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 curiosity. Not the usual musical fare for my ears, but there is something extremely palatable and refreshingly upbeat about the songs on their latest release. How can you not find yourself singing along with “Lisztomania”? A song title that was lifted from the term coined by German writer and poet Heinrich Heine to describe the effect that Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt had on his fans.

Phoenix are French. They began as the backing band for the remix of Air’s “Kelly Watch The Stars. They released their first album United in 2000. And you’ve probably heard them while watching some car commercial. Cadillac I believe.

Love this song:

MP3> Phoenix ‘Rome’

Phoenix: AMD stage Friday @ 4:30

This entry was posted on Monday, September 28th, 2009 at 2:34 pm and is filed under ACL Festival 2009, mp3's, recommended.