After months of rumour and speculation, iconic French electro duo Daft Punk have finally revealed a bit of official information regarding their new album – the follow-up to their 2005 album Human After All. The new album will be called Random Access Memories and released on 21 May through the duo’s new Columbia Records imprint…
‘Computerized’ has been all over the internet today, but it’s only just been confirmed as real. Originally it was thought that Kanye West had also been involved, but that rumour has been dismissed and now we know it’s just a collaboration between Daft Punk and Jay Z – as if that wasn’t enough! Details are…
UPDATE – 27 March – Don’t worry about these rumours, the ACTUAL lineup has just been announced, see it in full here: Glastonbury lineup Glastonbury 2013 rumours As always, Glastonbury is leaving us all on tenterhooks regarding this years lineup. While all the other ‘major’ festivals have been tripping over each other to get their…
French electro legends Daft Punk have announced details of a remix album for their Tron: Legacy soundtrack. The remix album is to be called Tron: Legacy R3CONFIGUR3D and is set for release on 15 April. As well as the usual digital release, the album will be released on vinyl in a box-set which will also…
Daft Punk are doing a great job of building hype around an album that hasn’t even been announced yet! Last week they revealed the above image, which announced they had signed with Columbia Records, and as rumours swirl about a new album being on the horizon, the electro duo revealed the below advert on US…
We’re coming up to the end of the year, which means there’s currently a deluge of ‘best of’ lists hitting us from all angles online. I don’t like to dwell too much on picking out the ‘best’ when it comes to albums as to pick one excellent album out as ‘better’ than another seems a…
Daft Punk album review – Tron Legacy Official Soundtrack It’s not often that a soundtrack rivals the actual film in terms of expectation and excitement; but ever since it was announced that Guy-Manuel de Homen-Christo and Thomas Bangalter were to put their robot heads together for the soundtrack for the forthcoming Tron franchise reboot, anticipation…
After taking over the summer with the omnipresent ‘Get Lucky’, Daft Punk are back with the other Pharrell-featuring track from Random Access Memories. ‘Lose Yourself To Dance’ is like the older, more mature brother of ‘Get Lucky‘ – relying more on a downtempo groove to get you going. The video is amazing – featuring both…
Having explored the bottom 25 of the year so far, here are my quarter-century of the best songs in 2013 this year. Do you agree or disagree with my selection? Post your thoughts below. 25. Loveable Rogues – ‘What A Night‘ Released: April A catchy slice of summery pop from the BGT runners-up. With a…
Relatively unknown French electro duo Daft Punk have today released a 10-minute extended remix of their obscure recent single ‘Get Lucky’. Maybe this new version will have more success than the original, what do you think? If you have Spotify you can listen to it below:
