LCD Soundsystem at the Roxy? It could’ve been one of the hottest shows of the year, except that was on Sunday night during Thanksgiving break. So, basically, there were about twenty people there. It made for a laid back atmosphere, so much so that I didn’t even mind missing The Juan Maclean, who I’m sure rocked “Tito’s Way” pretty good.

LCD Soundsystem began the show with “Yr City’s a Sucker” and “On Repeat”, both a little less familiar than the crowd needed to start off, yet both were solid. After that, Jimbo Murphy announced his drummer Pat Mahoney and Pat’s special guest, Jozef. They kept showing “Pat” and “Jozef” on the video screens during the rest of the show, which was kinda funny. The video screens were pretty pimp though, cause they had some trippy effects on various stage cams.

LCD also cranked out a solid “Tribulations”, which they left off the set when they were at Avalon with M.I.A. “Movement” was ragingly, grungetastically done. Unforch, they disappointingly raced through “Daft Punk Is Playing At My House”, slinked through “Losing My Edge”, and half-assed “Too Much Love”. Oh well, it’s not like they were playing to a packed house or anything.

Props to the 28-minute version of “Yeah”, though.

The group came back for one encore song, Harry Nilsson’s “Jump Into the Fire”, which, in some ways, is my favorite LCD song. Maybe it’s the guitar riff, the screaming, or the destructive, solar wind of electronica that washes the end, but it’s pure gold. As good an encore as I could hope for.

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