When Someone Great Is Gone

The band's final show at Madison Square Garden will go down in history, like a new generation's Stop Making Sense. Murphy called it "one big last party," and it was. Even though disappointment would hang over the evening—it was the last performance of a much loved band, after all—LCD Soundsystem turned disappointment on its head.

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Fell In Love With A Band

The White Stripes were masters of imagery, from their iconic red, white, and black color scheme to Meg’s candy stripe drum kit. A big part of the White Stripes mythos was their reliance on vintage equipment to make their records. While ‘60s guitars and pedals make good press, White was savvy enough to use tons of compression that made their songs stand toe to toe with the rest of modern rock radio.

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On Breaking Up Under Pressure

The more interesting parts of the song — how some (relatively) slight dissonance serves to create by underlying the most beautifully melodic parts; the chiming guitar work reminiscent of U2; how that bass line, which is more of a punchline now, holds up as an enduring cultural artifact — these parts pale in the face of the most interesting thing about the song

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