Phoenix continued to preview their upcoming new album Alpha Zulu Thursday with the video for the LP’s icy latest single, “Winter Solstice.”
Unlike every other track on the French band’s first album since 2017’s Te Amo, “Winter Solstice” is the only song on Alpha Zulu that wasn’t composed by Phoenix together in the studio.
Recorded over separate continents, Phoenix’s Lauren Brancowitz, Christian Mazzalai, and Deck D’Arcy built the loop for the track, which they sent over to singer Thomas Mars to build out. “Winter Solstice” marks...
Unlike every other track on the French band’s first album since 2017’s Te Amo, “Winter Solstice” is the only song on Alpha Zulu that wasn’t composed by Phoenix together in the studio.
Recorded over separate continents, Phoenix’s Lauren Brancowitz, Christian Mazzalai, and Deck D’Arcy built the loop for the track, which they sent over to singer Thomas Mars to build out. “Winter Solstice” marks...
- 10/20/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
“Most musicians know how to whistle,” reveals Thomas Mars, whose band Phoenix did the music for “On the Rocks.” In the A24 film streaming on Apple TV+, Bill Murray’s character Felix chastises his daughter Laura (Rashida Jones) for forgetting how to whistle. In our exclusive video interview, Mars continues, “Whistling is a big part of how you get harmony and learn to tune. I’m lucky it works for me. I don’t know if you can lose the ability to whistle like Laura, but all Phoenix musicians are pretty good at whistling.”
In “On the Rocks,” Laura suspects her husband of having an affair and recruits her father Felix to get to the bottom of things. The film is written and directed by Sofia Coppola, who won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for her previous Murray film “Lost in Translation” (2003). Mars is married to Coppola and says that...
In “On the Rocks,” Laura suspects her husband of having an affair and recruits her father Felix to get to the bottom of things. The film is written and directed by Sofia Coppola, who won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for her previous Murray film “Lost in Translation” (2003). Mars is married to Coppola and says that...
- 1/26/2021
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
For Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars, the scoring and music supervision on “On the Rocks” became the highlight of his five-film collaboration with director and wife Sofia Coppola. Indeed, this father-daughter comedy, starring Bill Murray and Rashida Jones, turned into a musical expression about bonding over New York on so many levels.
For starters, Coppola came up with Chet Baker’s “I Fall in Love Too Easily” as the perfect entry for Murray’s charming and irresistible Felix, the Don Juan-like art dealer. The movie opens with a voiceover of Felix telling young Laura (Jones) that her heart will always belong to him, even after she gets married. Fade in to Laura and husband Dean (Marlon Wayans) running off after their wedding for a playful tryst to the romantic strains of the iconic trumpeter Baker. It immediately conveys Felix’s strong hold on her, which must be resolved during their later...
For starters, Coppola came up with Chet Baker’s “I Fall in Love Too Easily” as the perfect entry for Murray’s charming and irresistible Felix, the Don Juan-like art dealer. The movie opens with a voiceover of Felix telling young Laura (Jones) that her heart will always belong to him, even after she gets married. Fade in to Laura and husband Dean (Marlon Wayans) running off after their wedding for a playful tryst to the romantic strains of the iconic trumpeter Baker. It immediately conveys Felix’s strong hold on her, which must be resolved during their later...
- 11/6/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Cult favorite French band Phoenix has released a music video for "Trying to Be Cool," the latest cut off of the band's recent album, "Bankrupt!"
Phoenix band members Laurent Brancowitz, Deck d'Arcy, Thomas Mars, and Christian Mazzala star in the music video celebration of all things cool, including basement jam sessions, mustaches, skinny jeans, modern art, Adidas tracksuits, and scantily clad women. Take a look at the music video to "Trying to Be Cool" above.
"Trying to Be Cool" is featured on the group's fifth studio album, "Bankrupt!" Released four years after Phoenix's last album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix," "Bankrupt!" performed well for the band, hitting No. 4 on the Billboard 200 to much critical acclaim.
