The Holdovers problem and an ideal LCD Soundsystem setlist

Eight bangers, nine jams

Hello from London. The first international edition of Bangers & Jams will drop next Saturday, and it will certainly include the meal I had at Mountain last night. 

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• Caught LCD Soundsystem at a Brooklyn Steel home game last week. The setlist was very good, but inevitably I go into every show of theirs hoping for a few tracks they skip. So, while honoring their general concert structure, here’s what I consider the ideal set for the best live act in the world: