The Classic Crime have posted a brand new music video for "What I'd Give Up", which you can view in the replies. The video was shot on three iPhone 5's, while the band was on a recent tour stop in Las Vegas, NV. You can purchase the band's current album, Phoenix, here.
The line-up for Lollapalooza 2013 has been announced. The festival will feature The Cure, Mumford & Sons, The Killers, Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, The Postal Service, Vampire Weekend, New Order and more. Check out the full line-up in the replies.
The deluxe version of Phoenix's new album will have 71 bonus tracks (one hour and four minutes). Demos, sketches, and other recordings will be known as "The Bankrupt! Diaries" via iTunes.
Phoenix's new album, Bankrupt!, was mixed on the Harrison 4032 solid-state recording console used to make Michael Jackson's legendary Thriller.
"The most mysterious part to me was that no one else-- no nerd or music engineer or memorabilia freak-- seemed to want it," frontman Thomas Mars told The New Yorker. "There was something a little spooky about him [Rose]. He was very pushy. It seemed like a scam. " After a prolonged and skeptical online back-and-forth with Rose, Mars committed to the console for a price of $17,000 (the original asking price was $32,000) and shipped it to Paris to begin mixing Bankrupt!.
Phoenix will return to the road this spring, with select West Coast dates culminating in a Saturday night headlining slot at this year’s Coachella. Tour dates are below, more coming soon. A pre-sale for these shows will take place via the band's website Thursday, February 7th, at 1 pm EST.
You can watch Phoenix's new video for "Lisztomania" in the replies. Upcoming American tour dates are below as well; their new album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is in stores May 25th.
You can check out a great interview with The Format over at the Phoenix New Times Online. For those of you in the Phoenix area, the boys will be on the cover of the upcoming issue when it hits newsstands.
Arts & Crafts Records (Broken Social Scene, Stars, Apostle of Hustle) has signed France's Phoenix (in Canada). Their third album, It's Never Been Like That, will hit stores June 13th in Canada and May 23rd in America through Astralwerks.
