Daft Punk

Pharrell Williams’s 30 greatest songs – ranked!

It’s 20 years since his band NERD released their debut album – but the rapper-producer-singer-songwriter has been responsible for an avalanche of hits. As he and co-pilot Chad Hugo get inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, we count down Williams’s 30 greatest bangers

Alexis Petridis

10, Mar, 2022 @2:00 PM

Todd Edwards: the inspiring force behind Daft Punk and UK garage

His house music caused a sensation – but soon he was depressed and working a for a phone company. The US producer explains how he swung back to Grammy-winning glory

Alexis Petridis

29, Jul, 2021 @12:00 PM

The greatest ever songs of the summer – ranked!

From Don Henley to Drake, we rate the hottest sounds of the season

Michael Cragg

10, Jun, 2021 @1:07 PM

Nick Cave's biography reveals a case of mistaken identity| Kitty Empire

The singer’s choirmaster took great pride in inspiring him, but a certain other PJ was the real influence

Kitty Empire

28, Feb, 2021 @7:30 AM

'They left an indelible mark on my psyche': how Daft Punk pushed pop forward

Skrillex, Erol Alkan and those close to the French duo chart how they went from being industry outsiders to defining the trajectory of dance music

Gabriel Szatan

26, Feb, 2021 @1:30 PM

When Daft Punk went to Wee Waa: the strangest album launch of all time

The tiny Australian town was surprised but got into the spirit, selling daft pork sausages and random access rissoles while celebrating a dusty agricultural show it will never forget

Jack Tregoning

24, Feb, 2021 @12:31 AM

Daft Punk were the most influential pop musicians of the 21st century

By resurrecting disco, soft rock and 80s R&B, and bringing spectacle to the world of dance music, the French duo changed the course of pop music again and again

Alexis Petridis

23, Feb, 2021 @10:35 AM

Daft Punk, French electronic music duo, split up after 28 years

Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo do not explain end of collaboration that produced hits including Get Lucky and One More Time

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

22, Feb, 2021 @3:30 PM

The 100 greatest UK No 1s: 100-1

Look back on our complete countdown of the greatest UK No 1s, from the Beatles to Baby D, and So Solid Crew to Suzi Quatro

Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Alexis Petridis and Laura Snapes

05, Jun, 2020 @8:00 AM

The 100 best albums of the 21st century

We polled 45 music writers to rank the definitive LPs of the 21st century so far. Read our countdown of passionate pop, electrifying rock and anthemic rap – and see if you agree

Ben Beaumont-Thomas (1-50); Laura Snapes and April Curtin (51-100)

13, Sep, 2019 @8:00 AM

The best (and worst) songs of the summer, from Rihanna to Las Ketchup

Every year has its anthem, be it Drake, Calvin Harris or Beyoncé, but which one is the best of the millennium so far?

Michael Cragg, Joel Golby, Issy Sampson and Sam Wolfson

15, Jun, 2019 @5:59 AM

Raves, robots and writhing bodies: how electronic music rewired the world

It started with white-coated boffins; now its figureheads wear masks and play Vegas. A new exhibition tells the story of electronic dance music, from old synths to a statue of Brian Eno

Alexis Petridis

15, Apr, 2019 @5:00 AM