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Revealed via a YouTube Video
Feb 22, 2021
By Mark Redfern
French electronic music legends Daft Punk have announced they have broken up. The news was revealed via a YouTube video titled “Epilogue” that repurposes footage from their 2006 film Electroma and features their robot alter egos being blown up in the desert, followed by a title screen that says 1993-2021. More
Rest Due Out November 17 via Because Music
Sep 08, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
French singer/actress Charlotte Gainsbourg has announced a new album, Rest, and shared its title track, which was co-written and produced by Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. Rest is due out November 17 via Because Music. More
Everything Now Due Out July 28 via Columbia, Co-Produced by Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter and Pulp's Steve Mackey
Jun 01, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
As signs were pointing to over the last 24 hours, Arcade Fire have announced their new album, Everything Now, which is due out July 28 via their new label Columbia. They have also shared a video for the album’s title track and announced a tour. More
Starboy Out Now via XO/Republic
Mar 10, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfaye) released his new full-length album, Starboy, last November via XO/Republic. Now he has shared a video for “I Feel It Coming,” one of the songs on the album to feature French electronic legends Daft Punk. More
Starboy Due Out November 25 via XO/Republic
Sep 22, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
The Weeknd is releasing his new full-length album, Starboy, on November 25 via XO/Republic. Now Abel Tesfaye has shared the album’s title track via Apple Music. More
Drama About the 1990s French Electronic Music Scene Out Now
Jul 06, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Eden is a new fictionalized drama about the 1990s French electronic music scene. It’s out now in limited release and co-stars Greta Gerwig. Mia Hansen-Løve directed the film and co-wrote it with her brother Sven. More
Offers Lossless CD-quality Audio and Video
Mar 31, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
Yesterday Jay Z announced the launch of a brand new music streaming service called Tidal. More
Music Theory to the Rescue!
Mar 28, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Even though he’s got a new album on the way, Owen Pallett seems to be prepared to take on a new job description: music critic. More
Performed "Get Lucky" with Nile Rodgers, Stevie Wonder, and Pharrell
Jan 27, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
Last night Daft Punk came away with the top honors from the 56th annual Grammy Awards, winning Album of the Year for Random Access Memories, as well as Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Get Lucky.” More
Ceremony Takes Place January 26
Dec 19, 2013
By Laura Studarus
Daft Punk’s first live performance of material from this year’s Random Access Memories will be at the Grammy Awards, which take place on January 26. More
Daft Punk, James Blake, Vampire Weekend Up for Contention
Dec 09, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
With its 56th annual awards ceremony taking place Sunday, Jan. 26, the Grammys announced its official list of nominees over the weekend. More
French Military Doll Alert!
Dec 05, 2013
By Laura Studarus
As reveled this morning on French television, the next track to get the video treatment from Daft Punk’s recent album Random Access Memories is “Instant Crush.” More
Nov 11, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Over the weekend the MTV Europe Music Awards took place in Amsterdam. More
First Copy Appeared at New York Comic Con
Oct 14, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Over the weekend at New York Comic-Con an entourage of security appeared holding a briefcase with the familiar logo of Daft Punk. More
When You’re Daft Punk, You Make the Rules
Sep 20, 2013
By Laura Studarus
It seems like an odd choice for Daft Punk to remix a song from Franz Ferdinand’s first album. But when you’re the reigning kings of the French music scene, you make the rules. More
Sep 16, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Making the extremely difficult choice of how to follow one of the biggest hits of the summer, Daft Punk recently picked their Random Access Memories track “Lose Yourself to Dance” to succeed their omnipresent single “Get Lucky.” More
Performing Not-So-Surprise-Appearance on the VMAs
Aug 07, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Last night Daft Punk were scheduled to make a much-hyped appearance on The Colbert Report and perform their summer hit single “Get Lucky.” More
Aug 02, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Earlier this week, Stephen Colbert made an out-of-nowhere appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, dancing onto the set while Daft Punk‘s summer hit “Get Lucky” played through the studio. More
For When You’re Up All Night to Get Lucky
Jul 10, 2013
By Laura Studarus
Someone call the pun police: in honor of the song that has seduced our hearts and minds, Daft Punk now has their own condom. More
Jul 03, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
As if getting their own race car wasn’t cool enough, Daft Punk have revealed that their likeness will be converted to action figure form later this year. More
