• LCD Soundsystem's Debut Album: 9 Songs Ranked for Its 10th Anniversary

    Today, Jan. 24, marks the 10th anniversary of LCD Soundsystem's self-titled debut album, which saw DFA Records founder James Murphy combining the seemingly disparate worlds of punk and dance music into a distinctly '00s sound oozing with New York cool. In celebration of this incredible album, here are its nine exclusive songs ranked, from weakest to best.

  • Daft Punk Semi-Biographical Movie Eden Releases Second Trailer [WATCH]

    The semi-biographical film about Daft Punk, Eden has released its second trailer. The film, directed by Mia Hansen-Løve (Father Of My Children, First Love, Goodbye) follows two characters, Paul, an aspiring French DJ and his best friend Stan as they form their own electronic music producer, DJ duo in Paris. The second trailer dives a bit further into the complexities of the characters including love interests, drug use and their rise within the French electronic music scene.

  • Pharrell Williams's Signature Hat on Display at the Grammy Museum Through March

    Remember that strange hat Pharrell Williams wore to the Grammys last year? Of course you do. The producer/singer auctioned off the famous cap after the ceremony, raising nearly $45,000 for his charity From One Hand to Another. Fast food chain Arby's won the bid and has now lent the hat to the Grammy Museum, which will put it on display until March 15 in an exhibit titled the Grammy Effect, "Billboard" notes.The hat served as a lucky charm for the singer last January. He took home the Best Record of the Year Award for "Get Lucky," Album of the Year for "Random Access Memories" and Best Pop/Duo Performance with Daft Punk for the stellar track. He also performed a medley of tunes with Daft Punk, Niles Rodgers and Stevie Wonder.Pharrell will look to duplicate last year's success at next month's award ceremony. His 2014 solo effort "GIRL" is up for Album of the Year and Best Urban Contemporary Album. The monster lead single "Happy" is nominated for Best Pop Performance and Best Music Video.

  • Steve Angello Reveals Tentative Release Date For Album 'Wild Youth'

    Steve Angello fans, the boss has some great news for you. Replying to a fan on Twitter, a space where he is quite active and talks to his followers quite often, he stated that his highly anticipated album Wild Youth would be release in April. The former Swedish House Mafia member did not specify when in April, but it is good to know that the album will be arriving soon after a period of indefinite delays after battling with Columbia over the album.

  • Iggy Azalea, Lorde, Sam Smith Top Google's 'Year in Search' Musical Artists List for 2014

    As 2014 comes to a close, it's only proper that the good people at Google let us what's been popular in the world of online searches so that everyone can get on the same page. It turns out that Iggy Azalea was the most-searched musical artist of the year, followed by Lorde and Sam Smith. People also wanted to know about Taylor Swift, Daft Punk and "Weird Al" Yankovic.

  • The Muppets Parody Naughty By Nature's 'Hip Hop Hooray,' Kermit the Frog Raps Like Treach in Video [WATCH]

    Sometimes the best musical moments are the ones that never actually happened. The Muppets never performed Naughty By Nature's 1993 anthem "Hip Hop Hooray," but thanks to Mylo the Cat's YouTube account, now they have ... sort of. The parody video features old footage from "The Muppet Show" and various Jim Henson movies where the scenes are manipulated to make it look like Kermit the Frog is rapping like Treach. Fozzie Bear also joins in on the fun.Beaker gives the introduction in the video below before Kermit and Fozzie start jamming in the car scene from 1979's "The Muppet Movie." The video is a ton of laughs for those who grew up during the 1990s when Naughty By Nature was huge and the Muppets were entering their third decade of entertaining. Check it out below, via "Billboard."

  • Strokes Frontman, Julian Casablancas Reveals Details On Additional Collaboration With Daft Punk

    Julian Casablancas, front man for The Strokes, has decided to speak for the robots. Apparently there is still unreleased material between him and French production / DJ duo, Daft Punk. They collaborated together previously to create "Instant Crush" on Daft Punk's recent disco inspired album Random Access Memories. However any potential new material that may come out from their work together is being described as "weird" and "super bizarre".

  • Daft Punk to Re-Release 'Alive 1997' and 'Alive 2007' as Vinyl LPs [TRACKLIST]

    Daft Punk is getting ready to give two of its live albums the vinyl treatment. The "Get Lucky" duo plans to reissue "Alive 1997" and "Alive 2007" as vinyl LPs along with a few extras.According to Modern Vinyl, the "1997" live album was last pressed in 2001, while "2007" was never put out as a vinyl record. The version of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" on the latter album earned the duo a Grammy in 2009 for Best Dance Recording. Check out the full tracklist below."1997" was recorded at a live gig in Birmingham, England. "2007" was recorded at a show in the French duo's native Paris. No word on a U.S. release date, but it is slated to drop Dec. 19 in France, Consequence of Sound noted.
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