James Murphy, Pat Mahoney, Phil Mossman, Tyler Pope & Nancy Whang + Matt Thornley, Al Doyle, J.D. Mark & Phil Skarich
Influences
my dad
Sounds Like
gay stuff. disco. bored people. a poorly executed fist-fight. sandwiches without too much meat and stuff on them. records that you used to hate but are kind of cool now that you heard them again years later at your friends house. hipster nonsense. midrange, and not so much bass-and-treble. an engine that needs the timing looked at and is running at capacity. a band.
i like ultimate fighting. i like glam rock, punk rock and disco. i get all
excited when somebody else throws a good party and i can just go to it and get
wasted without dj'ing. i like to be around people who aren't douchebags. i'm
from new jersey originally (like morgan geist--yeah you heard me) which should
explain the ultimate fighting stuff and the use of the word "douchebag". i've
lived in new york city since the late 80's when i was still a teenager and most
of you were popping screaming out of your mothers' loins. i was in a new wave
band called the mystery meats when it wasn't "retro" because new wave was new,
and named thusly because of that fact. i played a red bc rich guitar that i
borrowed and a blonde fender 60's musicmaster that i stole, and there lies the
internal conflict that has dominated my life: awesome and horrible red, angular
bc rich guitar or subtle and possibly boring 60's minimal base-level guitar.
i am married to a woman who is way too good-looking and decent to marry me,
but due to a long period of hypnosis, low-level drugging and sleep deprivation,
eventually capitulated. we have a dog that is similarly too good for me. seriously.
the dog is hot. the dog is basically a model. well, more of a pageant girl--but
you know what i mean. she could be a model, but she's pretty backward and country
about fashion... she's into prom dresses and, like, overdone base makeup and
fake nails. but she lives in new york now, and she's changing a little over
time, which i think is liberating for her--the dog, i mean--but i hope she doesn't
change too much and do that annoying new-york-girl thing where they all try
to be edie sedgewick or something--"ooh look at me! i'm crazy! i can't be contained!"
it's an act played by people who don't know anyone who's actually schizophrenic.
knowing real crazy people takes some of the "glamour" out of it for you, you
know? like: what's glamorous about soiling yourself? oh crap. am i supposed
to be writing about me?
all press/media enquires for LCD Soundsystem should go to heidi.anne-noel@capitolmusic.com
blah blah blah news blah :
there's gonna be a 12" for big ideas.
babytalk remix. the remix is good.
confuse the marketplace ep!
confuse the marketplace ep
available on 12"
no cd, because everything on there is already on cd someplace. "it's underrated, kids!"
i mean, there's a drum solo.
45:33!
out on bail
"45:33"
available on cd, double vinyl and brownload.
look for the remix record coming soon. good remixes of this drek on it.
oh yeah--this totally got used in the YSL show in paris.
vive stefano pilati!
listen at
NME or
Last.FM
or just go to an actual record store with a listening station
one can also order the cd at
flay and
cramazon , or vinyl
here
but really, there's always the dfa online shop, which is going to get way better.
digital download
someone great superpack!
the third single from sound of silver.
the video was directed by artist doug aitken (thanks doug).
remixes from:
soulwax--get innocuous!
gucci soundsystem--time to get away
carl craig--sound of silver
windsurf--us v them
which makes it almost a "remix album". seriously.
haus frau!
james "jitsu" murphy and pat "disco dad" mahoney made FABRICLIVE 36.
we are exceedingly proud of it.
it's pretty disco, to be honest, so expect no "punk funk jams".
and please don't ask us to play any lcd if we dj near you. (awkward!)
not to be outdone by the fabulously titled "confuse the marketplace",
we've also made a bunch of stuff
it's basically a bunch of stuff that you couldn't download for whatever reason.
you know what they say: necessity is the mother of convention!
includes:
all my friends (franz ferdinand cover)
get innocuous (soulwax remix)
us v them (windsurf remix)
tme to get away (gucci soundsystem remix)
us v them (live on morning becomes eclectic)
why there's no john cale version on this, i'll never know.
somewhere secret hides some split lcd/arcade fire 7"s. i actually don't know where, so i figure i'd make it seem mysterious. we do have them, though.
probably at the dfa online store.
we played this myspace show at the TLA in phily because
we were told over and over that it was some sort of a big
deal, blah blah blah. the pros were we got to play in philly
where i (james) lived for a hot minute in the late '80s, and
have fond memories of, and--get this--it was free. but it was
early and filmed, which is straight weird. we did manage to get
a good cheese steak and blueberry muffins from the pink rose.
here's the evidence.
god, i love ringtones. so much that i had these hand crafted exclusive versions of some lcd songs just for you.
look! more crap!
all my friends single
7" v1 (with free poster)
all my friends (john cale version)
all my friends (album version)
7" v2 (no free poster, so there)
all my friends (franz ferdinand version)
all my friends (edit)
enhanced cd (ooooooh)
all my friends (edit)
all my friends (franz ferdinand version)
freak out/starry eyes
all my friends (video)
12"
all my friends (album version)
all my friends (harvey "mix")
freak out/starry eyes
You know, your music is great and I love it. But your writing style is often hilarious and I look forward to page updates. Perhaps you have writing side projects?
"All My Friends" is the best distillation of sentiments that corrispond with a reflective take on one's life I have ever had the privelage to have come soaring across my ear-drums, you amaze in your restraint.
started listening to the last album again after a while, and i have to say, it's a classic. seriously. and i especially added you on myspace just to let you know.
It wouldn't suprise me one bit if you don't remember, but we met in St. Paul. I'm the one who's not the oldest, not the youngest, and not the only girl. So from one ignored sibling to another...cheers!
Sorry for drinking all of your booze, but thanks for the hospitality.
-Kyle
P.S. Al made me, what may have been, the finest White Russian I have ever poured into my head!
