LCD Soundsystem at Brixton Academy: 'beg, borrow or steal for a ticket'
The truth is, a little intimacy suits LCD Soundsystem. Blame it on his background in hardcore punk, or the road to Damascus-style conversion to techno he enjoyed in his late 20s, but the 55-year-old frontman's most frenetic, sweat-soaked songwriting really thrives in conditions like these. The fevered electro-punk of early single Movement was a case in point, with last night's rabid rendition provoking a circle pit. Similarly, it was a thrill to finally witness the scuzzy strut of 2024-track X-Ray Eyes in all its whites-of-their-eyes fervour, while the colossal drop in Dance Yrself Clean felt even more impactful unleashed in a smaller space.
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