The audacity! The gear gluttony! The sheer pomp of the longest-running bit of irony in indie music! On August 13, LCD Soundsystem returned to Red Rocks supported by the legendary TV on the Radio for a beautiful night at the greatest music venue on earth. Why does this feel like the end of an era? Could this be the punchline to that joke?

It was everything fans could possibly ask for: energetic, moving, audacious and highly technical, with the band playing all the fan favorites in a perfect, cohesive set — although frontman James Murphy seemed a bit over it with his monologue during "New York I Love You, But You're Bringing Me Down."

LCD Soundsystem is undoubtedly the godfather of the early 2000s and 2010s indie electronic scene; of all the bands of that era, it's among the few that s

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