(Say Goodbye) Is LCD Soundsystem's last show a defining New York moment?

Does it signal the end of any particular eras when LCD Soundsystem headlines Madison Square Garden? Was the James Murphy persona emblematic of a state of mind -- of aging hipsters in a city with nothing going for it but nostalgia, perhaps? Whose charisma will charm a legion of mainstream fans into believing in New York's dance tradition, after Murphy's shadow recedes? Will his absence make it easier to look forward, now that there's no figurehead amping the past? Will he leave a hole that th...

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