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Daft Punk, 20 Years Later

After 20 years, the world has finally caught up with Daft Punk
After 20 years, the world has finally caught up with Daft Punk, so the helmet-clad retro-futurists are embarking on a new mission: to make music breathe again. [...]

The day after the pair's refurbished guises were revealed on Coachella's screens as planned – causing mad dashes and some of the festival's most excited outbursts – Bangalter says everything about RAM and its buildup is about the surprise, the magic. "When you know how a magic trick is done, it's so depressing," he explains. "We focus on the illusion because giving away how it's done instantly shuts down the sense of excitement and innocence."

This strategy extends to the album's daunting and ambitious conception, which had Daft Punk recruiting some of the world's most gifted session players – guys who worked on classics by the likes of Michael Jackson, Madonna, and David Bowie – to lay down the beats, melodies, and chords bouncing around Bangalter and de Homem-Christo's heads. Not to mention full-on, mind-melding collaborations with a number of their idols and like-minded contemporaries including Chic mastermind Nile Rodgers, Pharrell, schmaltzy 70s singer/songwriter Paul Williams, Panda Bear, house deity Todd Edwards, and electro originator Giorgio Moroder. Plus: Everything was recorded onto analog tape in rarified recording palaces like New York's Electric Lady and L.A.'s Capitol Studios. Human spontaneity was coveted; computers, with their tendency toward mindless repetition, were not.

"Technology has made music accessible in a philosophically interesting way, which is great," says Bangalter, talking about the proliferation of home recording and the laptop studio. "But on the other hand, when everybody has the ability to make magic, it's like there's no more magic – if the audience can just do it themselves, why are they going to bother?"

usually not a big fan of pitchfork, and you might be getting kinda tired of all the Daft Punk coverage and excitement that's all over the internet – but i just couldn't help myself, since i actually sat down and ended up reading the entire thing.

good stuff, and enjoy'n the new album... still plan on buying it, since i still believe we should help support the bands we like – as usual, took a few play throughs, but the more i listen to it the more i like it.

Daft Punk Leaked

Daft Punk's Random Access Memories Has Leaked Online
Surprise! The new Daft Punk Album, Random Access Memories, has leaked online one week before the official release.

And if you'd rather get your music by legal means, you can stream the entire thing right here on iTunes.


Snippets of the album have leaked over the past month or so, but this is apparently the real, hour and fifteen minute long affair, featuring the likes of Pharrell, Julian Casablancas, and famed producer Giorgio Moroder. You might need to excuse yourself for a quick dance break. [iTunes, h/t @MikeIsaac]

Update: Some of us have been having issues with iTunes showing the stream and then not showing it, but if you refresh enough times it should show up for you.

i'll be damned... stream'n it in itunes right now, mang.


p.s. full album on grooveshark...

Monday Music

been hearing this song "sweater weather" by The Neighbourhood for the past week or two, and i don't know what it is but i like it... just seems to get stuck in my damn head for some reason.

another one i was crank'n loud and getting some heavy rotation was this "high heel leather boots" song.

yeah, definitely my kinda jam.

Get Lucky

there's been so many versions (heh) of it from fans all over the world, that it's been kinda nutty... their new album drops May 21st, and i have a feeling it's going to do gangbusters in sales.

so here's the official version of Daft Punk's new song.

it's definitely one i'll buy and not just BT. *ahem*

PSY, Part II

Psy's 'Gentleman' video smashes YouTube records

oh boy, here we go again aye?

"Gangnam Style" star Psy's new music video had received more than 50 million views on YouTube by Monday, re-writing the video-sharing site's records for single-day hits.

The dance video to "Gentleman", the South Korean singer's long-awaited follow up to "Gangnam Style, was only posted on YouTube at 9:00 pm (1200 GMT) on Saturday.

In the first 24 hours, it racked up around 20 million hits, destroying the previous record for single-day views of 8.0 million, set by Canadian heartthrob Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" video in May 2012.

wonder how long before he hits another billion views on this video, and we start to hear it playing in Home Depot and the local gas station. *blink*

Monday Music

first single off Daft Punk's new album Random Access Memories

to be honest, at first i thought i just got punked and was almost waiting to get rickroll'd... just not what i expected i guess, but after listening to the entire thing i like it more.

will have to crank it up at home later. *nods*

Accidental Racist

'Accidental Racist,' New Brad Paisley & LL Cool J Song, Will Probably Make You Cringe

i remember seeing some tweets about it yesterday, but just sorta skimmed right past it when i saw "LL Cool J"... but i just watched the music vid, and my first thought was along the lines of "rap and country music? now that's an interesting mix".

halfway through i'll admit to cringe'n a little.

Today's Music

Alkaline Trio - "She Lied To The FBI" (Full Album Stream)

says it's a full album stream, but only played one song for me... but either way, been awhile since i've heard something new from 'em and i'm digging the sound.


mental note to grab new album.

Bose QC15's

i've had the dre beats for about a year now, but over time i've grown to kind of dislike 'em – not for the sound quality or anything, but more so for the comfort level... they're heavy and push against the side of my head quite a bit, which has been giving me headaches... so over the past month i've been looking at different headphones and finally settled on the Bose QC15's.

ordered a pair on saturday from amazon and they were waiting on my front porch when i got home lastnight – just gotta luv amazon, mang – and quickly fired 'em up... thing i like about them is how light and comfortable they are, which is exactly what i was looking for... especially when you're working all day in the office and need to chill & work to some tune'age.

they're a bit pricey, but i really didn't find anything i liked all that much better and the noise cancellation really does make a difference... good for road trips too, so they should come in handy when i ride up to NYC on the train, etc.