Available Digitally July 16
Jun 26, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Following the release of their new album Random Access Memories, French duo Daft Punk revealed that they would soon be tackling their own set of remixes, with plans to release a whole album. More
World Domination Surely Not Far Behind
May 23, 2013
By Laura Studarus
It is impossible these days to go for more than a few hours without talking about Daft Punk. We for one welcome our robotic overlords and their addictive new album Random Access Memories. More
May 22, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Spending years working on their highly-praised return album Random Access Memories, Daft Punk undoubtedly left a number of songs on the cutting room floor. More
May 17, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Just a few hours ago the town of Wee Waa, Australia, hosted the official launch party for Daft Punk‘s first album in eight years, Random Access Memories. More
May 14, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
A full week before their release two of the year’s most highly-anticipated records have become available to stream. More
Close Encounters of the Daft Kind
May 13, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Daft Punk, whose imminent return album Random Access Memories arrives next week, have released a new teaser video. More
Random Access Memories Out May 21
Apr 24, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Over the past several weeks in the lead-up to their much-anticipated new album Random Access Memories, Daft Punk have been airing a series of testimonal videos featuring the collaborators and contributors that joined them in making the record. More
Radio Edit Available on iTunes
Apr 19, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
As promised yesterday, Daft Punk properly unveiled “Get Lucky,” the first single from the EDM icons’ forthcoming new LP Random Access Memories. More
Featuring Pharrell and Nile Rodgers
Apr 18, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Tonight at midnight, eastern time, Daft Punk will release “Get Lucky,” the first official single off the group’s upcoming album Random Access Memories. More
Apr 17, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Yesterday French EDM pioneers Daft Punk revealed the tracklist for their highly-anticipated new album Random Access Memories. More
Mar 24, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Eight years since the release of their last proper album, Human After All, Daft Punk have announced the arrival of the newest record, Random Access Memories. More
Feb 26, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Despite being a pretty well-known fact by this point French electronic duo Daft Punk have confirmed that they have signed with Columbia Records. More
Jan 28, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Newly signed to Columbia Records, Daft Punk have revealed that they will release a new studio album this year. More
Denies New Album is on the Way in June
Mar 19, 2012
By Laura Studarus
Holy conflicting info Batman! News surfaced today that French robot men Daft Punk are collaborating with Oscar-nominated composer Paul Williams. But Daft Punk’s camp has officially denied the rumor that the duo has a new album dropping in June.
A Lost Track From the French Duo
Sep 16, 2011
By Laura Studarus
As previously announced, French masked men Daft Punk have an unreleased track called “Drive,” set to see the light of day as part of the Soma Records 20 Years compilation (out September 19). We have a stream of the track. More
“Drive” to be Included on Soma Records Boxset
Aug 04, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
Soma Records have announced that they will be releasing Daft Punk‘s “Drive,” a song from 1994 that was never released on the label’s 20th anniversary box set. More
Ireland, Home to the Coolest Student Music Program Ever?
Apr 29, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Recently, Trinity Orchestra in Dublin—a student-ran musical program—performed Daft Punk’s Discovery in full. More
TRON: Legacy Out December 17, Soundtrack Out Today
Dec 07, 2010
By Katrina Yentch
Daft Punk has created an official video for their single, “Derrezed,” which will be featured in the upcoming sequel to TRON, TRON: Legacy, out December 17th. Daft Punk’s full soundtrack to the film came out today. We have the video. More
See Part of Daft Punk's Appearance in the Movie
Oct 26, 2010
By Katrina Yentch
Walt Disney has released a new trailer for Tron: Legacy, out in theaters December 17. The colorfully electric video features Daft Punk’s “Derrezed” played as a soundtrack to various action filled scenes. More
Bands Play Hits From Both Catalogues
Oct 21, 2010
By Laura Studarus
During the encore of Phoenix’s gig last night at Madison Square Garden a surprise guest took the stage—fellow French band, Daft Punk. We have the video. More
Reviews
Feb 02, 2015
By Lily Moayeri
Keeping in mind that Daft Punk only release music twice a decade, this reissue of Alive 2007 was nicely timed for gift giving season. The live album-as the name might indicate, stretches over two discs that now Daft Punk is releasing on double vinyl. More
May 17, 2013
By Dan Lucas
With an album as hyped as this, Daft Punk‘s first LP in eight years if you discount the Tron: Legacy score, it’s probably worthwhile actually addressing the instantly tossed off online community reactions. More