"I guess we're perfectionists in the way that when we make an album, we know it's going to last. It's important that it's exactly how we want it to be," Mars said in an interview with the AP.
Phoenix band members Laurent Brancowitz, Deck d'Arcy, Thomas Mars, and Christian Mazzala star in the music video celebration of all things cool, including basement jam sessions, mustaches, skinny jeans, modern art, Adidas tracksuits, and scantily clad women. Take a look at the music video to "Trying to Be Cool" above.
"Trying to Be Cool" is featured on the group's fifth studio album, "Bankrupt!" Released four years after Phoenix's last album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix," "Bankrupt!" performed well for the band, hitting No. 4 on the Billboard 200 to much critical acclaim.
"I guess we're perfectionists in the way that when we make an album, we know it's going to last. It's important that it's exactly how we want it to be," Mars said in an interview with the AP.
- 7/2/2013
- by Madeline Boardman
- Huffington Post
New York -- Phoenix frontman and singer Thomas Mars says their new album "Bankrupt!" was born out of the negative influences going on in the band after the unprecedented success of their Grammy-winning 2009 album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix."
"At that time, we started talking about success and not music," Mars said. "I guess it was time to protect ourselves and focus on music again."
The band said it took some time to get on track when they began writing songs for the new album, which comes four years after "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" was named a Top 10 album on end-of-the-year lists for Rolling Stone, Time and Spin magazines, among others. The album also reached gold status, a first for the band.
"I guess we're perfectionists in the way that when we make an album, we know it's going to last. It's important that it's exactly how we want it to be," Mars said.
"At that time, we started talking about success and not music," Mars said. "I guess it was time to protect ourselves and focus on music again."
The band said it took some time to get on track when they began writing songs for the new album, which comes four years after "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" was named a Top 10 album on end-of-the-year lists for Rolling Stone, Time and Spin magazines, among others. The album also reached gold status, a first for the band.
"I guess we're perfectionists in the way that when we make an album, we know it's going to last. It's important that it's exactly how we want it to be," Mars said.
- 5/15/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
(Adds details of performances throughout)
By Piya Sinha-Roy
Indio, Calif., April 14 (Reuters) - Grammy-winning French indie rock band Phoenix headlined the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival on Saturday, bringing R&B singer R. Kelly as their special guest on stage amid rumors that French electro duo Daft Punk would join them.
Phoenix's lead singer Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Laurent Brancowitz and Christian Mazzalai, played a selection of old and new songs against the star-lit backdrop of the festival, held in the desert in Indio, California.
The band, which is due to release its album "Bankrupt!" on April 22, sang new songs "Entertainment" and "The Real Thing". It also serenaded the crowd with favorites from its last album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix", such as "Lisztomania" and "Fences".
Kelly's appearance came as a surprise to an audience expecting to see Daft Punk after a teaser music video by the electronic group was played...
By Piya Sinha-Roy
Indio, Calif., April 14 (Reuters) - Grammy-winning French indie rock band Phoenix headlined the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival on Saturday, bringing R&B singer R. Kelly as their special guest on stage amid rumors that French electro duo Daft Punk would join them.
Phoenix's lead singer Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Laurent Brancowitz and Christian Mazzalai, played a selection of old and new songs against the star-lit backdrop of the festival, held in the desert in Indio, California.
The band, which is due to release its album "Bankrupt!" on April 22, sang new songs "Entertainment" and "The Real Thing". It also serenaded the crowd with favorites from its last album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix", such as "Lisztomania" and "Fences".
Kelly's appearance came as a surprise to an audience expecting to see Daft Punk after a teaser music video by the electronic group was played...
- 4/14/2013
- by Reuters
- Huffington Post
Phoenix is back with a new music video for "Entertainment," the first single off of the band's upcoming "Bankrupt!" album.
