"This Is Happening": the third album by LCD Soundsystem

OMG that video. I have such a crush on Pat Mahoney :(

Check out @lcdsoundsystem's video for drunk girls by spike jonze.we're the tall violent pandas at the beginning: http://tumblr.com/xkq8tqi7t
about 11 hours ago via web

HolyGhostNYC
Alex Holy Ghost!

http://twitter.com/HolyGhostNYC/status/12470203651

awes, but wish they'd spend less time in videos, more time making more music.

lol wait theyve got a single coming out in a week

way late to this party but this is great so far...ive repeated "all i want" about 5 times now and get past it. just a stunning track

d-_-b

^^

otm

"all i want" makes me wanna walk around like a little kid pretending to be an airplane

if that makes sense, lol

this is me http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2268/2396557558_4400aae2ef.jpg

rly rly love the way the synth slowly evolves into a menace

lol kev

"I Can Change" is my fave so far

I Can Change totally reminds me of an Echo & The Bunnymen song from 83-84 that I can't quite place.

Home is my jam fwiw

wait i got it.... I Can Change = Bring On The Dancing Horses

oh, this leaked?

lol where u been

not paying attention to this thread

streaming on the website Rev.

after few listens the only tracks i like are the first, the last and I Can Change.

All I Want could be good as well, if the vocals were not ruined by the terrible mix.

'You wanted a hit' is so good! The way it starts is kinda After Dark inspired bliss..

wait i got it.... I Can Change = Bring On The Dancing Horses

not really hearing that, sounds more like a Gary Numan song to me

i do not get how people dislike the vocal mix in "all i want", seems perfect to me

I don't understand any of the vocal complaints either, my copy of the album sounds perfect from start to finish. Must've been two different versions leaked?

or ppl are just complaining about aesthetic choices

oma gawd, they KILLED at coachella. granted i had taken a few pills it was fantastic. off the new album they played "drunk girls" "i can change" and "pow pow" and tbh, i like all three live. i mean i love the latter two but drunk girls is growing on me?

also pow pow works live just as well as "us v them", the dude has truly mastered the building/layering of different elements to create a giant fucking crescendo out of a song. loooooooved it, go see them live!

btw anyone know if there's any validity to them calling this the "last tour" as LCD?

Well, it's valid until the point they announce the next one!

Everyone agrees that the money is in playing live now, right? Jams complains about downloads taking his money (masked as 'i want to control when it comes out'), yet announces an end the what he's best at and what makes the most money. How does that make sense? If he doesn't care about the money angle, fair enough. LCD Soundsystem are fantastic live, probably my favorite live band right now, and most everyone who's seen them praises their show, so i'm not sure why he'd want to quit touring. He could quit recording in the studio and keep touring and make shit tons of money. Who wouldn't pay to see LCD play an entire set of covers. Imagine the possibilities. They've done Carl Craig and Joy Division. Not touring as LCD Soundsystem is a mistake. Where's the DFA tour? Juan MacLean, Holy Ghost and LCD. I'd go.

He said in an interview a few months ago (that I can't find right now) that this would be the last LCD Soundsystem album, so maybe he's talking about the whole band ceasing?

oh yeah, finally listened to this and i like it. /incisivemusiccritdamnthehypem

"Jams complains about downloads taking his money"

I thought he was complaining more that it was taking away the build up/surprise for everyone. There must be hundreds of thousands waiting for the release of this on vinyl now though, which is bound to make some money.

I think if you're already touring an album and people are paying to see you, they should be able to get in to the album prior to the gig.

Hopefully this tour lasts a couple of legs around the world.

There must be hundreds of thousands waiting for the release of this on vinyl now though, which is bound to make some money.

hahahahaha

hundreds of thousands

Ok, so maybe not all on Vinyl...

Should still sell well though. It's a great album and personally can't wait to get it on vinyl.

Anyone have any ball park as to how many Sound of Silver sold? I think this will sell more if enough are printed.

On what are you basing these facts?

Is it true that Gavin Russom is part of LCD's live band now? That could make a massive difference.

Juan MacLean, Holy Ghost and LCD.

This kinda happened for LCD's tour behind their first album -- LCD, Juan and Shit Robot.

Is it true that Gavin Russom is part of LCD's live band now? That could make a massive difference.

― Matt DC, Friday, 23 April 2010 12:37 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah he's part of it according to his facebook page

Seriously, what does leaking early have to do with making or losing money? Everyone knows it's going to surface online at SOME point. And I think most everyone has already made up their mind that they're either going to A) download it only, with no intention of ever actually spending money on it in the first place or B) have every intention of buying it and simply want to hear what it sounds like early. Even if you're going to download the album to gauge your interest and inform your purchase, you're going to do that anyway regardless of when it leaks (the only people who are going to buy it the OMG DAY IT COMES OUT are the people who are mostly eager enough to buy it no matter what)

yes. i actually thought it was cool that it just streamed on their website - i wouldn't have bothered listening to it otherwise but am only a casual fan/know that i'm gonna dislike at least half the stuff they do.

curled lip chicken head bobbing dance once does synths on 'dance yourself clean' kick in

Where's the DFA tour? Juan MacLean, Holy Ghost and LCD. I'd go.

Holy Ghost ARE the support on this tour (for yanks and euros anyway, we won't be getting them :( :( )

I'll be there.

UK has Yacht, not Holy Ghost, right?

yes. although i did not see them.

the dude has truly mastered the building/layering of different elements to create a giant fucking crescendo out of a song

reeeeeeeaaallly did not get this, sounded to me like almost every song had the same intensity all the way through, and the same as almost every other song. Even 'All My Friends' didn't sound any less driven or intense, or any more poignant - and I couldn't hear the fucking piano, wtf! And 'Someone Great' was just dreadful, seriously it was the harshest buzzkiller i think i've ever heard at a gig. James sang like his monitors were broken and the whole thing just didn't fit together at all.

On the other hand 'Yeah Yeah Yeah' and the closing 'New York I Love You' were both epic.

UK has Yacht, not Holy Ghost, right?

sorry, all northern hemisphere continents look the same to me

I went to see them last night and Jams was leathered. All My Friends Was Immense.