I’ve seen a few transcendent rock concerts over the years, but they are sufficiently few and far between to warrant mention whenever they occur. And last night, for the first time in several years, I was blown away: Daft Punk, playing the beach-front minor league baseball stadium in Brooklyn’s famous Coney Island, put on one the greatest shows I’ve ever seen.
Check out this Youtube clip for the opening portion of the set, raising from the start the band’s perennial lyrical dilemma—human or robot?
And check out this clip from another stop on the tour for a glimpse of the light-suits they wore last night to close down the show.
With this year marking the 10th anniversary of their landmark Homework LP, the French duo is aptly demonstrating how they achieved icon status. And even as a host of homages to that album (check out the sick new Justice album for the best) show the viability of the Homework sound for a new generation of bands, Daft Punk is also proving they are still the masters of noisy, robotic rock, putting the punk back into the funk on stages all over the world.
Their last U.S. date will be at the Vegoose Festival in Las Vegas from October 26-28. Get yourself there. You will remember this show for the rest of your life.
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