Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem | Randall’s Island, NY | 10/6/07
So what is a Phillies fan to do? Watch as your team will probably (and eventually) lose to the Colorado Rockies in the NLDS or go see the biggest NYC concert lineup of ‘07. Well, frequent text messages aside, I ended up going to Randall’s Island for the big show on Saturday. As we said earlier, Les Savy Fav were stellar and Blonde Redhead were seductive and mesmerizing. Quote of the night was from a token Joey Brooklyn-type during Blonde Redhead’s set; “Yo, this beat is hott.”
Dude rockers aside, I must say, one thing that surprised me was the lack of movement during LCD Soundsystem’s set. It seemed like the majority of the crowd, from my angle, were unaware of the addictive disco punk grooves of James Murphy. The lack of interest did somewhat damper their otherwise solid set but that didn’t really seem to phase the band. They breezed through a uproarious set mostly comprised of selections from their brilliant new album Sound Of Silver (DFA), with some older numbers like “Yeah (Crass Version)” thrown in for good measure.
After an hour and change set from LCD, the Arcade Fire were ready to put the cherry on top of this indie rock super fest. Follow after the jump for more thoughts and pictures.
