Before Friday night I had never seen LCD Soundsystem live and really had no idea what to expect. Listening to DFA co-founder James Murphy's studio jammms I had always wondered how they would translate to a live performance. I'm happy to report that the entire performance was off the wall (with the exception of ending a dance-punk show with a ballad- odd choice). The audience danced start to finish- Mr. Murphy had them in the palm of his hand while the rest of the band backed him up with an incredible wall of sound. Touring with James was keyboardist Nancy Whang and drummer/Mr. Rosso lookalike Pat Mahoney with Phillip Skarich on bass and Hot Chip’s Al Doyle on guitar.Quote of the evening: "Hey you guys down there dancing, and banging into each other [James to dudes slam-dancing in the audience]- take a look to your left and to your right; if you don't see a girl within three feet of you, you're dancing wrong." (or something to that effect)
Unfortunately this electro-dance-punk shindig was held at the Avalon. This meant that it would be an early show so that those a-holes could get all of us cleared out of there by 10PM- only to refill it with the sites and smells of the Jerseyesque club crowd; blow-out hairdos, alcoholic Red Bull drinks, and most likely way too much cologne. If I'm sounding bitter it's because as a result of this "no fun" policy that Avalon has, show-opener, YACHT (electro-pop project of the Blow’s Jona Bechtolt) went on at 7PM!! Needless to say, we missed this part of the evening.
Video I shot at the show:
Video footage that YACHT/Jona threw together from the LCD tour:
Website: LCD Soundsystem
Stream: LCD Soundsystem: "All My Friends"
Website: YACHT: Maker of Fine Grunge Musics & Hugs.
MP3: YACHT: "See a Penny (Pick It Up)"
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