Culture Bully — Even for people like myself who absolutely loved portions of his debut, I think it is safe to say that no one expected something so amazing out of James Murphy when he released Sound of Silver. more info

Silent Uproar — The new LCD Soundsystem single, "Bye Bye Bayou," reportedly leaked, prompting James Murphy to offer the single for free. After 20,000 downloads, the track is no longer available, but is still streaming on MySpace. The vinyl version will drop November... more info

XFM.co.uk — James Murphy gives away copies of leaked track... more info

Stereogum — We'd spoken briefly about LCD Soundsystem's Vinyl Saturday 12" featuring a cover of "Bye Bye Bayou" from Alan Vega's eponymous 1980 solo debut. Talk is cheap. Take a listen at HypeM. (While you're there, compare/contrast with the original.) Remem... more info

8/1 — LCD Soundsystem James Murphy her fırsatta hayranlığını dile getirdiÄŸi Suicide'ın Alan Vega'sından Bye Bye Bayou adlı ÅŸarkısını cover'ladı. MP3: LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem more info

Stereogum — The LCD head rhapsodizes about art and Nazis, laments social networking's descent into marketing/manipulation, and finds Facebook to be the most "idiotic and hilarious" of them all. So he posted this awesome rant on MySpace instead. (via P4K). more info

411 Mania — Details of the new Final Fantasy album, loads of new music, James Murphy gives details of the next LCD Sounsystem album, Bruce Springsteen to play classic albums in full, Thom Yorke forms a new band and more. more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — 10. Jay-Z - "99 Problems"; John Elway was the last person to truly go out on top, retiring with two Super Bowl wins in a row and then riding off into the sunset. Jay-Z almost pulled off the feat thanks to an album of stellar tracks and "99 Problems" ... more info

NME — James Murphy delivers the good news via Facebook more info

Tastes Like Caramel — We got a late start for the last day of Electric Zoo after a night of afterpartying, but had a visual and sonic feast catching live sets by Desyn Masiello, Al Doyle, Ferry Corsten, Victor Calderone, James Holden, James Murphy, ATB and David Guetta. W... more info