Down/LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge (Live At Trash)

This superb slice of maximum RnB from Nuggets/garagerock legends the Sonics turned up on the James 'LCD' Murphy-curated Greenberg soundtrack recently and sounds as amazing as ever. Not surprising that James chose it as he namechecked (3 times) the Tacoma, WA 5 piece on his brilliant hipster-baiting anthem, 'Losing My Edge'.

LCD Soundsystem Remixes

There are about a squilizillion LCD mixes out at the mo' but my current fave is Loving Good's slightly dubby tweak of 'Home'. Honourable mention to Soulwax's version of 'Hit', too.

 LCD Soundsystem - Home (Loving/Good Remix) by Loving/Good

Oh, and the ever-brill Holy Ghosts!'s re-rub of Drunk Girls is still sounding good!

 LCD Soundsystem – Drunk Girls (Holy Ghost! Remix) by Hypetrak

Prince Language - Fabric Promo Mix

 Prince Language - fabric Promo Mix by fabric

Fantabulous mix for Fabric from Prince Language who's been doing some Stirling remix work for Juan Maclean (Happy House), LCD (45:33) and the Droyds (All I Ever Wanted). sadly no tracklisting but just the thing for a sunny Friday!

Shriekback - My Spine Is The Bassline

Listening to the new LCD Soundsystem album today (it's a good 'un btw) got me thinking how the post-punk/punkfunk era is still resonating with bands today. A great example of such punk-funk brilliance is Shriekback's 1982 classic My Spine Is The Bassline whose echoes can still be felt today (and on a couple of the LCD tracks!).