Dec 23, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Are things back to normal in 2022? They are, aren’t they? Well not quite. More

Dec 05, 2022 By Celine Teo-Blockey

Frontman Thomas Mars of French band Phoenix is our latest guest on Season 3 of our Under the Radar with Celine Teo-Blockey podcast. More

Oct 20, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Phoenix have shared a video for their new single, “Winter Solstice.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Alpha Zulu, which will be out on November 4 via Loyaute/Glassnote. More

Oct 06, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Last night, Phoenix made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where they performed the song “Alpha Zulu,” from their forthcoming album of the same name. More

Sep 15, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Last night, Phoenix made an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where they performed their newest single, “Tonight,” with Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend. More

Sep 09, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 34th Songs of the Week of 2022. Yesterday the world lost a historical icon. Regardless of your thoughts on the Royal Family, there’s no question that Queen Elizabeth II had a massive impact on the last 70 years of world history. More

Sep 07, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Phoenix have announced the release of their first new album in five years, Alpha Zulu, which will be out on November 4 via Loyaute/Glassnote. They have also shared a video for a new single from the album, “Tonight,” featuring Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend. More

Jun 07, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Phoenix have announced a global tour for fall 2022, with tickets going on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time. They have also shared a video for their latest single, “Alpha Zulu.” More

Jun 01, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Phoenix have shared their first new song in two years, “Alpha Zulu.” It is out now via Glassnote. More

May 18, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Rob (touring band member of Phoenix) and Jack Lahana have announced the release of their debut album, SUMMERCAMP, which is set for release some time this year via Pan European Recording/Hippocampus. They have shared a video for the album’s lead single, “Haute Saison,” which features vocals by Gordon Tracks (aka Thomas Mars, lead singer of Phoenix) and Giorgio Poi. The video was directed by Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman and stars Quannah Channinghorse and D’Pharoah Woon-A-Tai. More

Feb 28, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Covers of Covers, our first album, is due out this Friday via American Laundromat (preorder it here). Today we are sharing two last pre-release singles from it: Cults’ cover of Phoenix’s “Bourgeois” and Nation of Language’s cover of Broken Social Scene’s “Stars and Sons.” More

Aug 19, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Phoenix have shared a brand new song, “Identical,” that’s taken from the soundtrack to On the Rocks, a new film directed by Sofia Coppola​ and starring Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, and Marlon Wayans. More

Sep 15, 2018 By Julia Underwood

The first-ever Grandoozy festival kicked off yesterday in Denver, Colorado. More

May 22, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix released a new album, Ti Amo, back in June 2017 via Glassnote. Now they have shared a video for “Role Model.” It digitally inserts the band, Forest Gump style, into a 1980s documentary on the late iconic German fashion photographer Helmut Newton, as the band performs while he photographs models and at an art opening. More

Mar 01, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix released a new album, Ti Amo, back in June 2017 via Glassnote. Now they have stopped by Australia’s Triple J radio station to take part in their Like a Version series where a band does a cover version. Their choice: Whitney’s “No Woman,” taken from the Chicago duo’s 2016 debut album, Light Upon the Lake. More

Feb 28, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix released a new album, Ti Amo, back in June 2017 via Glassnote. Now the band have shared a remix of “Fior Di Latte” by A. G. Cook of PC Music. More

Oct 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix released a new album, Ti Amo, back in June via Glassnote. Now the band have shared a video for title track “Ti Amo” and last night they stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers to perform “Telefono.” More

Aug 02, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix released a new album, Ti Amo, back in June via Glassnote. Now the band have done a session for Spotify where they have recorded a cover of “Un Peu Menteur” by the French singer Christophe, from 1978. They have also recorded a live version of Ti Amo single “J-Boy.” More

Jul 25, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix released a new album, Ti Amo, last month via Glassnote. Now the band have announced some new fall North American (and Mexican) tour dates to go down this October. Check them out below, followed by videos for “J-Boy” and “Goodbye Soleil.” More

