Ezra Furman’s soundtrack for Netflix’s Sex Education provides coming-of-age anthems for all stages of life.
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Ladies of LCD Soundsystem DJ a Halloween night of celebration and empowerment
This fall, two members of LCD Soundsystem, keyboardist Nancy Whang and synths and electronics player Gavin Rayna Russom, are on the road as the DJ duo, Ladies of LCD Soundsystem. Russom came out as a transgender woman in June; her first performance after that was at Berlin as part of Femme’s Room, on the eve […]
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LCD Soundsystem and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
A live recording of Kellye Howard album recording , a cooking demonstration from Chef Damao, and more happenings the week of 11/6-11/9
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With American Dream, dance-punk powerhouse LCD Soundsystem show they haven’t missed a beat
It feels like it was yesterday when dance-punk top dog James Murphy bid adieu to LCD Soundsystem, his often cheeky—but also often pensive—mutating hit machine of the 2000s. Maybe that’s because 2011, the year the band split, doesn’t seem too far gone, and 2015 (when they officially reunited) feels like last week—or maybe we pray […]
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Pitchfork’s veteran acts confront the trap of the crowd favorite
Veteran Pitchfork acts LCD Soundsystem, PJ Harvey, and Ride have had mixed success evolving past the sounds that made them famous.
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The Reader’s takes on the 2017 Pitchfork Music Festival
Our preview package covers Solange and the breadth of black cultural expression, Jeff Rosenstock and Pitchfork’s relationship to DIY, Survive and music media’s infatuation with prestige TV, and much more.
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The Pitchfork Music Festival announces its complete 2017 lineup
PJ Harvey, the Avalanches, George Clinton, and Priests (among dozens of others) join previously announced Pitchfork headliners LCD Soundsystem, A Tribe Called Quest, and Solange.
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CPS will have to end current school year 20 days early without more state funding, and other Chicago news
Also, Pitchfork’s headliners are Solange, LCD Soundsystem and A Tribe Called Quest.
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Photos of everything we saw at Lollapalooza 2016
Seventy-one great photos from Chicago’s biggest for-profit music festival
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Lollapalooza 2016 lineup: Radiohead and a bunch of other acts we all knew would play
A predictable lineup might make celebrating Lollapalooza’s 25th anniversary less than thrilling.
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A movie about mobsters Tony Accardo and Sam Giancana is in the works and other Chicago news
Also, LCD Soundsystem, Radiohead, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers dominate Lollapalooza rumors.
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Let the Lollapalooza lineup predictions begin
Gossip Wolf guesses about the Lolla lineup, the Hideout throws its annual party for local acts heading to SXSW, and more.
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12 O’Clock Track: James Murphy remixes David Bowie
“Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy),” from the expanded edition of Bowie’s The Next Day
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Disco once again finds a place on the pop charts
Drake and the Arcade Fire revive a darkly funky sound.
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Sick beats and lake breezes at the Wavefront Music Festival
Sick beats and lake breezes at the Wavefront Music Festival, with Frankie Knuckles, Justice, and dozens more.