The great New York band LCD Soundsystem famously broke up in 2011 and then got back together four years later. In 2017, LCD Soundsystem released American Dream, their fourth album. Good record!

A new LCD Soundsystem album appears to be around the corner—or so it briefly seemed. After returning this week with their first song in two years, “X-Ray Eyes,” James Murphy and the band were ...

Note: Download a PDF version of this story here. For years, James Murphy has suggested that he would be closing the door on LCD Soundsystem; a lot of people didn't believe him. Even after his band ...

The danceable seven-minute songs that LCD Soundsystem produced before their disbanding in 2011 continued to shape the world of alt-electronica during their hiatus. “American Dream,” their new album ...

Good news and bad news for LCD Soundsystem fans. The band officially released their latest single, “X-Ray Eyes,” but revealed that a new album isn’t as imminent as the Primavera Festival suggested. In ...

When we revisited the early-'00s NYC rock boom back in November, one of the rules we put in place was that 2005 marked some kind of ending for that movement. We included songs from 2005, but that ...

Despacio is a circular array of eight 11-foot McIntosh speaker stacks that Murphy designed with David and Stephen Dewaele of 2ManyDJs and engineer John Klett. They debuted it over the summer at a ...

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? You know what that also means? Holiday specials! LCD Soundsystem is getting on the act, featuring in an upcoming special titled The LCD Soundsystem ...

Even by the standard of today's news cycle, LCD Soundsystem's whiplash turnaround time from retirement to reunion seemed suspicious. In 2011, the electronic rock band staged an elaborate, sold-out ...

Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch, whose Oscilloscope Laboratories will distribute the film, has said he admires LCD frontman James Murphy for knowing when to bow out gracefully. By Portia Medina GOLD COAST, ...

Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Once Murphy turned off his mind, relaxed and raved downstream, ...