Pitchfork

When LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy sang about all his "Friends" on this year's good-as-gold Sound of Silver, who knew he was talking about kewl folks like Franz Ferdinand, John Cale, Erol Alkan, and Joy Division?

Yet all these characters crop up on various configurations of the latest Silver single, "All My Friends", out May 21 via DFA/EMI. On that date, folks overseas will have the opportunity to purchase three different versions of the Silver standout. The first of two 7"s includes an Erol Alkan-produced cover of the song by Franz Ferdinand and an LCD cover of Joy Division's "No Love Lost" on the flip, while on the second 7" Velvet Underground viola vet John Cale gives "Friends" a go. The CD option, meanwhile, includes Franz's take and something new called "Freak Out/Starry Eyes". Or pass on doors one, two, and three for door number four, a 12" edition of "All My Friends", out May 28.

LCD Soundsystem, undeterred by foiled chart-topping ambitions, launch a North American tour at Coachella this weekend (with buddies Prinzhorn Dance School opening), then rock the European festival circuit all summer long.

"All My Friends":

7" #1:
01 All My Friends (Franz Ferdinand Version)
02 No Love Lost

7" #2
01 All My Friends (John Cale Version)
02 All My Friends

CD:

01 All My Friends (Edit)
02 All My Friends (Franz Ferdinand Version)
03 Freak Out/Starry Eyes
04 All My Friends (video)

12":

01 All My Friends
02 All My Friends (Harvey Mix)
03 Freak Out/Starry Eyes

Gigs:

04-28 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
04-29 Los Angeles, CA - The Standard *
04-30 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine #
05-01 San Francisco, CA - Mighty *
05-02 Seattle, WA - Showbox #
05-03 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom #
05-04 Vancouver, British Columbia - Celebrities Nightclub *
05-05 Toronto, Ontario - The Social *
05-06 Chicago, IL - Metro #
05-07 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theater #
05-08 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theater #
05-09 Montreal, Quebec - Spectrum de Montreal #
05-11 Boston, MA - Axis/Paradise #
05-12 Brooklyn, NY - Studio B #
05-13 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club #
05-14 New York, NY - Webster Hall #
06-16 London, England - O2 Wireless Festival $
06-17 Leeds, England - O2 Wireless Festival
06-29 St. Gallen, Switzerland - St. Gallen Festival
06-30 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Wercther Festival
07-01 Gdynia, Poland - Heineken Opener Festival
07-04 Lisbon, Portugal - Super Bock Super Rock
07-05 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-13 Barcelona, Spain - Summercase
07-14 Madrid, Spain - Summercase
07-18 Ibiza, Spain - Ibiza Rocks Festival
08-17 Saint-Malo, France - Route du la Rock Festival
08-24 Leeds, England - Carling Weekend Festival
08-25 Liverpool, England - Creamfields Festival
08-26 Reading, England - Carling Weekend Festival
08-31-09-02 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
09-02 Argyll, Scotland - Connect Festival

* James Murphy and Pat Mahoney DJ set
# with Prinzhorn Dance School
$ with Daft Punk (!!)