LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening

[Rae]

I haven't bought a new record for a while, but I might buy this one. I just listened to the first couple of tracks online and it's pretty rockin'. Anyone have it already? How's the replay value?

http://www.popmatters.com/images/news_art/l/lcd-soundsystem-this-is-happening.jpg

~Rae

[Swish]

I haven't bought a new record for a while, but I might buy this one. I just listened to the first couple of tracks online and it's pretty rockin'. Anyone have it already? How's the replay value?

http://www.popmatters.com/images/news_art/l/lcd-soundsystem-this-is-happening.jpg

~Rae

...electronica/dance/club or whatever. I know I don't venture too far off the beaten path musically, but I just can't stay interested in them. This coming from a guy who bought the last Dirty Projectors. Go figure.

[Finch Platte]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/;kw=[13193,154038]

Prepare to "Dance Yrself Clean": LCD Soundsystem's anticipated third album This Is Happening arrives in stores today, just in time to soundtrack your summer dance parties. On the new LP, disco-punk mastermind James Murphy wears his Berlin Trilogy-era Bowie/Eno influences on his sleeve with a collection of nine supersized songs that make his midlife crisis danceable. "The long songs reveal Murphy's bottom-line agenda: He's still a dance guy at heart, and he knows it's his job to ignite parties and clubs," Jody Rosen writes in his four-star review. "But he approaches dance music more like a folkie singer-songwriter than a DJ, as a vehicle for storytelling and confession." Standouts include the frat-rock first single "Drunk Girls," the lovelorn "I Can Change" and the "Heroes"-inspired centerpiece, "All I Want."

[Jim Clark]

I bought it, I dig it. I grabbed it on autopilot based on the strength of two tracks from the previous album. "Someone Great" and "All my Friends" were 2 of the best songs to come out of 2007 and they are back to back on The Sound Of Silver.

This is happening unfortunately probably lacks 2 of the stand out tracks of the year but overall I think it's actually a stronger overall record, just not as compelling without the killer tracks. Kinda weird, maybe you know what I'm trying to say.

jc

[3LB]

either of you two (Rae, JC) ever hear the last Pure Reason Revolution CD?

I might check LCD out. I heard parts of it a couple of weeks ago.

I picked up the latest Gorillaz and its pretty good, though it lacks a killer track like Feel Good Inc.