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LCD Soundsystem

11/11/17
Broomfield, CO
1STBANK Center
Map of Colorado, USA
4.5 Stars
Confident and catchy. There’s something refreshing about seeing a scruffy old guy do whatever the fuck he wants in front of an arena full of hipsters. That was James Murphy working the stage this night: letting his fat belly poke out from under his button-down shirt while singing away his mid-life crises. He hit the high notes. He bantered about the absurdity of rockstar etiquette. And all while promoting a (fantastic) album he claimed he was never going to make. I can’t not love this guy. Nor can I imagine him playing with a different group of musicians, not while watching them playfully tease each other giggling onstage. The music is catchy as hell, played fast and without flaw. New songs “Oh Baby” and “Call The Police” were standouts in a set of near-perfect selections. I’m a fan for life. Setlist


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LCD Soundsystem

8/3/16
Morrison, CO
Red Rocks Amphitheater
Map of Colorado, USA
5 Stars
Elevator going up! I love the disco stylings and fast tempos in these guys’ music and couldn’t pass up a chance to see them reunite at my favorite Colorado venue. It was magical. After two really excellent support acts and a drenching rain shower got things started, the band — a dozen-strong Army corps of beat-makers, knob-twiddlers and multi-instrumentalists — started their set … and didn’t stop the rock until every leg, neck and arm was liquified. I mean, it was exhausting just watching these guys on stage: a flurry of activity, the music surging out of each member through drum kits and keyboards and guitars and microphones. The party gushed in rainbows out to the crowd; the fans wigged out. My concert tastes skew more folk than this so, for me, it was a trip getting swept up; that my good friends and fellow music-lovers Rebecca and William and Lynn were there with me, sliding along the groove and back into the warm night, was like warm gravy. Easily my favorite show of the summer. Setlist


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Another Top 5 List Top Opening Acts

  1. Nathaniel Rateliff (pictured) supporting Mumford & Sons | 6/15/11 | Denver, CO | Fillmore Auditorium | Blew me away.
  2. Kasabian supporting Oasis | 9/20/05 | Morrison, CO | Red Rocks Amphitheater | Brit rabble-rousers.
  3. In The Whale supporting Jane’s Addiction | 11/19/14 | Denver, CO | Ogden Theater | Holy shit, what?
  4. LCD Soundsystem supporting Arcade Fire | 9/17/07 | Morrison, CO | Red Rocks Amphitheater | Upbeat and LOUD.
  5. Papa Grows Funk supporting Galactic | 8/26/06 | Boulder, CO | Fox Theater | NOLA-style funk.


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