Oh LCD Soundsystem, let me count the ways…

Monday night, I paid a visit to the most dreaded of New York City venues, Terminal 5, to say goodbye to one of my favorite New York City artists, James Murphy’s dance incarnation, LCD Soundsystem. There has been much talk about James Murphy retiring LCD because its choruses hailing house parties and drunk girls didn’t exactly befit a man of his age any longer. Attending Monday night, I couldn’t help but shockingly, and sadly, feel the same way. There was something awkward hearing the 41 year old Murphy proclaim how much he liked drunk girls and how dearly he wished Daft Punk would play at his house. As well, there was something odd about myself singing along to it.

In 2007, I saw LCD at the Bowery Ballroom here in NYC. Here’s what I had to say:
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Antony and the Johnsons is the type of band you want to see in a spectacular setting, with fanfare and billowing fabric. So if they are going to play only one venue in North America this year, Alice Tully Hall in New York City is as good a place as any.

Set for October 30th, the band will be performing with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Chiaki Nagano’s film “Mr. O’s Book of the Dead” starring Kazuo Ohno will be featured during the performance. The show is a part of Lincoln Center’s White Light Fest and tickets can be purchased here.

Antony and the Johnsons newest album Swanlights will be released on October 12th in the US on the label Secretly Canadian. And for super fans, Abrams Image will simultaneously release a special edition of “Swanlights” which will include the CD inside a 144-page hard cover book containing Antony’s paintings, collages, photography and writing. “The album only version of “Swanlights” on Secretly Canadian will also include the song “Flétta”, a duet with Björk. The album and book are a continuation of Antony’s work exploring his connection to the natural world.”