Jul 18, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Summer 2017 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine app Readly. The print version has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon (as well as available soon digitally via the magazine app Zinio). The issue features Grizzly Bear on the cover. More

Jun 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix released a new album, Ti Amo, last Friday via Glassnote. Last night they stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform two songs from it on the show’s outdoor stage, the album’s title track, “Ti Amo,” and album opener “J-Boy.” More

Jun 09, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Here we highlight five albums due out today that we feel are most worth hearing. More

Jun 05, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix are releasing a new album, Ti Amo, this Friday (June 9) via Glassnote. They have already shared its first single, shiny album opener “J-Boy,” performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and shared a video for the song. More

Jun 02, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix are releasing a new album, Ti Amo, next Friday (June 9) via Glassnote. They have already shared its first single, shiny album opener “J-Boy,” performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and shared a video for the song. More

May 19, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

It’s been a topsy-turvy week, with a new Trump scandal practically every day and tragic passing of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell in his Detroit hotel room Wednesday night. To help us through it all was a plethora of exciting new tracks. More

May 18, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix are releasing a new album, Ti Amo, on June 9 via Glassnote. They have already shared its first single, shiny album opener “J-Boy,” performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and shared a video for the song. More

May 12, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix are releasing a new album, Ti Amo, on June 9 via Glassnote. Now they have shared a video for “J-Boy.” Warren Fu directed the video, which features the band performing the song as if they are on a fake Italian TV show. More

May 03, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix are releasing a new album, Ti Amo, on June 9 via Glassnote. They have already shared its first single, shiny album opener “J-Boy.” More

Apr 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix recently announced their new album, Ti Amo, via a New York Times interview. It’s due out June 9 via Glassnote. Now they have officially announced the album and shared its first single, shiny album opener “J-Boy.” More

Apr 24, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix last released an album in 2013 with Bankrupt! but they have recently been teasing their new album. Now in a new interview with The New York Times the band have announced that their new album is entitled Ti Amo and that it’s due out June 9 via Glassnote. More

Apr 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix last released an album 2013 with Bankrupt!. They have already announced a bunch of tour dates for this summer, shared a teaser video that included a snippet of new music, and posted a Twitter video that hinted at a new song. More

Apr 14, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix last released an album 2013 with Bankrupt!. They have already announced a bunch of tour dates for this summer and shared a teaser video that included a snippet of new music. More

Mar 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix last released an album 2013 with Bankrupt!. They have already announced some shows for 2017, including a headlining appearance at the Governor’s Ball in New York and a stop at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl. More

Mar 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

France’s Phoenix last released an album 2013 with Bankrupt!. They have already announced some shows for 2017, including an appearance at the Governor’s Ball in New York, and now they have announced a few more shows in Europe and the U.S. including a stop at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl. The shows were announced via a teaser video that includes a snippet of new music. More

Jan 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Atlanta’s Shaky Knees Music Festival have announced the lineup for their fifth anniversary event. The festival goes down at Centennial Olympic Park, May 12-14, and the headliners are LCD Soundsystem, Phoenix, and The xx. More

Nov 17, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

We haven’t heard much from France’s Phoenix since the release of their last album, 2013’s Bankrupt! But yesterday we reported that they had updated the profile photos on their social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram) to the same CMYK image, while their website has also been updated with a different image. More

Nov 16, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

We haven’t heard much from France’s Phoenix since the release of their last album, 2013’s Bankrupt! Last year they did team up with Bill Murray to cover The Beach Boys’ “Alone on Christmas Day” for the actor/comedian’s Netflix Christmas special, A Very Murray Christmas, which was directed by Sofia Coppola (wife of Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars). More

Dec 04, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Bill Murray has a Christmas special, A Very Murray Christmas, that’s available to stream on Netflix as of today. The project reteams him with his Lost in Translation director Sofia Coppola, who directs the special and co-wrote it with Murray and Mitch Glazer. The special features a star-studded cast, including Under the Radar favorites Jenny Lewis and Phoenix (whose Thomas Mars is married to Coppola). More

