sofia coppola (who, ahem, shares my birthdate—whattup may 14th) wed her babydaddy, frenchman and phoenix frontman thomas mars (wedding photo above), this weekend in italy. these two were friends from way back when coppola was then married to spike jonze. you may remember coppola was one of the first people to introduce phoenix stateside using [...]
Entries Tagged as 'phoenix'
power couple i-do
August 28th, 2011 No Comments
Tags: france · italy · lost in translation · may 14 · phoenix · sofia coppola · spike jonze · thomas mars
new Chromeo video: “When The Night Falls”
August 16th, 2011 No Comments
Business Casual is my favorite Chromeo album by far; I texted Dave this and he said it was a “mature” effort. Agreed—the Chromies are evolving! Lots of amazing melodies, stripped down electro with sincere emotion and even a sweet, sentimental french love song á la Air or Phoenix (the synth beat on that reminds of [...]
Tags: a-trak · air · business casual · chromeo · Dave 1 · Dave Macklovitch · Magnetic Fields · Patrick Gemayel · phoenix · When the Night Falls
the strokes, “i’ll try anything once”
January 1st, 2011 No Comments
everyone knows that the musical scores to sofia coppola’s films are as memorable as the movie itself. having just seen her new film “somewhere,” which i highly recommend, this early, tender strokes song (a demo) really stood out and stays on. music nerd sidebar: compare the low-fi demo with the record version below which became [...]
Tags: i'll try anything once · julian casablancas · phoenix · sofia coppola · somewhere · the strokes · you only live once · zoetrope
Phoenix- “Love like a Sunset Pt. III”
October 7th, 2010 No Comments
Phoenix put this guy out on their twitter as a thank you to their fans for their show at Madison Square Garden Oct. 20th. Apparently it’s sold out so they put this pt. III out for their great “Love like a Sunset” series of tracks. I was pumped. I mean new Phoenix sounded like just [...]
Tags: Madison Square Garden · Nyc · phoenix · Twitter
Wavves add more tour dates w/ Phoenix + new video
August 30th, 2010 No Comments
Some big moves for a band that is low key blowing the F up, in case you haven’t noticed. Behind the momentum of their critically acclaimed album King of the Beach, Wavves has announced that they will be playing Madison Square Garden Oct. 20th along with Dirty Projectors and Phoenix. Sure to be a hype [...]
Tags: Dirty Projectors · new york city · phoenix · wavves
lolla day 2: backstage phoenix and the lovely warpaint
August 8th, 2010 No Comments
highlights of day 2 were plentiful. happy to report that warpaint are as amazing as the buzz they have been generating. they have that haunting, lost in the woods sound mixed with a delicate, dangerous sexiness that seeing them live transforms into something strong and bold and stylish and undone. and lest i forget, fun! [...]
Tags: alice in chains · arcade fire · b.o.b · chromeo · cypress hill · flosstradamus · hockey · lolla · lollapalooza 2010 · luscious jackson · matt & kim · MGMT · phoenix · the strokes · tool · warpaint · wolfmother · yeasayer
Jamie D’s Lolla 2010 preview
August 5th, 2010 No Comments
(Sorry, had to be specific since I know Giselle is going to through hers up and people are going to be all confused and ish.) For the past 5 years I’ve called Grant Park home for 3 days in early August. It’s been an awesome experience in it’s own unique way each year and I fear for [...]
Tags: arcade fire · chicago · Chiddy Bang · Lady Gaga · lollapalooza 2010 · perry farrell · phoenix · the national · the strokes
AIR, a french band who know how to keep them wanting more
July 26th, 2010 No Comments
AIR have announced one tour date in the US this fall. And here it is (FU LA): October 23: USA – Los Angeles @ Shrine Auditorium* *Tickets for Los Angeles go on sale Friday July 30th at 10 a.m. (PST) at ticketmaster.com Opening acts are Quadron and Juliette Commagere Download “Love by AIR” iPhone App [...]
Tags: air · app · iPhone · jools holland · Los Angeles · phoenix · the Virgin Suicides
Phoenix- “Playground Love” (Air Cover)
June 10th, 2010 No Comments
While this cover is just shy of 2 minutes, I got to say its a pretty damn enjoyable 1:48 of a cover. This just gets me more excited to see these guys at Lollapalooza this year. Download “Playground Love” right here
Tags: air · chicago · lollapalooza 2010 · phoenix
