The shortlist of nominees for the 2014 Mercury Prize has been announced! And, once again, the list confirms what we’ve always known: The Mercury Prize is much, much cooler than the stupid thing we’ve got … the [sigh] Grammys. Sure, Daft Punk won the Best Album Grammy, but they were up against goddamn Sara Bareilles ...

Mia Hansen-Løve’s new film, Eden, follows the rise of the French electronic music scene in the 1990s. No story about that scene would be complete without an acknowledgement of Daft Punk’s major influence, and the duo will be portrayed in the movie by Arnaud Azoulay (who will play Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo) and Vincent Laco...

In 2005, Daft Punk released Human After All, a blaring bonesaw of an album — one that was maligned at the time, but that went on to have a big effect on the blitzkrieging dance music that would follow, and on the duo’s own mindbending live shows. In 2006, they released a remix collection called [...]

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GQ just published one of those best-albums-of-the-young-century features, and in addition to their own picks, they solicited the opinions of their honorees. So Daft Punk heralds the Strokes’ Is This It, Beck sings the praises of M.I.A.’s Arular, Jamie xx reminds us that it’s been a while since we’ve listen...