Daily Archives: 05/19/2010

LCD Soundsystem – This is Happening

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There are few things I love more than summer albums.

You know the albums I’m talking about.  The ones that you crank to max volume in your car.  The ones that make you roll down all your windows and stick your hand out.  The ones that make you drive faster.

Also the ones that make you dance.

This new album from LCD Soundsystem, This Is Happening, is that album.  It is their third and arguably their best.

LCD Soundsystem is already well known for making highly danceable tracks, and this album is a very logical and well thought-out extension.  On their second album, Sound of Silver, each song felt organized and arranged in a logical manner.  The songs progressed as you would hope.  They broached the realm of predictability, with a machine-like and metallic timbre.  However that metallic feel and sound is nowhere to be found on This Is Happening.
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The Black Keys – “Tighten Up” Video

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Let’s keep you updated on current music trends:

The Black Keys just released their sixth (count ‘em) studio album called Brothers.  It’s a great album with few flaws.  However the biggest flaw of the album, neatly pointed out by Pitchfork:

If there’s one thing that keeps Brothers from jumping the gap between a “very good” album and a “great” album, it’s the running time. When it’s all said and done, the 15-track set runs almost an hour long

Hardly something to get too upset about it, but sadly the length of the album does detract from its overall quality.

They just released a new video for their track “Tighten Up” which is very funny.  I wish I knew kids who could sing like that.

Found via Stereogum