iTunes Playlist: "bestoflcd"

So, in planning for this summer's Pitchfork Festival, I was reminded that Cali had never listened to LCD Soundsystem before, crazy as that sounds. She's probably heard stuff like "Beat Connection" and "Daft Punk is Playing at my House" in bars and so on, but never actually sat down and listened to them.

Considering there are plenty of other artists we need to school ourselves on before July, I didn't want to overwhelm her by handing over the entire LCD Soundsystem discography. Instead, I decided to put together an 80-minute "best of" mix CD for her. I tried to capture just the right mix of essential songs, my favourite songs, and songs that they were likely to play at the Festival. Trickier than it sounds, particularly since most of their tracks aren't exactly the three- or four-minute variety.

Here's what I came up with:



I don't like not having room for "Daft Punk is Playing at my House," and the new album is underrepresented, but otherwise I feel good about this collection of songs.