Electro-punk-funk pioneers LCD Soundsystem are a brilliant oddity: a band that isn’t really a band — in the studio, frontman James Murphy does almost everything himself — which ‘formed’ when Murphy was in his late thirties and then pleasantly self-destructed after only six years. This documents that final explosion. It is in part an astonishing concert movie, featuring generous chunks of Murphy and co.’s final concert at Madison Square Garden. Intercut, we get a very fabricated and mildly annoying interview, and footage of a post-gig Murphy mooching aimlessly around his too-white apartment.
Shut Up And Play The Hits Review
In his forties and ready for new challenges, James Murphy and his band LCD Soundsystem decide to end it all band-wise in one final blaze of Madison Square glory.
Release Date:
07 Sep 2012
Running Time:
108 minutes
Certificate:
15
Original Title:
Shut Up And Play The Hits
A great concert movie framed around a substantially less enthralling interview.
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