Nov 17, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Bill Murray has a Christmas special, A Very Murray Christmas, coming on Netflix December 4. The project reteams him with his Lost in Translation director Sofia Coppola, who directs the special and co-wrote it with Murray and Mitch Glazer. More

May 22, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

As Bill Murray mentioned on his final ever interview on The Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday, the comedian legend has a Christmas special coming on Netflix this December. More

Aug 22, 2014 By Michael Wojtas

Welcome to Under the Radar’s weekly playlist, where we compile the best and most exciting tracks to debut online in the last week (give or take). In this mix we’ve got new songs by Charli XCX, Phoenix, Interpol, Caribou, Jessie Ware, The Drums, Peaking Lights, Les Sins (Toro Y Moi side-project), Darkside, Teleman (Remixed by Boxed In), Joanna Gruesome, The Twilight Sad, The Unicorns, Sinkane, TOPS, TEEN, Douglas Dare, The Coathangers, Young Karin, and more. Look no further, your Friday and weekend playlist is here. More

Aug 20, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Gesaffelstein’s remix of Phoenix track “Bankrupt!” takes the peppy pop tune to the dark place. More

Jul 06, 2014 By Julia Underwood

Yesterday was the final day of Open’er Festival. More

Jun 10, 2014 By Austin Trunick

The Big Apple’s annual outdoor music festival took place June 6th through 9th, 2014, on Randall’s Island. Jack White, Vampire Weekend, Grimes, Phoenix, Interpol, Spoon, Janelle Monae, Jenny Lewis, and many others played to large, sweaty NYC crowds, and photographer Robert Kidd was there to cover the action.

Check out his photos of day one here, and days two and three here. More

Jun 06, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Last week Phoenix premiered the first in a multi-part mini-documentary titled INITIALS P.H.O.E.N.I.X, a film that when put together shows the creation of four songs featured on the band’s 2013 album Banktrupt! More

May 30, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Phoenix have premiered the first in a four-part musical film titled INITIALS P.H.O.E.N.I.X. More

Mar 04, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Continuing to support last year’s excellent LP Banktrupt! French four-piece Phoenix have announced plans for a new round of North American shows. More

Jan 03, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

While the days of watching music videos on television are long gone, over the past several years the visual art form has certainly found second life (like so many other things) as an excellent online commodity. More

Dec 10, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Continuing their extensive support of their excellent fifth album Banktrupt! French four-piece Phoenix made an unexpected daytime television visit to the set of Ellen earlier this morning. More

Dec 02, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Chicago radio station WXRT has announced the 15th installment of its ONXRT: Live from the Archives series, featuring selections from the station’s in-house performances and special broadcasts from the city’s local venues. More

Nov 13, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Yesterday Phoenix premiered a new music video for their latest Banktrupt! single “Chloroform.” More

Oct 14, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Over the weekend Austin City Limits devoted an entire hour-long episode to the music of Phoenix. More

Sep 25, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

In the lead-up and aftermath in releasing their excellent new album Banktrupt! earlier this year, Phoenix have seemed to tap every artist under the sun for a exclusive remix treatment of their work. More

Sep 09, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Last month Phoenix premiered a video of themselves performing a special, stripped-down rendition of their Bankrupt! single “Entertainment” live on the grounds of the Le Chateau de Versailles. More

Aug 29, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Phoenix have premiered a special, stripped-down live rendition of their Bankrupt! track “Entertainment.” More

Aug 14, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

During their headlining performance at this year’s Coachella, Parisian rockers Phoenix brought out none other than R. Kelly as a surprise guest, mashing up portions of their respective song catalogs for an insane set of music. More

Jul 10, 2013 By Laura Studarus

If you haven’t remixed Phoenix you’re no one. Apparently. More

Jul 02, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

French foursome Phoenix have premiered a new music video showcasing their latest Bankrupt! single “Trying to Be Cool.” More

