Exams are kicking in I’m afraid, so full and developed reviews are out of the window for a while – hopefully the new player that accompanies posts will enable you to make your own judgements about the music that I post. Bear in mind that I only post something if I love it! Not content with releasing the finest single of the year so far in “1901”, Phoenix have gone on to produce one of
Phoenix - "Lasso"Jaws dropped when Phoenix performed on Saturday Night Live earlier this year. Part of the surprise was the fact that these cult French soft-rockers were on national TV, but the big shock came when this cult French soft-rock band positively nailed it with their impeccable performances of "1901" and "Lisztomania".The SNL appearance created a surge of hype for the group's fourth a...
I was having a 140 character limited conversation on Twitter and posted up a link to Phoenix’s “Lasso” after someone commented on “Lisztomanio” being boring and no “Everything is Everything.” I wanted to argue that “Everything is Everything” is not one of their better songs, and that 2006’s It’s Never Been Like That is better [...]