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Review: Phoenix – Alpha Zulu

6/10

Diminishing returns on Phoenix’s new album.

There was a point where it seemed easy to define who Phoenix were.

At the end of the noughties they released Wolfgang Amadeus, a definitively smart nailing of the late decade’s transatlantic pop co-ordinates and one that would deliver the French quartet that four-leaf …

Review: Tahiti 80 @ LA Troubadour

Some bands spend their entire careers wallowing in indie obscurity, never reaching the level of mainstream success they deserve due to an unwillingness to compromise their sound & style to fit into the basic pop package that has dominated the charts for years and years. Others find themselves thrust into …