Big Apple Music Scene — Ponytail at Music Hall of Williamsburg during CMJ 2008 Image: Devorah Klein Got no plans? Here are some: Friday: Valerie Collective at Webster Hall. The Valerie Collective is “a group of like-minded DJs and musicians  from West France that fuse... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Ponytail at Music Hall of Williamsburg during CMJ 2008 Image: Devorah Klein Got no plans? Here are some: Friday: Valerie Collective at Webster Hall. The Valerie Collective is “a group of like-minded DJs and musicians  from West France that fuse... more info

Stereogum — Protected: Massive Samples collects some of the samples and covers Massive Attack used over the years. It's out 2/17 via Rapster, who also did Discovered, the Daft Punk samples collection. You can listen to samples of Protected's samples here. Keep ... more info

NME — To commemorate Barak Obama's inauguration as the 44th President of the United States today (January 20), Daft Punk have released a new video for their song 'Aer Obama'. more info

NME — To commemorate Barack Obama's inauguration as the 44th President of the United States today (January 20), Daft Punk have released a new video for their song 'Aer Obama'. more info

JamBase — "Aer OBAMA" Daft Punk vs. Adam Freeland As we celebrate the inauguration of Barack Obama on this most historic day, the editor's at Vimeo have offered up the following video. From vimeo.com: The following is a mixed-media stop motion music video a... more info

DrownedInSound — DiS receives an awful lot of emails asking us to feature videos and downloads of bands, and every so often we find a gem amongst the turd. This week's gem is Lanterns on the Lake. more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Rock band Elbow have rounded off a breakthrough year with their album topping an annual "poll of polls" list.Their Nationwide Mercury Prize-winning record The Seldom Seen Kid came out top in the eighth such chart, which combines the choices of critic... more info

MTV.com News — After postponing release to record more tracks, group is set to drop 12th studio album.By Gil Kaufman U2 Photo: Phillip Massey/ FilmMagic U2 have locked down a date for one of the first big releases of 2009. The veteran rockers have announ... more info

StrictlySocial — Art: Signalnoise.com Tis’ the season of giving and we are diving into the archives to share some gems between now and the end of the year. We’re going to start it off with a bang! This could very well could be the best Daft Punk remix to date. ... more info