LCD Soundsystem: Brixton Academy, London
Caroline Sullivan, Guardian, The, 26 April 2010
HAVING VOWED to disband LCD Soundsystem when he turned 40, James Murphy – who reached that milestone in February – is currently on his (presumably) final tour with his perennially acclaimed dance-punk-funk group. Though this show isn't their last hurrah – there are further UK gigs this summer, he tells us more than once – they tackle it with valedictory gusto.
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