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There have been a number of artists going by the name of Phoenix
(1) A popular French alternative rock band
(2) A Romanian folk rock band
(3) A short-lived British hard rock band
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Sounds like:
Space Monkeyz vs. Gorillaz,
Blur,
Damon Albarn
By
Hannah Levy
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Dec 25, 2010
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Merry Christmas! As a special gift for us today, Gorillaz released a full album available for streaming on their website (unless you're a super special fan club member, then you can download it for free). The album is called The Fall and echoes the s...
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Sounds like:
Passion Pit,
Tahiti 80,
Two Door Cinema Club
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Sep 12, 2010
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It's been more than a year since Phoenix took the indie rock scene by storm, and more than a year since Alex Metric remixed one of their flagship songs, "Lisztomania." And yet, here we are at Indie Shuffle, pulling it from oblivion and giving back to...
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Sounds like:
Passion Pit,
Tahiti 80,
Two Door Cinema Club
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Aug 3, 2010
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This one comes courtesy of Poindexter, who's out of Portland, Oregon. Just about every blogger out there will tell you how good the original is, but, as Poindexter himself puts it "This is probably the millionth remix you've received of this track bu...
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4

Sounds like:
Passion Pit,
Tahiti 80,
Two Door Cinema Club
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Jun 20, 2010
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Frenchie 25 Hours A Day may have tagged his style as Electro on MySpace, but every drum kick, snare, cowbell konk & guitar chord swear it's indie rock perfection (with synth, occasionally) "“ he's the kind of guy that would remix your track and i...
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5

Sounds like:
Air and Alessandro Baricco,
Darkel,
Zero 7
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Jun 12, 2010
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To get this week started, I have the acoustic live performance that the band did for KEXP. They did really fantastic stripped down versions of singles "1901"³ and "Lisztomania", as well as the delightful cover of Air's "Playground Love". I have bee...
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6

Sounds like:
Two Door Cinema Club,
Telekinesis,
Tokyo Police Club,
Vampire Weekend
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Apr 29, 2010
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Those involved will say that the best part of Phoenix's show in Washington, D.C. was to be able to join the band on stage for their last song, "1901". Those who didn't will recount that the entire show rocked anyway. I honestly can't remember the las...
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7

Sounds like:
Passion Pit,
Tahiti 80,
Two Door Cinema Club
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Apr 8, 2010
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Vintage synthesizers"¦ you've gotta love "˜em. People tend to forget that these keys of yester-years are actually pretty good at what they do. Modern indie/alternative bands are slowly using these behemoths more to create something that's stylistical...
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8

Sounds like:
Passion Pit,
Tahiti 80,
Two Door Cinema Club
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Mar 12, 2010
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Phoenix is one of those bands that just got past me somehow. I hadn't really heard anything about the band until they released the latest Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, and then I happened to catch their SNL performance, purely by accident, sparking my ...
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