“… now you see it’s sucking you in!” 8/10 I found James Murphy’s first album a complete turn-off: the studied cool, the nods and winks to oblique musical references, the ‘tongue-in-cheek’ lyrics. LCD Soundsystem has even been described as dance-punk nostalgia for music journalists. The in-jokery and general calculated irony seemed like cold artifice, dispassionate. [...]
LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
March 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Best of 2007, dance, Electro, MP3s, Music, Pop/Rock
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Out Hud – Let Us Never Speak of It Again
March 30th, 2005 · No Comments · Best of 2005, dance, Electro, Music, post-rock
Never say never again 7/10 I was a bit wary of this latest album from the New York-based collective due to reports of cheesy female vocals being added into the mix. In fact, this album is a distinct and largely successful departure from the STREET DAD template, stripping away the post-rock inflections in favour of [...]