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Buzzy French Band Invades Big Apple (Store) for Free Concert

Published September 24th, 2009 by Karen

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French buzz band Phoenix is bringing its buoyant electro-pop to the Big Apple, er, um, the big Apple Store, anyway.

The group’s latest album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix drew rave reviews in indie circles thanks to tracks like “Lisztomania” and ”1901,” and the band even landed high-profile gigs on shows such as Saturday Night Live.

(Read: Free Phoenix Download Lets Fans Remix “1901″)

Phoenix’s big weekend shows at Central Park are sold out (sorry), but you still have a chance to catch them live in NYC this week.

(Watch: Phoenix-”Lisztomania” Brat Pack video )

Tonight (9/24) band is setting up for a free concert at the Apple Store located in SoHo (map). Show starts at 8:30pm, but Continue reading »

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Top 10 NYC Shows this Weekend: French Pop, South African Rock, Bunny Masks and a Booze Cruise

Published June 19th, 2009 by Karen

ABOVE: Masked musician Nobunny plays his fuzzy pop for a roomful of kids on the awesomely weird variety show Chic-a-Go-Go. Carrot-shaped microphone? Bugs Bunny would be so proud. Find out where to see him this weekend.

Each weekend in NYC there are so many concerts that it’s hard to decide which ones to attend.

So, to help you decide where to go, we’ve assembled a list of the weekend’s Top 10 concerts based on some interesting categories, including:

Best Place to Get Drunk on a Boat with a Cool DJ (and maybe reenact this episode of the Office)
Best Place to Pretend You Liked French Music Before it was Cool
Best Place to Realize Funny Band Names are a Still a Bad Idea
Best Place to Pretend You’ve Never Even Heard of Adam Lambert
Best Place to Rock out with Johannesburg Bands (Outside of Johannesburg, obviously)
And More!

PLUS: We’ve got tons of music and videos you can check out before you go to the shows.

So, what concerts are on our list for this week? Let’s find out… Continue reading »

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Free Phoenix Download Lets Fans Remix “1901″

Published April 10th, 2009 by Karen

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Fresh from a somewhat prestigious three-song performance on Saturday Night Live, critically-acclaimed French electro-pop outfit Phoenix is dishing out another treat for fans: free downloads.

Right now, if you visit the Phoenix website, you can download a special multi-layer version of “1901″. So, if you’ve been itching to remix this track, here’s your chance!

Unlike other artists (Bob Dylan, Marilyn Manson) who’ve been giving away free music in exchange for your email address, Phoenix is sharing its sounds with no strings attached. Don’t you feel bad for making jokes about French people now? Yeah, you should.