Today mogger August sent me a link to a video he thought I would like. Well in typical fashion he was dead on, and it made me even more excited for an event that will be happening this Thrusday. Kidrobot will be releasing another set of Dunny's something that I find exciting to say the least. Added bonus is the fact they are all done by artists from England, another plus in my book. We're mark...
Daft Punk have added more tour dates following their Ocotber 27th gig at Vegoose Festival in Las Vegas. Unfortunately non of them are in the US, but some people in Japan are going to be happy. The duo are heading west after a Halloween stop in Mexico City and making stops in both Japan and Australia. The live album Daft Punk Alive 2007 will be released November 20th.Daft Punk tour dates:10-27 L...
Substantial & Chew Fu were recently commissioned (by Sheena Beaston) to retool Daft Punk’s Make Love for an upcoming project that will be remixing Human After All in it’s entirety. According to QN5, Remix After All was created when 10 popular and acknowledged music blogs (excluding the dopehouse haha) got together to create an unofficial [...]
Here's some video footage from the concept art preview party for the new Tron movie at comic-con. Daft Punk is doing the soundtrack and you can hear a little of what it's going to sound like in the background....exciting stuff....and a really cool motorcycle...
Maybe you had yourself a long last night. Or pehaps your taking your Friday night easy after a long week of holiday parties. Whatever the reason you might be glued to the couch this evening don't worry about The Ghost Whisperer being your only form of entertainment. The folks over at Pitchfork.tv will begin airing Daft Punk"s musical film odyssey Electroma at 8pm EST, and if you lurrrrrrrvve it...
The electro-duo phenomenon that is Daft Punk are putting their acting skills back into action. No, it isn't another GAP commercial. They will be contributing more than just the scoring the entire soundtrack for the highly anticipated movie Tron Legacy, which is Disney's mega-budget remake of the 1982 original about artificial intelligence and a computer-generated world.According to one of the s...
Daft Punk have signed an exclusive deal to feature the duo as characters in the forthcoming DJ Hero video game.Not only will players be able to play as the french dance duo but they will also be able to perform on a stage that is a virtual replica of the stage they performed on during their 2007 Alive tour.The forthcoming game will also feature game exclusive Daft Punk mash-ups from bands inclu...
Daft Punk, Gorgol Bordello, Iggy Pop, Hot Chip, The Shins, New Young Pony Club and other rockers have each reinterpreted the Playboy Bunny logo for a series of T-shirts that will be released by the magazine. The shirts are part of the Playboy Rock The Rabbit series and are being sold at Bloomindale's and will be available at ShopTheBunny.com. The artists' original designs will be auctioned of...
Here's a little gem for you Daft Punk fans - the entire Interstella 5555 on YouTube for free...even in HQ if you want it!Interstella 5555 is a feature-length Japanese animated musical film originally released on December 1, 2003. The film is the visual realization of Discovery, an album by Daft Punk. Each track from the album has been animated as an episode in the story of the abduction and res...
It has been said from on high, that if you buy the new DJ Hero game you can play as Daft Punk. That means you get to get all robot rock on that digital crowd, as you tower over them in Daft Punk’s signature pyramid set while fake cutting exclusive Daft Punk created megamixes/mash-ups especially made for this game. How psyched are you? I don’t even play video games anymore and I’m already p
French discothèque astronauts, Daft Punkhave announced details for their Summer tour for the US. New York post punk group, The Rapture will be playing a supporting role to promote their 2006 album, ??Pieces of the People We Love??(Motown/Universal).(Daft Punk)www.daftpunk.com(The Rapture)www.therapturemusic.comwww.myspace.com/therapture July 27 - Berkeley, CA: Greek Theater July 29 - Seattle, W..
I guess I wasn't the only one to be blown away by Kanye West's mash-up of Daft Punk's song for his new album. Turns out, Daft Punk loved it as well and they are eager to produce new songs with him! West's manager, Don C, told MTV, "They loved the album and the way Kanye is pushing the envelope for hip-hop..." I would love to hear an entire album of songs like "Stronger." Hopefully Kanye is ...
Pitchfork.tv will be streaming Daft Punk's sci-fi film Electroma on demand as of 8 p.m. today for a period of 24 hours. The following is a reprint of my review from last August. Somehow, robots have replaced humans, yet continue to partake in many human-like activities like going to church, dressing according to gender and driving 1987 [...]
First we heard Daft Punk were gonna write the score for TR2N, an updated version of the science fiction animation hit “TRON” from way back in 1982.Now we hear Thomas Bangalter (1/2 of Daft Punk)…. …is gonna score the soundtrack for Argentinean director Gaspar Noe’s flick Enter The Void which is due to be released in [...]
Vice Records will be showing Daft Punk 's robot saga "Electroma" in the States. Finally! The movie first screened at the Cannes Film Festival an entire year ago, and I know I was getting impatient! The plot revolves around two androids on their quest to become human. Here is a few minutes from the reel, with music by Todd Rundgren:Actually none of the music in the movie is by Daft Punk them...