The video (shown above) is set in Asia, and features multiple story lines and traditional Asian imagery, but no sight of the band members themselves. Instead of a performance by Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Laurent Brancowitz, and Christian Mazzala, an Asian pop star is shown singing Phoenix's "Entertainment" to a packed crowd.
Phoenix will likely be performing "Entertainment" later this month when the band begins an international tour. Kicking off March 28 in Vancouver, B.C., Phoenix will hit U.S. cities such as Seattle and Las Vegas before heading abroad for an abbreviated summer tour. The band is also set to play this year's Coachella music festival.
Late last year, Glassnote Records head Daniel Glass spoke to HuffPost Entertainment about Phoenix's upcoming album, saying that it was a "treat" to hear the band's new music.
The video (shown above) is set in Asia, and features multiple story lines and traditional Asian imagery, but no sight of the band members themselves. Instead of a performance by Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Laurent Brancowitz, and Christian Mazzala, an Asian pop star is shown singing Phoenix's "Entertainment" to a packed crowd.
Phoenix will likely be performing "Entertainment" later this month when the band begins an international tour. Kicking off March 28 in Vancouver, B.C., Phoenix will hit U.S. cities such as Seattle and Las Vegas before heading abroad for an abbreviated summer tour. The band is also set to play this year's Coachella music festival.
Late last year, Glassnote Records head Daniel Glass spoke to HuffPost Entertainment about Phoenix's upcoming album, saying that it was a "treat" to hear the band's new music.
- 3/8/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Expect to hear this one on more than a handful of car commercials in the next 12 months: Phoenix has released its first new single since 2009. The song, "Entertainment," is off the band's forthcoming new album "Bankrupt."
"Entertainment," which you can hear above, sounds like a classic Phoenix track: bouncy drums, driving synthesizers and singable hook.
The band first announced the official release of "Bankrupt" last week. The disc will arrive on April 23 in the U.S. (April 22 in England) and include "Entertainment" as well as songs titled "Drakkar Noir," "Chloroform" and "The Real Thing." Back in December of last year, Glassnote Records head Daniel Glass told HuffPost Entertainment that a new Phoenix album was on tap for 2013. The band had been fooling around with a new record since 2011.
From earlier HuffPost coverage of Phoenix:
Phoenix, the French alt-rock band, is made up of Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz.
"Entertainment," which you can hear above, sounds like a classic Phoenix track: bouncy drums, driving synthesizers and singable hook.
The band first announced the official release of "Bankrupt" last week. The disc will arrive on April 23 in the U.S. (April 22 in England) and include "Entertainment" as well as songs titled "Drakkar Noir," "Chloroform" and "The Real Thing." Back in December of last year, Glassnote Records head Daniel Glass told HuffPost Entertainment that a new Phoenix album was on tap for 2013. The band had been fooling around with a new record since 2011.
From earlier HuffPost coverage of Phoenix:
Phoenix, the French alt-rock band, is made up of Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz.
- 2/19/2013
- by Christopher Rosen
- Huffington Post
Phoenix fans looking forward to the band's new album can finally pencil in a date. According to Glassnote Records head Daniel Glass, the next Phoenix album should be out in April of 2013.
Glass made the announcement at a Spotify event on Thursday. Glass was on hand to endorse Spotify; his company represents Phoenix and Mumford & Sons among other indie-rock crossover successes.
"I got to have a treat last Friday. I went to Paris to hear the Phoenix album, which is now done," Glass told Huffington Post Executive Arts & Entertainment editor Michael Hogan at the Spotify event. "That will come out, hopefully, in April."
Phoenix, the French alt-rock band, is made up of Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz. The band's breakout album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix," was released in 2009 and housed hit singles like "1901" and "Lisztomania." At the 2010 Grammys, Phoenix won for Best Alternative Album. Mars, who is married to director Sofia Coppola,...
Glass made the announcement at a Spotify event on Thursday. Glass was on hand to endorse Spotify; his company represents Phoenix and Mumford & Sons among other indie-rock crossover successes.
