From Blown Speakers

Sunday, August 24, 2025
keylime pie and frampton live/wish that I would fucking die

I'm going to Toronto... or I guess when you read this, I will be in Toronto. And I was going to say, "I'm going to see LCD Soundsystem (and also Oasis)," but when you read this I will have already seen LCD Soundsystem (but not Oasis yet).

The first time I saw them was over two decades ago.

Then there was 14-years ago when it could be the last time. And when I thought it was, it was something I thought would be etched in core memories forever. I mean, as much as something can be when you're too-many-drinks-to-count deep. But I had the time of my life at that show: my first time in New York City seeing one of my favourite bands. At the time, I called them "my favourite band of the last decade" and they definitely were. They still might be.

While I came home from that trip in 2011 and was still at peak "guy in his 20s who loves LCD Soundsystem" (pejorative) for another six months or so, it sort of felt like the beginning of the end of a particular chapter of excess that James Murphy soundtracked. Me starting to grow up a bit coincided with this band going away. And while I bought that Christmas single and then preordered the actual comeback album, I didn't jump at the first opportunity to see them like I did with Sleater-Kinney.

I had this weird "what's done is done" feeling and I still kind of do.

It's funny, because I hear about the Hold Steady doing a handful of shows a year for their middle aged fans to keep themselves from having to get real jobs and I think it rocks. But there's something about my personal experience with LCD Soundsystem that makes me feel a bit blasé about them being on the nostalgia circuit.

I finally caught them in 2022. I was in New York again and they were too. I actually really wanted to see Hop Along that night (and still wish I did), but I mentioned the LCD show to the friends I was with and suddenly we were going to see them.

Our group had a little Covid exposure scare and I spent the entire show stone cold sober with an N95 plastered to my face.

I did not have a good time.

This time around is a bit similar (minus the Hop Along thing and hopefully minus the Covid thing). I was going to fly into Toronto on Sunday, see Oasis on Monday, recuperate/shop for clothes and records on Tuesday, and zip home on Wednesday. But LCD Soundsystem are doing Friday and Saturday in Toronto, so why not show up a day early?

This one. This one could be the last time too. They all kind of feel that way now.

But also, maybe there's a chance that I'll find that spark and dance myself clean.

I've been feeling a bit like a kid again for various reasons lately, so there's a chance.

Album of the week

Hand Habits - Blue Reminder

It took a few singles--til that one above, to be exact--until I started to get excited about this record.

This is lazy as hell, but also, I don't think I can say anything intelligent about this record that wasn't already said more eloquently in Marissa Lorusso's P4K review, so go read that.

Song of the week

Joyce Manor - All My Friends Are So Depressed

This band has never been my thing, but this song sure is. Maybe you're all "dude, they're just ripping off the Smiths so hard here," and to that I say "yes."

From the Marr riff to that just-a-lil' twangy chorus, what a goddamn gorgeous little pop song.

Classic of the week

Pina Chulada - Someone Like You

It used to feel like the internet was forever, but there's actual media that's just sort of lost. There's an increasing number of things I've read, listened to, and really fucking loved. Gone. Less important, but there's also some stuff I've written that has just disappeared into the internet aether.

My friend Maegan seemed kinda taken aback when I said there was some stuff that I wrote that I just don't have copies of. "That's art too. You have to keep it."

"Art" might be too kind of a descriptor, but she's right (of course she is--she's a very smart lady). When it comes to all of those lost articles/blogs/etc, I wish I'd held onto something, even if it was just a .doc file.

I guess this video being on YouTube still means it's not lost yet. But it's not on streaming. You can't find a live download link (although I have some really dodgy quality mp3s somewhere?). And the band's MySpace, where this was originally hosted, obviously doesn't exist anymore.

But man, what a beauty of a song. And what a shame it'll be if it just up and disappears one day. There's probably already a lot of great songs that have.

More heat

Wednesday - Bitter Everyday

The fourth and final advance single from Bleeds is another ripper, but they put it out on Tuesday and should've waited 24-hours imho. This album is gonna be so good.

Living Hour - Waiter

From Wednesday, to this band from Winnipeg that sounds like Wednesday. That sounds like a backhanded compliment, but I love this shit.

End It - Could You Love Me?

I was already excited for End It's debut full length (Wrong Side of Heaven out this Friday). And what I was expecting was 20 or 30-minutes of the kind of nasty, brutish, and short hardcore that they've become known for.

They're actually covering another hardcore band here--now defunct New York thrashers, Maximum Penalty--but this is a straight up 60's pop song with a the distortion turned up a little. I knew this record was going to be fun, because banging your head while getting crushed by punk riffs is fun, but this is a type of fun I wasn't expecting.

Also, you could already kinda tell Ekil Godsey could sing even when he's usually yelling, but dude can sing.

now playing: LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends

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