The succession of cult band shirts worn by Riz Ahmed for his Oscar-nominated leading job in Sound of Metallic create the insider credentials of the movie as significantly as people of Ahmed’s character. One particular of them will provoke specifically sudden nostalgia for underground punk followers: a white Rudimentary Peni […]
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Daft Punk’s ‘Discovery’: How It Transformed Pop
Every Daft Punk album that isn’t Homework has endured its good share of criticism for not sounding like the last Daft Punk album. Random Obtain Recollections was not digital sufficient, Human Immediately after All was not catchy adequate, Discovery was also poppy. As a further, tougher-edged and extra groove-oriented landmark […]
Celebratory, emotive, relentlessly cheesy: Daft Punk’s Discovery at 20
D aft Punk had one final trick up their chrome-sheathed sleeves as they bid the world au revoir after 28 years of pop perfection this week. The announcement that the French electro duo were calling it quits brought a powerful sense of nostalgia for the days when band break-ups consistently […]