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Lcd Soundsystem star James Murphy has become the latest celebrity to launch his own coffee blend The musician is a coffee enthusiast and recently took a training course to learn more about beans and blends from an expert - and now Murphy is developing his...

New Build will release their debut album Yesterday Was Lived and Lost on April 3 on the band’s own imprint, Lanark Recordings. The London-based group features Hot Chip/ LCD Soundsystem’s Al Doyle, Hot Chip’s Felix Martin and Tom Hopkins.

Being a coffee connoisseur has become all the rage among the creative set with folks like Bonnie Prince Billy and David Lynch getting their brew on . Now former LCD Soundsystem main man James Murphy wants in on the coffee craze so he's developing his own signature espresso blend. "I make a lot of coffee," Murphy told New York Magazine's Grub Street blog . "For my birthday, my girlfriend got me a ...

The to-be-announced blend will be available in a single store.

James Murphy muses over LCD Soundsystem's new documentary at Sundance

Portia Medina In a recent interview, the influential frontman revealed his plans to create a boutique espresso line. read more

LCD Soundsystem is over, but James Murphy lives on. That's main takeaway of "Shut Up and Play the Hits," the energetic portrait of the group's big finish last year and a popular entry in Sundance's midnight selection this year. More than just a concert movie, "Shut Up and Play the Hits" explores the 41-year-old Murphy's decision to walk away from being the frontman for a vastly successful dance ...

More From Sundance 2012: • Reel Talk: SPIN's Shots From Sundance 2012 • SPIN @ Sundance: Can Sean Penn Actually Play Robert Smith? • SPIN @ Sundance: Andy Samberg Tries To Be Unfunny • SPIN's 20 Most Anticipated Films of Sundance 2012 No, SPIN would never seriously tell James Murphy to shut up — quite the opposite. Last night's midnight screening of Shut Up and Play the Hits was the highlight of ...

In Shut Up and Play the Hits , the documentary about LCD Soundsystem's last show at Madison Square Garden, James Murphy declares that he and the band never wanted to play small shows where people stand around and do nothing. So it was pretty ironic that sitting around and doing nothing was mostly what the audience for last night's midnight screening did. The movie plays many of the band's dance ...

Shut Up and Play the Hits -- which premiered Sunday night at the Sundance Film Festival here, with Murphy and the filmmakers in attendance -- gives us a fly-on-the-wall look at the final hours of a band completely self-conscious of its destiny, yet still on the brink of the unknown.

Rock stars tend to exit the public stage in one of two ways: with a burst of drama or by fading away on sad-sack tours. Rock stars tend to exit the public stage in one of two ways: with a burst of drama or by fading away on sad-sack tours.