Tag: phoenix
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Albums that people forgot yet hung around on my iPod
Strange how end of year lists seem to forget albums that were earlier in the year, for later. It’s as if people forgot they existed…I didn’t, partly because I tend to check out new stuff in a lump that’s not necessarily chronological, and also if I like something it tends to stick around. So here…
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New music from Mutya Keisha Siobhan
The original Sugababes have their Dev Hynes produced single to stream ‘Flatline’, and it’s a corker. This is what pop should be about…good vocal harmonies, possible references to past band history, singalong ooh vocals for those drunken times, and a killer hook – and a come back against the odds. And the male vocal reminds…
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Phoenix – Trying to be Cool video
It’s not as immediate as previous efforts but liking the Bankrupt! album by Phoenix, especially ‘Entertainment’ and this song, ‘Trying to be Cool’. The Creators Project in Canada has come up with an interesting video, which like the album takes a while to work out what is going on. What seems to be happening is…
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Newtimers – January Love (yus remix)
https://soundcloud.com/newtimers/newtimers-january-love-yus As you might have guessed I’m going through the inbox, and inbetween the usual nestling was this amazing remix…I didn’t know the original so had to go listen and it’s very different, this turns a fairly typical indie rock song into chillwave hypnogogic (are we still using those labels?) ambient post-dubstep loveliness. I know…
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20102010-1901 A Robot Odyssey: Daft Punk and Phoenix mash it up live last night
Last night at Madison Square Gardens Phoenix had a surprise guest: fellow French robots Daft Punk turned up to mash up their last two songs ‘If I Feel Better’ with the likes of Harder Better Faster Stronger and Around the World: Better less epileptic and better sound yet shorter vid here from the Rise of…
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Phoenix release complete multitrack of ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix’
1901 and Lisztomania has not left my sets nor has Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix left my iPod since they were released…so the news that the French band Phoenix has released the entire multitracks for the whole album for your remixing pleasure is news to warm my heart (and hopefully yours too)!