LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem is the Grammy-Award nominated New York band fronted by the producer/musician/songwriter James Murphy. They released its self-titled debut album in 2005, which featured the underground classics “Losing My Edge” and “Daft Punk Is Playing At My House,” and which received two Grammy Award nominations. The band’s second album “Sound of Silver” was released in 2007 to rave reviews and a Grammy nomination. The album has since been recognized as one of the albums of the decade in Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, NPR and the single “All My Friends” was tapped as the song of the year on Pitchfork and has recently been picked as one of the best songs of the decade on Pitchfork, Time, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly and more. In 2008, LCD Soundsystem contributed the track “Big Ideas” to the soundtrack of Robert Luketic’s hit movie 21. The band has since released the 45:33 “Remixes” EP and a cover of the Alan Vega song “Bye Bye Bayou,” issued to commemorate Record Store Day. James Murphy also scored the film “Greenberg” which was released on Virgin Records on March 23 2010. They released their third, and final studio album, "This is Happening," on May 18, 2010. The album debuted in the Billboard Top 10, and spawned the viral video hit for "Drunk Girls." On April 2, 2011, the band will perform their final live performance at Madison Square Garden. The show, billed as LCD: The Long Goodbye, sold out in a matter of seconds and will be the ultimate LCD live concert.