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These ten featured artists we're about to delve into have made extraordinary musical contributions to pop, rock, rap, and electronic music.

In similar company with new-school French progressive dance artists such as Motorbass, Air, Cassius, and Dimitri from Paris, Parisian duo Daft Punk quickly rose to acclaim by adapting a love for first-wave acid house and techno to their younger roots in pop, indie rock, and hip-hop. The combined talents of DJs Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas ...

Words & Image by: Guy Shechter Umphrey's McGee :: 11.13 :: Higher Ground :: Burlington, VT Jake Cinninger - UM :: 11.13 :: Burlington, VT The third of Umphrey's McGee 's improvisational Stew Art Series events took place on Friday the 13th in the beautiful town of Burlington, Vermont at the infamous Higher Ground .

Ghosts and Their Machines Yeah, Ghostland Observatory use synths and samples. But don't expect them to stand around twiddling knobs Ever since Bob Dylan plugged in, pop music has turned a wary eye toward drive-by-wire music powered by electricity, circuitry or digital wizardry.

In case you haven't been following along , the street-artist known as the Decapitator has been in New York recently.

Bran Van 3000 - 'Drinkin' In LA' The Chakras - 'Build Me A Swan' Ramones - 'Do You Remember Rock N Roll Radio?' Tegan & Sara - 'Red Belt' Oasis - 'Cigarettes And Alcohol' Oliver Cole - 'What Will You Do?' Friendly Fires - 'Kiss Of Life' The Duckworth Lewis Method - 'Meeting Mr Miandad' Daft Punk - 'Robot Rock' Seasick Steve - 'Diddley Bo' Marina & ...

If you're not too familiar with UK street artist, The Decapitator you might want to pay attention! Much like other street artists who take advantage of their surroundings and use existing spaces as canvases, The Decapitator rocks and rolls...literally. His gory signature mark comes from beheading the individuals, whether famous or not, on street ...

Listed in: Homebrew Applications , News Tags: Soundboard O 8 Homebrew coder Miles is back to release a new version of PSP Daft Punk, a homebrew soundboard based on iDaft that allows you to mashup Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" on the PSP.

It all started with Trash. And by Trash, think nightclub night. No really, it was a night started by Turkish electro DJ Erol Alkan in 1997 at The End, a club in London.

By Rhett Breon Smith What happens when you combine the lush acoustic melodies of Simon & Garfunkel with the heart-thumping beats of Daft Punk? Ishi.

Players can fail if they don't re-create guitar gods' every hammer-on and power chord with complete accuracy.

Tuned In: Blake Lewis aims for distinction Submitted by SHNS on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 14:31 The sixth-season "Idol" contestant, who finished second to Jordin Sparks, follows his moderately successful 2007 release, "Audio Day Dream," with a "Heartbreak on Vinyl" that zeroes in on what "Audio" did best -- electronic dance music.

We know the temptation to just unfold the case/table thing and start playing the game with that kind of irresistible-looking novelty controller will be overwhelming, but if you turn the package over and shake it, exclusive greatest-hits CDs from Jay-Z and Eminem will fall out.

Edmonton electro-army Shout Out Out Out Out are doing really well. Their second album, Reintegration Time , was an extremely well received piece of dreamy electronic disco-rave-rock and has kept the band touring across the country for most of 2009.

I only wish I had a big brother like this guy. Not only does he have mad video game modding skills, but Pkmnjunky7 thought enough of his little brother to make him this amazing Daft Punk helmet that looks just like the one Thomas Bangalter has been known to wear on stage.

Who has the best one? Nobody kn -- oh wait, we do! Planning on putting down the cash for the Activision turntable simulator at the end of October ? Let's see which major retailer has the best deal: Amazon $10 video game credit.

Thursday, October 08, 2009 Daft Punk - Interstella 5555 This is MAJOR. Huge props to modi for posting this.

Man, when you actually hear this chunk of news, chances are you'll nod your head in agreement, convinced that you've already heard it somewhere, but no.A You heard it here, folks-there's going to be a special appearance in Tron : Legacy by vaguely electronica group Daft Punk.

Daft Punk will make a cameo in Tron Legacy , the upcoming new Disney remake of 1982's classic Tron that's due in theatres in Dec.

Air, 'Love 2 *** 1 2 A decade ago, when Air was delivering its extraordinary debut, "Moon Safari," the notion of French pop was a punch line.