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

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.

could you hear the piano?

(i was at the same show)

I couldn't hear the piano on All My Friends on Friday night, and Jams's vocals were flat throughout, and I could never work out a word he was saying inbetween songs, but I thought it was great pretty much. Only complaint was not enough new songs, seeing as I'd been listening to the new one a lot, compared to Caribou on Tuesday night who pretty much only played new stuff. Still, great week with those two and Broadcast.

I could tell something was up with the sound during Us Vs Them and I generally hate it when bands re-do a song. If you fluff something just move on. (That said, it did sound loads better the second time right?)

I really enjoyed it despite the drunkenly slow pace of the show and the bickering about sound.

It was a really punchy crowd. Two seperate people tried to start fights with me.

Loved the way they ended on a 'Rock and Roll Suicide' level immense 'New York I Love You But You're Getting Me Down' and then the house lights came up while I'm Not In Love by 10CC was playing and everyone was singing it on the way out.

I couldn't understand a word he was saying but, y'know, this is nearly always the case in Brixton. The PA is fucking shit in there.

has anyone mentioned the holy ghost rmx of drunk girls?

gotta say drunk girls was initially repellant to me and is now....pretty good?

seeing it live the past two nights has really turned me around on it.

I'm seeing them Sunday - can't wait! Love this new album.

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

We do get Hot Chip and The Swiss though, so I'm not crying too hard.

(if only it wasn't a Monday night and there could be an afterparty with James/Pat and the Chip DJing...)

really enjoyed Yacht, but I'm a fan. girl kind of annoying and guy doing his best David Byrne, but loud and good tunes. also they changed their set around from the first night on the second night, which was kind of surprised me.

james, pat AND gavin russom xpost

russom could dj the recovery.

They were magnificent in Glasgow last night. James said that the Barrowland is his favourite place to play. The crowd just go's nuts when LCD are in town. Immense. All of the criticisms I've heard of the London gigs were totally absent.

It not being Brixton Academy will have that effect tbh.

just now from twitter :

"@lcdsoundsystem
ok: clique @ mint lounge oldham st. some cheap door price. thanks for all the suggestions! come boogie!!
"

umm isn't that piscesboy set up (pretty sure it is]?
if so, he's going to be in fer a good night !

If you're looking for something to do in Gunchester after the LCD gig go to Clique. It is an awesome night out. And not full of knuckle draggers in parkas waddling round like they've shat a bowling ball, pouring lager everywhere going 'I'm 'avin' it.'

Having what? HAVING WHAT YOU FUCKING COCK JUGGLING THUNDER CUNT? Not a fucking epiphany by the look of it.

Great pop/dance music at Clique.

Of course, if this was last night the point still remains: go to Clique.

^ Clique, of course, being an (erstwhile?) ILX0r's creation. Still never fucking been. Must head back to the north-west at some point for an old-skool MCR weekend.

PiscesX aka Pisces Boy and as far as I know he still posts here...

Ah -- I was thinking of Ian/Affectian!

Yeah, he's the other half of the club as it were.

Well bugger me. I never realised that. I do not pay enough attention.

Unbelievable in Manchester tonight. Yeah was a dry ice/green laser frenzy. Only four new songs as well - he explained that he wanted to wait until the album was out before he played more. Which was nice of him.

Drunk Girls gets better and better - dodgy on record, fantastic in the video, thrilling live.

Yeah myself and NI/Affectian/Ian had LCD dj for us at the last minute on Friday; the entire band (minus Nancy) for 2 hours. James played Deee-Lite, Fox The Fox and all manner of 80s disco-pop treats. We hardly had time to really hype it as we didn't know it was actually happening until almost midnight, but it was just a nice surprise for the regulars! James was nice enough to thank anyone who'd been there onstage tonight too bless him. A genuine gentleman amongst gentlemen.

yep, it was awesome - they were all so upbeat and friendly about it, a real old school atittude to just turn up and do it for the love of djing without all the bullshit of contracts and agents getting in the way. apparently they were all sat having a meal in manchester on the friday and decided they wanted to go out and play some records and party, so they came to us! they played all vinyl all night, some really amazing vocal disco stuff that i'll sadly never find out the details about. 'precious little diamond' is one of my alltime favourite songs so that was a major highlight for me.

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doh, i'll try again:

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more pics here

Oh, right: NI, you're Ian? Fucking hell, I didn't know that either :)

I feel like an old man wandering about with his pants at half-mast. Don't worry, I'll wander off again soon.

Mega lols at the back and forth arguments on the LCD last.fm artist page about whether or not this will get a 10.0 from Pitchfork. Massive mega lols.

whenever i read this thread title i think of surm's "so....happened" thread title

MacLean has a different theory about the split: "Tim was not quiet about expressing his dislikes. He thought James and I were dumb and crass, trying to appeal to a not so discerning crowd, as opposed to making something that was meant for guys with beards. He didn't say goodbye and unfriended us all on Facebook."

so mature!

goldsworthy should go kick it with whiney

At the end of it all, Goldsworthy will have a better discography than both James and Juan.

He didn't say goodbye and unfriended us all on Facebook.

RIP

"He thought James and I were dumb and crass, trying to appeal to a not so discerning crowd"

truthbomb

"He thought James and I were dumb and crass, trying to appeal to a not so discerning crowd"

says the guy who produced the fucking cut copy record

the Cut Copy album is better than This Is Happening by miles.

yeah i'll go w/ that, could use more low end tho imo