LCD Soundsystem at Fillmore Miami Beach

If LCD Soundsystem's third record is indeed the band's last (as main man James Murphy has indicated), at least the group is going out on top. Not since New Order's mid-'80s heyday has a band seamlessly fused dance music with rock, all the while reconciling an indie spirit with the mainstream.

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The Fillmore Miami Beach

1700 Washington Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Category: Music Venues

Region: South Beach

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With Sleigh Bells. 8 p.m. Wednesday, October 6, at the Fillmore Miami Beach, 1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach; livenation.com. Tickets cost $48.70.

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Though Murphy is reluctant to acknowledge his place in the mainstream ("You wanted a hit/But that's not what we do"), at 40 years old, he's self-aware enough to recognize the disingenuousness of those lyrics — "Drunk Girls" was the first great punk song of 2010.

The other eight songs on the hourlong (yes, the tracks average about eight minutes apiece) This Is Happening are no less potent, especially the Bowie-esque "All I Want," the driving "You Wanted a Hit," and "I Can Change," in which Murphy gives his most tuneful vocal performance, singing "I can change/If it helps you fall in love." More obliqueness from Mr. Murphy? People usually don't change, especially at his age.

So, is LCD Soundsystem's supposed swan song a put-on? A catchy, danceable exercise in archness? Maybe not, because Murphy sounds serious in the record's numerous references to going home — as though he's ready to put LCD Soundsystem to bed. If he is, at least he left us with the most successful formula yet for dance rock.