Phoenix to perform LIVE web concert tomorrow at SFR Studios. Sign up!

Tomorrow, 3rd June, Phoenix will be playing a live set at French mobile carrier SFR's Attention Musique Fraiche! live concert series. The show is at 8:30 pm Paris time (that would be 2:30 pm EST, although the countdown thing on the SFR site is giving me 23 hours to go...weird) and you can watch it live on ton ordi. (That would be "your computer" in English.)

You do have to sign up, however, which you can do by going here and filling out the form outlined in red ("informations obligatoires"; don't worry about the box labeled "informations facultatives") : screenname (pseudo), password (mot de passe), first name (prenom), last name (nom), email, and the captcha phrase given IN LOWERCASE LETTERS (they're being tricksy like that). Then, of course, confirm your email and sign in to the SFR site to enjoy the show.

There's a video interview with Phoenix here as well, but I'm not translating that for you. Sorry.



ETA : So, I'm not really 100% positive as to whether or not you have to sign up to watch the show. That's the impression I'm getting, though it could just be an effort by SFR to get more people to log in to their website. Regardless, better safe than sorry, right? Right.

New Tour Date : Phoenix add second NYC show.

Right, so, lots of Phoenix going on 'round these parts as of late, yeah? Remember how I was all whining like, "Umm Terminal 5? Nah, thanks."

Yeah, well, Bowery Presents just announced a second date in New York, this time at Music Hall of Williamsburg, on Thursday, 18th June.

Tickets go on sale Friday at noon, and I will seriously be considering purchasing them. The Term5 show the day after is already sold out.

That's all you're getting in terms of interesting updates for right now, sorry.

New Video / New Tour Dates : Phoenix, "Lisztomania"

OH EMM GEE HEY EVERYBODY GUESS WHAT PHOENIX PUT OUT A VIDEO TODAY!

Okay, yeah, I feel like I'm about twelve hours late to the party. (And only in today's blogosphere world is it possible to feel "late to the party" the same day a video is released.) Evs. Pitchfork TV unveiled the video to Phoenix's "Lisztomania" from their upcoming Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.



They also announced their upcoming US/Canada tour dates :

13 June - Park West - Chicago, IL
15 June - Phoenix Concert Theater - Toronto, ONT (lol really?)
16 June - Les Saints - Montreal, QC
17 June - Paradise Rock Club - Boston, MA
19 June - Terminal 5 - New York City, NY
21 June - Rock and Roll Hotel - Washington, DC
23 June - Varsity - Minneapolis, MN
25 June - Bluebird - Denver, CO
27 June - Regency Center - San Francisco, CA
28 June - Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA

So...Boston gets the 'Dise, but NYC gets Terminal 5? If it wasn't so damn impractical, I'd be on a bus for Boston. Guess I'll have to wait it out 'til they (presumably) play Paris again in the fall (hopefully at La Cigale, which is roughly half the capacity of Term 5).

Phoenix were on SNL (duh), Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix EP is out.

"Lisztomania"

So I just got accepted to teach just outside of Paris this fall. When I got the email, I started jumping around like a nutter (in only a towel! ooh la!), a marked difference from the last time I got accepted to live in France, when I was sort of "meh" about it and then became extremely terrified about it. This time around I'm really excited about it, though it pains me to realise that I'm going to have to leave friends and family and dear, dear New York behind.

So, let's talk about more French things! Like Phoenix! They played on SNL on Saturday! You probably already know that, because everyone else has already posted about it, but, evs. They played the first two releases from their upcoming LP, the ever-so modestly titled Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, which officially drops on 26th May (as well as "Too Young").


"1901"

They've also just released an EP of the same name on iTunes, which is four tracks from the LP - the two above and "Love Like A Sunset" parts one and two. If you're dying to hear more new stuff from WAP, then download it. Otherwise, hold out for the whole record because it is, how do you say, à la hauteur.

New Song (plus a release date) : Phoenix, "1901"

Updating FAIL.

But in more recent news about that upcoming Phoenix album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, release date has been set as 25th May.

They're also giving away a new song from the record, "1901," which you can download from their website.

And that's all I've got for now.

Phoenix's new record is finally coming out, yay!

Totally gacked from Rock Sellout:

Phoenix announced on its official website today that their forthcoming album is officially in the can. The release date hasn’t been announced at this point (Spring of 2009 is all that’s been shared), but the album will be titled Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. I’m not sure why things seem so secretive at the moment about the release. Perhaps a press release will be announced next week? Where’s the track listing? Where’s the artwork? Maybe I expect too much? Anyhow…

Err, that's an interesting title. It's been over a year since they announced they were going into the studio, so...it's about time they put the thing out!

Oh. Happy New Year, btdubs.

ETA: 150th post what.


Taken by this lovely person.

In the studio: Phoenix

Oh, goody. New bulletin from "France's finest art-rockers":

Dear friends,

Long time no see, long time no say...
We've been busy working on our new album and exciting new projects coming out next year.

Check www.wearephoenix.com for exclusive previews and more over the next few months!

We will also be touring South America for the first time in December, with shows in Argentina and Chile, so see you there!

Until next time..

PHOENIX


Anticipation! Would love to see them play in Paris, although they'll probably play smaller venues here rather than there.