undies
daily dos
tue 1/19/2010
David Beckham, Calle 13, Daft Punk and Snoop Dogg make cameos in an Adidas spot for their Star Wars line of shoes and apparel.
Jordin Sparks, Amy Winehouse, The Hives and Daft Punk.
the music press
tue 11/27/2007
- American Idol winner Jordin Sparks releases her self-titled debut. Rolling Stone loves its diversity but thinks the album is too naïve for its own good: “She's the kind of pop star who writes 'Nobody puts baby in a corner' on her MySpace blog and means it.” Slant Magazine is thoroughly impressed, calling Jordin Sparks "one of the strongest Idol debuts yet.”
- Amy Winehouse's debut album, Frank, makes its way to the U.S. long after its 2003 U.K. release. Back then, Musicomh.com was singing its praises: “Frank is a superb debut album that announces Amy Winehouse as a major young talent.” Four years later, Popmatters agrees: Winehouse’s success … is based on pure talent rather than good producers or gimmicks.”
- Swedish garage rockers The Hives return with The Black and White Album, an LP featuring “less of an emphasis on garage spit-and-venom, replaced by forays into ballads and lounge soul,” according to The Village Voice. The geeks at The Onion's A.V. Club give the album a "B+" and breathe a sigh of relief: “[I]n a world gone mad, it's nice to know that at least one band remembers what rock 'n' roll is all about.”
- French electronic duo Daft Punk releases its live album Alive 2007, a set that "blends all their biggest hits into one enthralling, seamless mash-up of pumping bass lines, steady drumbeats, and cooing vocoders,” writes Entertainment Weekly. Billboard.com thinks Alive 2007 "comes pretty darn close" to matching the "in-person thrills of the current Daft Punk live experience, what with the robot costumes, onstage pyramid and body-rattling beats radiating out into the blissed-out faithful.”
marc-ed for life
daily dos
thu 9/27/2007
Will.i.am sampled Daft Punk for a remix of I Got It From My Mama before actually getting the group's permission to do so.
The Chemical Brothers vs. Daft Punk
versus
wed 9/26/2007
| name | The Chemical Brothers. | Daft Punk. |
| members | Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. | Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. |
| home base | London, England. | Paris, France. |
| formed in | 1992. | 1993. |
| style | Psychedelia, Techno and Electrorock. | Funk, House and Electropop. |
| the vibe | Geeky upper-class Brits. | Robotic mystery men. |
| formerly known as | The Dust Brothers. (Not them.) | Darlin'. |
| sounds like | New Order, Heaven 17 and Public Enemy. | Kraftwerk, George Clinton and Giorgio Moroder. |
| breakthrough single | Block Rockin' Beats. | Da Funk. |
| live | Strobe lights and lasers. | A giant laser pyramid. |
| crossover to hip hop | Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest guests on "Galvanize." | Power Kanye West's Stronger. |
| inspired | Klaxons, Simian Mobile Disco and LCD Soundsystem. | Justice, MSTRKRFT and Boys Noize. |
| most recent release | We Are the Night. | Human After All. |
| the critics | Popmatters: "For those who came of age in recent years, long after the late ‘90s heyday of popular electronic music, it may be hard to understand just how important... the Chemical Brothers once were. There was once a time when the worlds of dance music and rock & roll had never intersected." | Stylus magazine: "Daft Punk now possess what is probably one of the most contentious discographies for such a widely lauded and still working act. It’s taken them four years each to craft their new albums, and each time fans are delighted and horrified in seemingly equal measures." |
| webprops | 158,906 friends on official MySpace. | 283,988 friends on official MySpace. |
| best video moment | Re-dubbing a kung-fu movie in Get Yourself High. | Choreographing mummies and robots in Around the World. |
deft funk
daily dos
fri 6/29/2007
Kanye West's new video, "Stronger," features appearances by electronic duo Daft Punk and R&B singer Cassie. (via Crunk + Disorderly)
say it right
daily dos
tue 6/26/2007
Daft Hands - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. (via fimoculous)
Michoacan
as seen on myspace
mon 4/2/2007
Fernando Miranda Rios, aka Michoacan, is a hip hop head through and through – but it's his venture into disco music that has bodies moving on the dancefloor. Rios first started producing rap tracks in high school with brother Daniel, but it was a trip to a local record store that took him on a path to higher beats per minute. The East Palo Alto native was going through the dollar bin and hit upon Space’s 1977 album, Magic Fly. Hearing Space, the classic French disco duo, inspired Rios to take a stab in a new direction.
Eight EPs later, Michoacan has crept above ground and become an important player in the contemporary disco scene. Club bangers like "2 Bullets Disaster" and "Dancefloor Destruction" have found their way into the sets of international DJs like Lee Burridge and Dr. Lektroluv. His latest, a remix EP of the "2 Bullets" track with reworks from The Glimmers and DJ Harvey, is out on Grayhound Recordings.
el trece
daily dos
fri 10/13/2006
Remember the Mexican fishermen who were lost at sea for nine months? They've got a movie deal. (via Digg)
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