Jun 10, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

French four-piece Phoenix have announced plans for a North American tour taking place this fall. More

May 15, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Playing a special gig at New York’s Apollo Theater the day before, last night Phoenix appeared as the musical guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. More

May 13, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Our cover artists Phoenix are everywhere these days—including running through Silver Swans’ heads. More

May 06, 2013 By Cody Ray Shafer

We’ve just posted a gallery of photos from legendary jazz photographer David Redfern’s second weekend at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. You can see photos of Phoenix, who were on the cover of our most recent issue, as well as Frank Ocean, Willie Nelson, and more. More

May 03, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

After lending out their lead single “Entertainment” for a number of high-profile remixes, it seems Phoenix have granted the same manipulated treatment to “Trying to Be Cool,” another excellent tracks off their new album Bankrupt! More

May 01, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Yesterday Phoenix pulled double-duty for the Late Show with David Letterman promoting their newly released album Banktrupt! More

Apr 25, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Like Blood Orange, Grizzly Bear, and Dinosaur Jr. before them, Dirty Projectors have taken their hands to Phoenix’s single “Entertainment.” More

Apr 22, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

With their much-anticipated new album Bankrupt! finally seeing release this week, France’s Phoenix have unearthed yet another high-profile cover/remix of their record’s lead single “Entertainment.” More

Apr 22, 2013 By Laura Studarus

April 20 was the second day of second weekend of Coachella’s 2013 run. We sent photographer Helen Boast down to cover the action. More

Apr 19, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Last night appearing as the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! French foursome Phoenix apparently decided to just take over the late night show by performing four new tracks off their forthcoming album Bankrupt! More

Apr 16, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Currently featured on the cover of Under the Radar‘s latest issue, Phoenix will soon release their much-anticipated new album Bankrupt! next week. More

Apr 08, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Over the weekend the French foursome Phoenix made their second appearance on Saturday Night Live performing tracks from their highly-anticipated new album Bankrupt! More

Apr 04, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Because one clip isn’t enough for a bubbly cut like “Entertainment,” today our cover artists Phoenix released a second video for the Bankrupt! cut. More

Apr 01, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Late last week Under the Radar‘s new cover stars Phoenix kicked off their first tour in nearly two years at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. More

Mar 27, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Promoting the upcoming release of their fifth studio album Bankrupt! French rock foursome Phoenix recently stopped by the Canadian Broadcast Channel’s QTV where they performed a pared-down rendition of their lead single “Entertainment.” More

Mar 26, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Following the excellently stripped-back rendition by Dinosaur Jr., UK producer and songwriter Devonté Hynes, a.k.a. Blood Orange, has come forward with his own remix/cover of “Entertainment,” the featured first single off Phoenix‘s forthcoming album Bankrupt! More

Mar 19, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Dinosaur Jr. have come forward this morning premiering their own own unique cover of Phoenix‘s new single “Entertainment.” More

Mar 13, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

One of the more interesting ways about Phoenix and their recording process, as you will soon learn more about in upcoming issue of Under the Radar, is that the French rock band doesn’t write their songs using the standard beginning, middle, and end template. More

Mar 11, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Under the Radar’s Winter 2013 issue is out now. It features Phoenix on the cover as well as interviews with Local Natives, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Knife, Camera Obscura, Youth Lagoon, Shout Out Louds, Chvrches, and more.

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Mar 07, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Cute kids! Bloody battles! Fireworks! The new video for Phoenix’s ”Entertainment” has it it all. More

Feb 18, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

On April 23 French quartet Phoenix will follow-up their massively successful album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix with their latest effort Bankrupt! More

Feb 12, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

French quartet Phoenix have at last shared the official details of their forthcoming new album Bankrupt! More

Feb 05, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

With the arrival of their highly-anticipated new album Bankrupt! set for release this April, Phoenix has announced a select number of U.S. dates set to take place this spring. More

Jan 17, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Phoenix are having money trouble! No, wait…that’s not right. More

