Phoenix
The 50 best albums of 2022
In an unprecedented year of change in music, albums of all genres confounded expectations – from vulnerable rap to pop with gravitas. Listen your way to our No 1 album of the year
Safi Bugel, Shaad D'Souza and Laura Snapes
23, Dec, 2022 @9:59 AM
Phoenix review – pop-rock stalwarts deliver a spectacular show
Four-piece lean into the melodrama of live music and their Frenchness in a show as lavish as Versailles
Kate Solomon
17, Nov, 2022 @11:05 AM
Phoenix: ‘Every political cycle France has an existential crisis’
The Parisian pop maestros discuss getting their groove back, recording in the Louvre and the debate raging over their homeland’s cultural identity
Shaad D'Souza
05, Nov, 2022 @11:55 AM
Cassius's Philippe Zdar dies in fall from Paris building
French producer worked for acts including Phoenix, Kanye West and the Beastie Boys
Laura Snapes
20, Jun, 2019 @6:26 AM
Record Store Day 2018: the exclusive releases in full
From Abba to Zero 7, the 500 singles, EPs, LPs and cassettes released for the annual celebration of independent record shops
Guardian music
07, Mar, 2018 @2:57 PM
David Bowie, Prince and Courtney Barnett among Record Store Day exclusive releases
The annual celebration of independent record shops takes place on 21 April, with the usual sought-after limited vinyl editions
Laura Snapes
06, Mar, 2018 @6:00 PM
The 10 best things to do this week: Blade Runner 2049 and Heisenberg
The star-studded sequel to the cult sci-fi film hits cinemas, while Simon Stephens’s two-hander transfers from Broadway
The Guide
29, Sep, 2017 @8:00 AM
Glastonbury 2017: Saturday evening with Katy Perry, Solange and Foo Fighters – as it happened
Katy Perry sparkles and crowdsurfs, Solange gives us a birthday surprise, Stormzy signs in, and Foo Fighters bring on the fireworks
Alex Needham
24, Jun, 2017 @11:53 PM
Phoenix: Ti Amo review – from France to Italy, avec fromage
(Atlantic)
Paul Mardles
11, Jun, 2017 @7:00 AM
Phoenix: ‘The purity of French identity is an illusion; it’s never existed'
France’s princes of gauzy soft rock are back with a new album Ti Amo. Despite recording amid two years of terror and division, they’ve managed to keep it sunny
Nosheen Iqbal
08, Jun, 2017 @5:37 PM
Aliens, sequels and even stranger things: predicting 2017's cultural highlights
The new year promises a long-awaited Blade Runner sequel, the return of Phoenix, an umpteenth Star Trek reboot and an ongoing sense of FOMO
Dave Schilling
30, Dec, 2016 @1:45 PM
Bill Murray meets Phoenix – hear their festive single Alone on Christmas Day
Hear what happened when the comedian and the French band joined David Johansen and Jason Schwartzman to take on a Beach Boys song
Guardian music
04, Dec, 2015 @8:07 AM
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