Daft Punk may be going on tour for the first time since 2006. That is if the news that the robots had their permit request to play at Devil's Tower, Wyoming is to be believed. Read More »
As one of about four tracks on Daft Punk's Random Access Memories that was suitable for repeat listens, the Julian Casablancas collab "Instant Crush" was bound to get a video sooner or later. It appears that the Strokes frontman will be starring in some sort of weird, solo stage performance with a love doll, if this preview clip from a French news program is to be believed. Read More »
Here's further proof that they UK never really left the boy band era: One Direction's new album Midnight Memories just surpassed Daft Punk's monster Random Access Memories to become the fastest-selling album of 2013 in the United Kingdom. Read More »
Daft Punk, Pharrell and Nile Rodgers have officially dropped yet another single from "Random Access Memories." Today (Sept. 16), "Lose Yourself to Dance" has gotten the music video treatment from the "Get Lucky" performers, and the clip is as shiny as a '70s disco. Read More »
As if Pharrell and Daft Punk needed one more accolade. The "Get Lucky" group teamed up yet again to feature on the cover of the 20th Anniversary issue of VIBE. The get-ups on the cover are a callback to the video for the chart-topping single from Random Access Memories that had us all in a tizzy earlier this year. Read More »
Stephen Colbert, Daft Punk: After 'Random Access Memories' Duo Cancels, Host Throws Celeb-filled 'Get Lucky' Dance Party Read More »
Legendary guitarist/producer and recent Daft Punk collaborator Nile Rodgers just announced via Twitter that he is cancer-free after battling prostate cancer since 2010. Doctors succesfully removed tumors from the "Get Lucky" co-star's prostate and he spread the word via social media Read More »
Robin Thicke gets accused of biting Justin Timberlake a lot. But the Blurred Lines crooner might owe Daft Punk and Pharrell at least a high-five for "Ooo La La," an unpretentious slab of pure disco revivalism. Thicke decided to dive into this schmaltzy track with both feet, convincingly repeating "You can have my body, you can have my soul" with nary a wink, much in the same way Pharrell committed to tracks like "Get Lucky" and "Lose Yourself To Dance." Read More »
It was really only a matter of time before Daft Punk's hit single "Get Lucky" was somehow worked into a condom advertisement, but when Durex released a new condom design and campaign around the summer hit some people were taken aback. To say that this idea is "on the nose" is an understatement. We all know what "Get Lucky" is about so Durex's choice to embrace the song in the tongue-and-cheek promotion was a solid move. Read More »
It looks like the robots are contiuining their domination of the zeitgeist in 2013. We had the uber-hyped urelease of Random Access Memories, the inescapable single "Get Lucky" and even, sponsored race uscars. Now (just in case you mistakenly thought you might one day be as cool as Daft Punk) the robots are getting their own action figures. Read More »
In spite of it's massive sales numbers, critical approval and almost certainty to make a dent on the year-end lists, their are people out there who don't like Daft Punk's Random Access Memories (like Diplo). Well, Tiesto has thrown in with the anti-RAM camp and even trashed Tron:Legacy for good measure. Read More »
Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" off their latest album Random Access Memories has been an inescapable monster this summer. The hit song has turned up on radio stations across the country, held strong on the singles charts and propelled the album to a first-place opening. This is undoubtedly good news for Daft Punk, but it also works out fine for another unlikely group, 1980's synth-filled, cheese rockers Loverboy. Read More »
Although the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, is dealing with an incredible amount of controversial issues, he might be glad to know that there is a new viral video of him making the rounds this week. His mind is full of NSA worries and Snowden whistle blowing turmoil, so it's nice to see something humorous involving the Commander in Chief pop up onto our computers for once. "BarackDubs," a YouTube account full of Obama-themed musical covered comprised of cut up live appearances, has just released its latest video: Barack Obama singing Daft Punk's hit song "Get Lucky" off of 2013's Random Access Memories. Read More »