Jan 14, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Slated to release their as-of-yet-untitled fifth studio album this April on Glassnote, Phoenix have announced their return to the live stage in over two years with an appearance at the Rock am Ring & Rock im Park festival. More

Dec 07, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

French indie-rockers Phoenix have revealed that they will release the follow-up to their 2009 breakthrough Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix next April. More

Oct 11, 2011 By Mi Tran

A trailer has been released for a documentary on the French band Phoenix. More

Jun 09, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Bright Eyes, St. Vincent, Mumford & Sons, Phoenix, and Wilco donate items to charity auction. Civil Wars Created Benefit to Aid Alabama. More

Oct 21, 2010 By Laura Studarus

During the encore of Phoenix’s gig last night at Madison Square Garden a surprise guest took the stage—fellow French band, Daft Punk. We have the video. More

Sep 24, 2010 By Christopher Roberts

On September 18^th, Phoenix, supported by Grizzly Bear rocked The Hollywood Bowl. We have photos. More

Sep 20, 2010 By Laura Studarus

As Phoenix prepare to call it a day on their latest touring cycle and head back to France (to record a follow-up, or just toast their great success), the band has offered up fans one last surprise—each song off Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix has been broken down to its individual parts and is being offered up for a free download. More

Jul 13, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Laptop artist Neon Indian is taking to the open road in support of last year’s glowing, dance-ready album, Psychic Chasms. Along the way he’ll be meeting up with several artists, including a string of dates opening for Phoenix. We have his full schedule. More

Jun 22, 2010 By Hong Le

Phoenix has recorded a performance for the recently rebooted MTV Unplugged, which premieres tonight on MTV. The intimate set includes their hits “Lisztomania” and “1901,” along with other favorites such as “Armistice” and a cover of Air’s “Playground Love.” More

Jun 16, 2010 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Last weekend (June 11th - 13th), Bonnaroo was the place to be with performances from She & Him, The National, Local Natives, Fanfarlo, The Dodos, Here We Go Magic, Phoenix, Mumford & Sons, Conan O’Brien, Dr. Dog, The Dead Weather, Steve Martin, The Flaming Lips, The Dead Weather, Local Natives, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, and many more. We sent photographer Matt Jones down to cover the action. Check out the full galleries of each day. More

May 13, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Last night Phoenix rocked last call with Carson Daly performing hit “Lasso” from last year’s Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. We have the clip. More

May 07, 2010 By Michele Yamamoto

For the past couple weeks, our writers (namely Laura Studarus, Frank Valish, and Hays Davis) have been working hard to bring you website-exclusive interviews. We’ve posted a total of 12 interviews since late April, 10 of which were conducted at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. Making it easy to keep up, we’ve complied an alphabetical list of our most recent interviews. Find links to our interviews with Doves, Jónsi, Vampire Weekend, Beach House, Camera Obscura, Phoenix, Matt and Kim, Florence and the Machine, Local Natives, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Big Pink, and more. More

May 04, 2010 By Mark Redfern

On April 30th, Grammy winners Phoenix rocked Houston, Texas. We sent Under the Radar photographer Iman Mannie Saqr down to cover the action. Check out a full gallery of her photos here. More

Apr 30, 2010 By Laura Studarus

It’s been a hallmark 12 months for Phoenix. The release of their most recent album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, has taken the French quartet from well-kept secret to noted headliners. Busy, yes, however, the band has managed to maintain their joie de vive. “I’d say that our main quality as people involved in the music business is that we are really good at having a lot of pleasure,” explains bassist Deck d’Arcy. More

Apr 23, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Didn’t catch every band at Coachella you were hoping to see? Never fear! This summer, Hollywood Bowl is hosting several Under the Radar-friendly bands, including Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, and Pavement. We have the dates. More

