James Murphy @ Madison Square Garden in NYC (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)

James Murphy has been keeping busy lately with a coffee addiction and screenings of Shut Up And Play The Hits, a documentary on his band LCD Soundsystem's final show at Madison Square Garden in April. He's also started to announce a few DJ performances, including ones at The Great GoogaMooga, The Roots Picnic, Governors Ball, and Chicago's The Mid. The DFA Records-head will hit the Chicago dance club on March 23 with support from DJ La Jesus, Mister Joshua, and Kool Hersh. Advance tickets are on sale.

Speaking of DFA Records, The Juan Maclean will hit Smart Bar for a DJ set on April 6. Main support comes from Samone Roberts and Advance tickets are on sale.

Check out the trailer for Shut Up And Play The Hits, which screened at SXSW last week, below..

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DOWNLOAD: The Juan Maclean - "Everybody Get Close" (MP3)

The Juan Maclean released their third LP, Everybody Get Close, this past October via DFA Records. Download the album's title track at the top of this post and/or stream it below.

Mishka recently reviewed the LP:

As a retrospective, Everybody Get Close is like a journey in the genesis of a Chicago styled house musician. It is obvious in every drumclap and 303 squelch. Consisting of material that dates as early as when Maclean was working on The Future is Now, this new compilation of b-sides and remixes doesn't hold together well as an album, but that never detracts from the fact that these are some heavy heavy dance tracks.

All 2012 tour dates, below..

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