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-6 posts tagged "Daft Punk"
Patrick Witteman | Friday, March 12, 2021
The prolific French duo Daft Punk has officially split after 28 years of making, producing and releasing music. The group decided to break the news with an eight-minute clip from their 2006 movie, “Electroma.” The duo, composed of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (gold helmet) and Thomas Bangalter (silver helmet), pushed the limits of electronic music while giving
Ryan Israel | Friday, March 5, 2021
Editor’s Notes is a bi-weekly column from Scene Editor Ryan Israel. It is about whatever music, movie, television series, celebrity or trend he’s into at the moment. Don’t talk to me unless you want to talk about Anya Taylor-Joy It appears that Anya Taylor-Joy is built differently. Mere days before the Golden Globes, where she
Patrick Witteman | Thursday, February 14, 2019
When Chaz Bear, better known as Toro y Moi, released his first album, “Causers of This,” in 2010, he became the designated torch bearer for the burgeoning chill-wave movement. Though that sound and aesthetic has started to fade from the mainstream, the Berkeley-based musician is still releasing some of the more inspired music of his
Adrian Mark Lore | Tuesday, November 29, 2016
It has been about ten years since the French electro-house outfit Justice made its bombastic entrance into the vanguard of electronic dance music with the release of their debut LP, “Cross,” in 2007. That record was cathartic, invigorating, explosive, trashy and often just plain bad — yet in an excellent, arguably ground-breaking way. By pumping
Matthew Munhall | Monday, September 14, 2015
In 2010, critic Simon Reynolds wrote in The Guardian about the “1980s revival that lasted an entire decade.” Reynolds cites Daft Punk’s “Discovery” as the quintessential album of this revival, synthesizing post-disco, synthpop and electro in the process of reconstructing the 80s. The specter of the 80s during the the mid-aughts could be seen in
John Darr | Monday, January 27, 2014
Since their establishment, major Grammy awards have gone to solely popular artists. For this reason, a shockwave went through the music community when the 2011Grammy for Album of the Year went to Arcade Fire, a Canadian indie-rock band. Although musical hipsters (myself included) nationwide rejoiced, most Americans responded with dismay and confusion. Twitter blew up