You know the parties we’re talking about. At midnight you’ve got a sort of spontaneous dance vibe going and all is feeling right Fast forward two or three hours and maybe a few more beverages and everyone is playing DJ. One guy thinks LCD is always a safe bet so he throws on “All My Friends.” At first you kind of move to it and remember what an all-time jam it is. Then, six minutes into the thing you’re near tears on the couch calling your college ex-girlfriend and wondering what happened to your youth. Or, you know, something like that. Regardless, someone needs to stop that guy at the next party.

Anyway, the tracklist for the upcoming LCD album (due out May 18 in the U.S.) was just released on Pitchfork, and the titles are just vague enough to let us do some speculating on what will emerge from this album as the heart of our future party playlists. Here goes…

Dance Yrself Clean: Sounds fun but too self-aware for our liking: 1:15
Drunk Girls: Similarly-titled Kanye song turned out to be one of the biggest duds of Graduation, but we think James might handle the subject matter a bit more delicately on this apparent potential single: 1:5
One Touch: This sounds of a more romantic (Edit: or overtly sexual) vein to us, but James is a tricky fellow, so maybe not: 1:10
All I Want: For some reason this sounds like a potential steamroller: 2:1
Change: We’re worried (read: secretly pumped) that this is the “All My Friends” style self-deprecating jam of the album. Remember, don’t be that guy: 1:20
Hit: All our hopes lead to this being a balls-to-the-wall victory lap of sorts, but in our minds it’s also like 9 minutes along, and have you seen us dance for nine straight minutes? Yikes: 1:10
Pow Pow: We’re calling this one our dark horse because, well, exclamatory titles FTW! (See: “Get” Innocuous!” and the Crass version of “Yeah” always felt like it should have some exclamation) 1:4
Somebody’s Calling Me: Now we’re just back on that party couch getting an awkward returned call from the college ex-girlfriend. She’s married now? WHAT?! 1:40
What You Need: Normally we’re not so into being told what we need, but in dance form it can be helpful at times. People still do the “Cha Cha Slide,” right? We’re pretty sure James has a much better idea what we need than that guy… 1:2

This concludes our very scientific oddsmaking session.  Question: where would the indie rock Vegas be? Austin? Portland? The bodega with the slots machine in Williamsburg? Wherever it is, see you there in May with the results. (Via: P4K)

If there’s one thing the Internet is good for (do not say pornography), it’s making judgments on stuff and endlessly categorizing and organizing bands into genres. Oh, and arguing about it— the Internet’s good for that as well.

So, without introduction — okay, much introduction — we’ve neatly organized this year’s Sasquatch! lineup for you in terms of musical “genres,” after the jump. Don’t like reading? Fine, we’ll just tell you the basics: it’s taking place from May 29 – 31 at the Gorge Ampitheatre in George, WA, and Pavement is playing. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!?!?!

There’s more to be announced as well, so if you’re really disappointed Limp Bizkit didn’t make the cut, well, keep your fingers crossed (or not).

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Previously, we alerted you to the awe-inspiring, genre-mashing partnership of one Mr. James Murphy and one Noah Baumbach, in which Murphy was to write several solo tracks for the director’s forthcoming film, Greenberg, starring a surprisingly subdued Ben Stiller. Now, we are pleased to share the tracklisting for the movie’s soundtrack, which includes 11 solo tracks from the LCD Soundsystem frontman, along with tunes from some other snazzy musicians.

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The bad news: James Murphy just told NME that he’s fairly certain this will be his last album under the LCD Soundsystem moniker. The good news: Murphy also seems like a bit of a Phil Jackson type, sans the whole Zen master thing. That is to say, he seems like (and even admits in said interview) the type who says things solely to motivate himself toward creating his magnum opus (also, we totally see Murphy as Team Shaq as opposed to Team Kobe). So in just that spirit, we feel compelled to announce that our next blog post will be our last under the Tripwire name. It’s been a good run, kids. (Via: NME)

Noah Baumbach (of The Squid and the Whale and Kicking and Screaming fame) has a new movie coming out.  James Murphy’s “All of My Friends” serves as the soundtrack to said film’s trailer. Said trailer promises that the movie will also feature original music from Murphy, which he said in an interview with Drowned In Sound, will sound “NOTHING like LCD”. The film, titled Greenberg, stars a suprisingly subdued, non-obnoxious Ben Stiller, who agrees to housesit for his brother in Los Angeles upon losing his job. He then reconnects with his old friend and former bandmate, played by Rhys Ifans, while spending increasing amounts of time with his brother’s personal assistant (Greta Gerwig). “As their relationship develops through a series of embarrassingly awkward romantic encounters, even someone as irascible as Greenberg might have at last found a reason to be happy,” the official synopsis reveals. The film will be released on March 12 of next year. It sounds like the perfect role for Stiller. Mr. Murphy also makes a cameo that should prove to be as perfect a dramatic fit.