Phoenix at MSG (more by Andrew St. Clair)

"How a small group specialist woodworkers from Versailles, heir to the French touch to the end of the 1990s - and which the singer Thomas March is married to the trendy Sofia Coppola -, he managed to conquer America? How is it imposed before stars such as David Byrne, Brian Eno or Depeche Mode During the Grammy Awards, winning the Award for best album alternative rock? With Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, album sold more than 2 million copies, the group constitutes a true musical phenomenon."

Forgive the poorly worded synopsis for Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - From A Mess To The Masses (thanks Google Translator), a documentary on Phoenix which is viewable in full below. Be warned though, portions of the documentary are entirely in French. Phoenix recently recorded material for their new LP, though no word on a release date thus far.

Speaking of France (first Justice and now Phoenix) (not to mention that Daft Punk cameo in the Comic Con pics), the country will be repping hard with its more up and coming bands during CMJ in NYC this week:

FRANCE ROCKS CMJ NIGHTS'

DAY #1: Wednesday October 19th - Hiro Ballroom
8pm - The Lanskies
9pm - Hindi Zahra
10pm - The Two
11pm - Revolver
12am - Chateau Marmont

DAY #2: Thursday October 20th -Hiro Ballroom
9pm - Stranded Horse
10pm - The Inspector Cluzo
11pm - Zenzile
12am - Make The Girl Dance

Both shows are free with RSVP.

Revolver & Chateau Marmont both also play Joe's Pub as part of an ongoing tour.

Check out Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - From A Mess To The Masses below.

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by Andrew Sacher

DOWNLOAD: Revolver - "A Song She Wrote" (Botany Remix) (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Botany - "Watermark" (MP3)

French chamber pop trio Revolver plan to release their sophomore LP on Astralwerks next year. The album will be the followup to 2009's Music for a While. If you haven't heard these guys, they owe a little more than the origin of their band name to The Beatles. They play pretty laid back orchestral indie pop with harmonies recalling those of the fab four. They'll take fellow French group Chateau Marmont on the 'Voulez-Vous Tour' of the US and Canada this fall, culminating in a few CMJ shows in NYC. Not all of those shows have been announced yet, but it's been revealed that one of them will be on October 20 at Joe's Pub, which means the venue which is now undergoing renovation, better be open by CMJ. Check out a flier and a video for the tour and all dates below.

Botany

Texas producer Botany (aka Spencer Stephenson), who shared a bill with Revolver at last year's CMJ, remixed the track "A Song She Wrote," from Revolver's debut LP. He takes the vocals out of their guitar-driven environment and throws them into dank blown out atmospheres where they somehow feel right at home. You can grab that remix, which makes its premiere here, above and check out a live acoustic version of Revolver playing the song below. Botany released his debut EP Feeling Today last year via Western Vinyl. Grab the track "Watermark" above and stream the title track below. You can purchase the EP from the Western Vinyl webstore as LP and CD. You can also purchase the MP3 album on iTunes.

All dates, video, song stream and flier below...

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