Tomorrow, the new album from Daft Punk, Random Access Memories, will be released.
But today, check out Brassft Punk, a Daft Punk cover band that performs using brass instruments of all types.
Brassft Punk
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Great Leno show prank
New Pet Shop Boys album in July
The Pet Shop Boys have announced that their new album, Electric, will be released on July 19. You can pre-order at iTunes. The album was produced by Stuart Price.
They have also released this video of the song Axis, from the new album.
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Remembering 1999 pop music
(via Andrew Sullivan)
Happy birthday iTunes
Apple’s iTunes Store will be 10 years old this Sunday. The Verge has a comprehensive history of the store’s development.
New Order
New Order is one of my favorite bands. They technically don’t exist as a group anymore, but they come together (but without bassist Peter Hook) periodically to give live performances of their classic hits. They recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel, performing “Bizarre Love Triangle.”
As much as I love the band, I think their performance left a lot to be desired. Aging is not pretty. An example of how they actually sounded in their heyday is this from 1987:
New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle from vadimchirkov on Vimeo.
And if you would like to hear a great acoustic cover of the song, check this out:
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Hot for Teacher
Performed by a six year old drummer. Amazing.
(via The Loop)
Shovels & Rope
I just came across a new band called Shovels & Rope and their new album O’ Be Joyful. They are terrific, and somewhat like Alabama Shakes. You can’t go wrong with either group’s albums.
You can watch a fuller live performance here.
The cat and the accordian
LEGO band
Check out this cool use of LEGO Bionicles programed to play music. The “group” is called the Toa Mata Band.
Daft Swanson
Ron Swanson, from the NBC TV show Parks and Recreation, drunkenly dancing to Daft Punk … for more than 9 minutes. The Internet was created specifically to play this video.
(via kottke.org)
Beyoncé kills at the Superbowl
The best Superbowl half time show ever. Without question. Watch full screen in HD by selecting the gear icon and the full screen icon. She should be selected as MVP and she should get a Superbowl ring for her performance. And fuck the inauguration performance.
Kudos to Destiny’s Child and it is really too bad that she blew out the lighting system in the Superdome.
Update: I have had to replace the video with a new version because the prior version was deleted. This one doesn’t have the best audio quality, but it is still powerful.
Carry on Wayward Son
A classic Kansas (the group, not the state) rock song, but done with trombones. Amazing.
(via The Loop)
The periodic table of classic rock
Pet Shop Boys launch event
I somehow overlooked the following video. It is from September at a launch event in Berlin for the Pet Shop Boys‘ latest album, entitled Elysium. It is a short performance of several of the songs from that album, and really is the first live performance of any of those songs.
