Daft Punk News

British Lotus F1 Team To Use Daft Punk Car In Monaco Grand Prix

Britain's Lotus Formula One team will be hoping they 'Get Lucky' at the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend - as they're using a car covered in Daft Punk decals and graphics to compete in it!

Liam Gallagher says he could write Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky' 'in an hour'

Liam Gallagher doesn't get the hype surrounding Daft Punk. The Beady Eye frontman told The Sun he thinks he could write the duo's four-week Number 1 single 'Get Lucky' in "an hour".

Liam Gallagher slams Daft Punk: 'I could have written Get Lucky in an hour'

"I'd write that in a f***ing hour. I don't know what the fuss is about, you know what I mean? It's like f**k off, give me a f**king break," the Oasis frontman told Sony's MU streaming service.

Daft Punk sponsor a Formula 1 racing car

Premiering music in SNL ad breaks, hiring out the Shard building in London, sending masks to half of the music industry, throwing an album launch party at an agricultural convention in Australia.

News: Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories’ is UK’s fastest-selling album

After the smash success of 'Get Lucky', the duo's new LP is the UK's fastest-selling album of 2013.

Caroline Vella: Back to the Future with Daft Punk

Unless you've been living on another planet, you've caught some of the buzz surrounding the long-awaited release from Daft Punk. If you've missed the free stream on iTunes, Random Access Memories is officially available and you can also listen on Spotify.

Daft Punk: When anonymity goes wrong

Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter opened up to the Rolling Stone on how the band's anonymity has not always worked in their favour.

Daft Punk “Get Lucky” With 1st Top 10 Hit In America

The last time Pharrell Williams featured on a Top 10 single in the US was in 2006, when Ludacris ' "Money Maker" hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

listen to Giorgio Moroder's DJ set & a Daft Punk Japanese bonus track

Red Bull Music Academy, who hosts DFA's 12th Anniversary party this weekend, hosted Giorgio Moroder 's 1st-ever live DJ set at Output in Brooklyn the other night.

Daft Punk to Remix Random Access Memories, Get a Race Car

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Check Out The Official Daft Punk Racecar

Daft Punk's masterful new album Random Access Memories takes its time in getting anywhere, but this hasn't stopped the French duo from getting their own formula one racecar.

Daft Punk Reveal Man Once Took Advantage Of Band's Mysterious Identity - To Run Up A Huge Bar Tab!

Thomas Bangalter, one half of French house superstars Daft Punk, has revealed how a man once assumed his identity - and used it to rack up a massive bar tab!

Daft Punk open to working with Nile Rodgers again

Hot off the back of their new album release, which garnered some fantastic press as well as some less favourable , Daft Punk look keen to collaborate on new music with Nile Rodgers once again.

Daft Punk – Horizon (Japan Only Bonus Track)

I'm just going to assume your excitement levels are buzzing on the same wavelengths as mine are because otherwise you're an idiot for even clicking on this.

Atlas Genius Cover Daft Punk's "Get Lucky"

Australian band of brothers Keith and Michael Jeffery of Atlas Genius return with a brand new cover, this time of Daft Punk 's "Get Lucky."

Album Review: Random Access Memories - Daft Punk

With an album of such brazen ambition it feels a little resigned to still be pushing the vocodered and auto-tuned vocals, applied to all of Daft Punk's vocals and similarly applied to Julian Casablancas on Instant Crush (where he strangely sounds right at home following the latest Strokes album).

Daft Punk’s “Contact”: Watch The Video For The Song It Samples, The Sherbs’ “We Ride Tonight”

Aussie band The Sherbs ' 1982 synth-rock jam "We Ride Tonight" — for spacy album-closer "Contact."

Daft Punk set for fastest selling album of 2013 so far with 'Random Access Memories'

Daft Punk are on course for the fastest selling album of 2013 with 'Random Access Memories' as their single 'Get Lucky' becomes the best selling song of the year.

Daft Punk :: Doin' It Right (Theater of Delays Remix)

With all the excitement surrounding Daft Punk's new album RAM which was just released yesterday there is bound to be a million remixes coming out this summer and beyond.

