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:
Just when you thought Daft Punk were all out of Random Access Memories-related surprises, a new track has surfaced online. ‘Horizon’ is the bonus track on the Japanese version of the French duo’s latest album, and is a brilliantly blissed out and emotive track which takes the soft-rock leanings of the album to ridiculous levels. To hear…
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories {rating} Buy: Random Access Memories Eight years in the making and the subject of the biggest hype campaign of the century, French electro pioneers Daft Punk’s new album Random Access Memories has a lot of expectations to live up to. The prospect of Daft Punk abandoning the ‘EDM’ scene…
As reported earlier today, Daft Punk’s much anticipated fourth studio album Random Access Memories is now available to stream in full on iTunes. Stream the album here. Random Access Memories has been the centre of one of the biggest publicity pushes in recent times – which has helped lead single ‘Get Lucky’ break Spotify records…
Daft Punk’s criminally under-promoted fourth album is apparently out next week. If you’ve missed the news, the album is called Random Access Memories and features loads of cool old disco legends – as well as Julian Casablancas – as collaborators. The duo today released the below trailer for the album, which shows them ‘unboxing’ the…
This week’s new single releases – 21 April (part 1) There’s so many notable new singles out this week that Phil Lickley has split his single reviews into two parts. Here’s part one: Agnetha Fältskog – ‘When You Really Loved Someone’ [rating:4/5] The former Abba singer releases this new solo effort. With swelling strings and…
With all the hoohah over the past week about Daft Punk’s new single ‘Get Lucky’, the actual issue of whether the song is any good or not has kind of been overlooked. But seeing as this is the first taste of Daft Punk’s first proper album in 8 years, ‘Get Lucky’ is a big deal…
