Arts: How Retro Is the New Daft Punk?

	Now playing: Slate V, a video-only site from the world's leading online magazine. Visit Slate V at www.slatev.com. Brow Beat How Retro Is the New Daft Punk? By David Haglund Posted Thursday, May 16, 2013, at 07:47 PM ET On Monday, Forrest Wickman said here on Brow Beat that the first single from the new Daft Punk album, Random Access Memories, "could have passed for a lost Chic track from the late '70s." Just how retro is it? So retro that Gabriel Zev Kenny swapped it in for some Curtis Mayfield on an old episode of Soul Train and none of the dancers missed a beat. (Via Laughing Squid.) To continue reading, click here. Also In Slate The Best Thing Obama's Done This Month How J.J. Abrams Gets Star Trek Wrong (Again) 1955 Map Shows No-Go Zones for Soviet Travelers in the U.S. Manage your newsletters subscription: Unsubscribe | Forward to a Friend | Advertising Information Ideas on how to make something better? Send an e-mail to slatenewsletter@nl.slate.com. Copyright 2013 The Slate Group | Privacy Policy The Slate Group | c/o E-mail Customer Care | 1350 Connecticut Ave NW Suite 410 | Washington, D.C. 20036