‘The real story is more confusing than any lie’: the Armed’s Tony Wolski unmasks the punk collective | Music

Ben Chisholm

The Armed are a head-spinning proposition. The anonymous Detroit hardcore collective have spent the past 14 years hiding behind a carefully curated air of mystery and an anarchic sense of irony that has, in tandem […]

Punk and goth legends to converge at Cruel World on Saturday

Punk and goth legends to converge at Cruel World on Saturday

After a tumultuous Coachella, where Frank Ocean tapped out between weekends, concert promoter Goldenvoice now turns to a summer season of genre- and era-driven festivals around L.A. Last weekend’s Just Like Heaven summoned elder millennials […]

Daft Punk Unveil Random Access Memories for 10th Anniversary

Daft Punk Random Access Memories Anniversary 10th reissue

Daft Punk have unveiled the 10th anniversary reissue of their final album, Random Access Memories. Featuring nine previously-unreleased tracks — totaling 35 minutes of new music — the release offers a unique glimpse into the […]

Daft Punk Share ‘Random Access Memories’ 10th Anniversary Edition

Daft Punk Share ‘Random Access Memories’ 10th Anniversary Edition

Daft Punk’s fourth and final album just received the reissue treatment. On Friday, the French electronic duo came through with the 10th-anniversary edition of Random Access Memories, the Grammy-winning album that includes “Instant Crush” with Julian Casablancas, “Doin’ […]

Daft Punk to debut new song with The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas at famous Paris landmark – Music News

Daft Punk to debut new song with The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas at famous Paris landmark - Music News

Daft Punk are set to debut a previously unheard song featuring The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas. The Parisian electronic pioneers – comprising Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo – will unveil ‘Infinity Repeating’ at the legendary […]

Snapchat Preps Major Daft Punk AR Campaign

Snapchat Daft Punk AR

Photo Credit: Snap Snapchat’s AR Studio creates an exclusive augmented reality experience for the 10th-anniversary edition of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories. Snapchat’s Paris-based AR studio is teaming up with Daft Punk’s creative team to celebrate the 10th […]

Prog, angst and cosmic pyramids: why Daft Punk are my generation’s Pink Floyd | Daft Punk

Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon (left) and Daft Punk Random Access Memories.

Few records in the 21st century have divided a band’s fans as much as Daft Punk’s fourth studio album, Random Access Memories. While the reviews were largely positive, a significant swathe of the band’s fanbase […]

Up all night to get jeté! Thomas Bangalter on hanging up his Daft Punk helmet – and leaping into ballet | Music

‘I multitasked for 20 years’ … Bangalter, in the silver helmet, in Daft Punk.

On 1 January 2000, childhood friends Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo decided to become robots. For the release of their second album, Discovery, the Daft Punk duo enlisted Hollywood effects designer Tony Gardner to […]

Ex-Daft Punk co-creator Thomas Bangalter releases classical music album : NPR

Ex-Daft Punk co-creator Thomas Bangalter releases classical music album : NPR

Thomas Bangalter, half of the former Daft Punk duo, composed the score for the ballet Mythologies, choreographed by fellow Frenchman Angelin Preljocaj. Jean-Claude Carbonne/Biz 3 hide caption toggle caption Jean-Claude Carbonne/Biz 3 Thomas Bangalter, half […]