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For our 2025 music preview at The A.V. Club, we decided to focus most heavily on albums with confirmed releases. There are a ...

Jonny Campos thought there had been a nice arc to his solo project Weeks Island.

Many people shorthand the Dare as “GenZ LCD Soundsystem.” And while there are certainly some echoes in the synth-loving front men, the real heir to James Murphy is Swedish Railway Orchestra’s Rob ...

The heart of the band was James Murphy, part of the storied DFA label and production team that introduced The Rapture, The Juan Maclean, and many more. Murphy founded LCD Soundsystem in 2001 ...

From witnessing my all-time favourite band Pulp headline at Øyafestivalen, Oslo's premier music festival, to a raucous weekend in Dublin, Ireland, where I got to see Idles and LCD Soundsystem ...

James Murphy and Co. first presented their dance-pop aesthetic to the world on this self-titled debut, released Jan. 24. LCD Soundsystem earned a Grammy nomination for their efforts and unleashed ...

As sales of alcoholic beverages have slowed in recent years, nonalcoholic beer, wine and spirits have emerged as one of the ...

If this is a celebration, then let's embrace LCD Soundsystem's All My Friends ... the influential band led by James Murphy will come back to the festival (and with a new album!) ...