Daft Punk Slow It Down With “Horizon”: Hear The Spacey ‘Random Access Memories’ Bonus Track

Daft Punk 's latest album Random Access Memories is filled with smooth uptempos, but the French electro-house duo toys with a different sound on "Horizon."

Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter: 'A guy once ran up a huge bar bill posing as me'

Last week, it was reported that Daft Punk are predicted to break Oasis' record for the fastest-selling album in UK chart history.

Deconstructing: Daft Punk, Will Oldham, And Two Decades Of Mysterious Musicianship

One of the things I remember most from this year's SXSW isn't a particular artist, a showcase, or party.

Daft Punk – Horizon (Japan bonus track)

Listen to 'Horizon' by Daft Punk

If you haven't had enough of Daft Punk yet, you'll be pleased to know that a new track, 'Horizon' has surfaced.

The Daft Punk Helmet Market

If you've got a gift for metalworking and/or LED-light programming, you may be missing your calling; you could be raking in a ton of money by helping people realizing their dreams of transforming into Daft Punk robots.

Daft Punk may work on more music with Nile Rodgers

Daft Punk's recent work with Nile Rodgers seems to have been quite successful for them so far, so perhaps it's of no surprise that the Chic guitarist thinks there might be a chance of further collaborations.

BONUS JAPAN-ONLY DAFT PUNK TRACK 'HORIZON' EMERGES

By now you've heard our opinion of the new Daft Punk album , your favourite DJ's opinion of the new Daft Punk album and, let's be honest, the actual audio of the new Daft Punk album.

Daft Punk – Random Access Memories

Apparently it's impossible to talk about Daft Punk without hyperbole.

Diplo Explains His Review of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories

A week or so ago, Diplo gave us a hilarious informal review of Daft Punk's Random Access Memories via twitter.

Random Thoughts on Random Access Memories

Hopefully, you got your vinyl today, put on your favorite lounge outfit, poured yourself a glass of pinot and soaked in the glory of a new album.

The 11 Best Songs By Daft Punk

For 15 years, Daft Punk has redefined dance music, setting the bar so high...it seems like they're the only ones who can top themselves.

Listen to Daft Punk’s “Horizon”, the Japanese bonus track for Random Access Memories

Daft Punk' s Random Access Memories hits stores today, and while the cat's been out of the bag for a whole week now, there's one more surprise to enjoy: a Japanese bonus track.

Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (2013)

Electronic music duo Daft Punk release one of the year's most anticipated albums in Random Access Memories , their fourth full-length and first since 2005′s Human After All. The duo are noted for their patience between releases, and hearing the vastness that is Random Access Memories makes that approach entirely understandable.

Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories’: Review Revue

In our own review of Daft Punk 's much-hyped and uber-buzzed-about fourth album, we noted that " Random Access Memories is many things: a gamble, a Genesis scroll of Daft Punk's musical DNA, a mesmerizing summation of their career to this point and a dynamic jumping-off point for the next phase of their creative evolution.

Daft Punk’s highly anticipated Random Access Memories released today

When discussing an interstellar spaceship manned only by modern electronic music's musical elite, there's no guesswork involved with what voice would be heard over the intercom saying "This is your captain speaking."

Daft Punk's big party in Wee Waa, Australia, Deadmau5 teases new track, a real history of New York house music, and now we know what's up with that Swedish House Mafia teaser

In case you've been living under the dance-music equivalent of a rock these days, Daft Punk's new album is out today.

Deep Inside: Daft Punk 'Random Access Memories'

Hype is a necessary, though often dangerous tool for marketing music in the digital age.

Rock it Out! Blog: “Listening Party – Daft Punk, The National, 30 Seconds To Mars”

Beer is involved yet again for another installment of the Rock it Out!

It's The Fall! Covering Daft Punk!

Comedian Peter Serafinowicz has recorded a version of Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky' in the style of The Fall. Released only a few weeks ago, Daft Punk's single 'Get Lucky' has already become a pop classic.