Tag Archives: Thomas Mars
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ALBUM REVIEW: Phoenix spends a night at the museum on ‘Alpha Zulu’
Phoenix, “Alpha Zulu.” To record Alpha Zulu, Frenchmen Phoenix moved into Musée des Arts Decoratifs, inside the Louvre in Paris. The band was allowed special access to the space and put the album together surrounded by some of the most famous art and artifacts in the world. Being immersed in the creative…
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Q&A: Phoenix gets romantic on ‘Ti Amo,’ returns for holiday shows
Phoenix photographed at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, on June 10, 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — In the corner of the trailer, a smallish TV hung from the ceiling is playing a documentary on Burt Bacharach. Right below, on a love seat, Christian Mazzalai and Deck…
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Review: Phoenix turns Live 105’s BFD kaleidoscopic
Photos: Alessio Neri MOUNTAIN VIEW — Thomas Mars and Phoenix brought their traveling Italian disco show to radio station Live 105’s BFD festival at the Shoreline Amphitheatre Saturday. The Parisians, the final of 25 acts to perform at the annual radio station start of summer show, played three songs off…
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Q&A: Phoenix guitarist Christian Mazzalai on the year of Anglo-French pop
Christian Mazzalai (R) and Thomas Mars of Phoenix perform at Outside Lands Music Festival in Golden Gate Park on Aug. 10, 2013. Roman Gohman/STAFF. Today’s Outside Lands Music Festival preview is about French rockers Phoenix. We spoke to guitarist Christian Mazzalai’s thoughts on the definition of “cool” and what he…
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Interview: Phoenix returns to Outside Lands with ‘Bankrupt!’
Phoenix performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Sept. 8, 2018. Courtesy: Paige K. Parsons. When French alt-rockers Phoenix take the stage as the fourth, unofficial, headliners at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival on August 10th, the song parts each band member plays off new album Bankrupt!…