Apr 20, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Day three of Coachella 2010 more than made up for a lackluster day two, with set after set of strong artists and ending with perhaps the three best performances of the whole festival, all in a row: Pavement, Thom Yorke, and Gorillaz. It would have been nice if the wealth of great artists had been spread out a little bit more over the three days, but then again, Sunday wouldn’t have been so strong if they had scheduled it that way. Here’s what I saw on the last day of Coachella: Local Natives, Owen Pallett, Mayer Hawthorne, Deerhunter, Florence and the Machine, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonsi, Spoon, Phoenix, Pavement, Thom Yorke, and Gorillaz. More

Apr 15, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Glastonbury is a huge British multi-day music festival and this year’s lineup is just as epic. The fest will again be at Pilton, England Worthy Farm on June 23-27, and the three major headliners are U2, Muse, and Stevie Wonder. More

Apr 30, 2010 By Laura Studarus

It’s been a hallmark 12 months for Phoenix. The release of their most recent album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, has taken the French quartet from well-kept secret to noted headliners. Busy, yes, however, the band has managed to maintain their joie de vive. “I’d say that our main quality as people involved in the music business is that we are really good at having a lot of pleasure,” explains bassist Deck d’Arcy. Under the Radar joined d’Arcy and guitarist Laurent Brancowtz backstage before their Coachella set to discuss touring, the fleeting nature of ideas, and what (probably) won’t be next for the band. More

Jun 07, 2017 By Stephen Mayne

When they’re having a bad day, what gets the four members of Phoenix out of bed, because for the rest of us it’s the gloriously buoyant pop-rock they’ve been practising for nearly two decades now. More

Aug 25, 2014 By Stephen Humphries

Los Angelenos are accustomed to traffic, but not the foot kind. All the bread lines in communist Russia can’t compare to the queue clogging up the sidewalk perimeter of Exposition Park at the start of the 11th annual FYF Festival. (Keen observation by Real Estate bassist Alex Bleeker: “‘FYF festival’ is a little redundant isn’t it, like ‘ATM machine.’”) More

Jul 10, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Last week was Poland’s Open’er Festival. Now in its twelfth year, the event attracts an impressive array of talent, both from within the country and abroad. More

Aug 04, 2013 By Laura Ferreiro

Montreal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau provided a gorgeous backdrop for the first day of the annual Osheaga Festival. The sold-out event, which is now in its eighth year, boasts a lineup that features some incredible indie-rock upstarts such as Alt-J and Palma Violets alongside renowned veterans including The Cure, Beck and New Order.

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Apr 22, 2013 By Dan Lucas

In certain circles there has been a quiet suspicion for a few years now that European pop music has made its way under the radar to a place a million miles ahead of its American and British contemporaries: we offer up the catchy but interchangeable, indistinguishable, and disposable ideas, Europe gives us the likes of Versailles’s Phoenix. More

Apr 21, 2013 By Laura Studarus

And now on to talking about the music. Specifically Guards, Savages, Bat For Lashes, Major Lazer , Hot Chip, The Postal Service, The xx, and Phoenix.

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Sep 30, 2010 By Lily Moayeri

Phoenix kicked off the mild-weather evening with their most recognizable song, “Lisztomania”-accompanied vociferously by the 17,000-strong crowd who drowned out vocalist Thomas Mars’ spirited, if nervous, performance. More

Apr 20, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Day three of Coachella 2010 more than made up for a lackluster day two, with set after set of strong artists and ending with perhaps the three best performances of the whole festival, all in a row: Pavement, Thom Yorke, and Gorillaz. It would have been nice if the wealth of great artists had been spread out a little bit more over the three days, but then again, Sunday wouldn’t have been so strong if they had scheduled it that way. Here’s what I saw on the last day of Coachella: Local Natives, Owen Pallett, Mayer Hawthorne, Deerhunter, Florence and the Machine, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonsi, Spoon, Phoenix, Pavement, Thom Yorke, and Gorillaz. More

Oct 13, 2009 By Laura Leebove

With the French rock outfit Phoenix and the Boston-based synth-pop quintet Passion Pit on the same bill, it would never take long to start a dance party. On September 26, at the second of two sold-out New York shows, it wasn’t long before Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield became a mess of strobe lights, synthesizers, and screaming teenagers. More