"I got to have a treat last Friday. I went to Paris to hear the Phoenix album, which is now done," Glass told Huffington Post Executive Arts & Entertainment editor Michael Hogan at the Spotify event. "That will come out, hopefully, in April."
Phoenix, the French alt-rock band, is made up of Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz. The band's breakout album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix," was released in 2009 and housed hit singles like "1901" and "Lisztomania." At the 2010 Grammys, Phoenix won for Best Alternative Album. Mars, who is married to director Sofia Coppola,...
- 12/7/2012
- by Christopher Rosen
- Huffington Post
The couple, who has two daughters, married in Italy.
By Kelley L. Carter
Sofia Coppola and Phoenix's Thomas Mars
Photo: Getty Images
Oscar-winner Sofia Coppola and her longtime rocker boyfriend, Thomas Mars, tied the knot Saturday (August 27) in Italy.
Coppola and Mars, frontman for Phoenix, said "I do" at a civil ceremony in the southern Italian hamlet of Bernalda, the hometown of Coppola's grandparents. People.com reported that about 80 people attended the ceremony at a historic building owned by the bride's famous father, director Francis Ford Coppola, who walked her down the aisle.
She was dressed in a lavender gown designed by Azzedine Alaia, and the ceremony was officiated by the town's mayor, Leonardo Chiruzzi.
"Everything went well," Chiruzzi told the Associated Press. "It was simple, calm, in the garden."
Another famous director, George Lucas, was in attendance. After the evening ceremony, the guests feasted on cheeses, figs, salads, pasta,...
By Kelley L. Carter
Sofia Coppola and Phoenix's Thomas Mars
Photo: Getty Images
Oscar-winner Sofia Coppola and her longtime rocker boyfriend, Thomas Mars, tied the knot Saturday (August 27) in Italy.
Coppola and Mars, frontman for Phoenix, said "I do" at a civil ceremony in the southern Italian hamlet of Bernalda, the hometown of Coppola's grandparents. People.com reported that about 80 people attended the ceremony at a historic building owned by the bride's famous father, director Francis Ford Coppola, who walked her down the aisle.
She was dressed in a lavender gown designed by Azzedine Alaia, and the ceremony was officiated by the town's mayor, Leonardo Chiruzzi.
"Everything went well," Chiruzzi told the Associated Press. "It was simple, calm, in the garden."
Another famous director, George Lucas, was in attendance. After the evening ceremony, the guests feasted on cheeses, figs, salads, pasta,...
- 8/27/2011
- MTV Music News
The band recorded sessions with an Australian percussion group for their 'futuristic' follow-up to Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.
By James Montgomery
Phoenix's Thomas Mars
Photo: Getty Images
The last time we heard from Phoenix, they told MTV News that they were planning to begin work on the follow-up to their breakout Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix album on "the 4th of January — to be precise," and it looks like they were telling the truth.
From the sound of things, the Franco-pop stars are already hard at work on their new album ... down in Australia. In an interview backstage at Sydney's Good Vibrations Festival, Phoenix's Thomas Mars and Deck D'Arcy told Pedestrian.tv that they were planning to do some recordings for their new album, with an orchestra that ... well, let's let them attempt to explain it:
"We're meeting an orchestra that specializes in, uh, I don't know how to say it in English,...
By James Montgomery
Phoenix's Thomas Mars
Photo: Getty Images
The last time we heard from Phoenix, they told MTV News that they were planning to begin work on the follow-up to their breakout Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix album on "the 4th of January — to be precise," and it looks like they were telling the truth.
From the sound of things, the Franco-pop stars are already hard at work on their new album ... down in Australia. In an interview backstage at Sydney's Good Vibrations Festival, Phoenix's Thomas Mars and Deck D'Arcy told Pedestrian.tv that they were planning to do some recordings for their new album, with an orchestra that ... well, let's let them attempt to explain it:
"We're meeting an orchestra that specializes in, uh, I don't know how to say it in English,...
- 2/16/2011
- MTV Music News
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