5 Acts — Raleigh, NCBeth and Phil trade up on lead vocals and still manage to harmonize perfectly with their second release. Upper Air is out today on Dead Oceans. They kicked off their tour to support the album last night here in DC at Black Cat. So many mo... more info

Pasta Primavera — A few days ago I stumbled across this video of Phoenix performing their insanely popular single “1901″ on KEXP with just an acoustic guitar and vocals.  This is when I know a pop song is strong.  Nothing to cover up.  Just the bare bones... more info

Rollo & Grady — Phoenix June 29th, 2009 KCRW - Morning Becomes Eclectic Santa Monica, California Lisztomania Long Distance Call Consolation Prizes Lasso Girlfriend Rome 1901 Too Young Bookmark It Hide Sites more info

NME — Phoenix, Goldie Lookin Chain and Howling Bells also play more info

Rollo & Grady — Here are our favorite albums for the first half of 2009, 1.) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest 2.) Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid 3.) Japandroids - Post-Nothing 4.) White Denim - Fits 5.) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 6.) Patterson Hood - Murdering Oscar (... more info

Rollo & Grady — Dan Auerbach Here are our favorite 20 tracks for the first half of 2009. 1.) Heartless Bastards - The Mountain 2.) Spoon - Got Nuffin 3.) The Generationals - When They Fight, They Fight 4.) Telekinesis! - Coast Of Carolina 5.) Dan Auerbach - Trouble... more info

Pasta Primavera — autoKratz’s Animal is certainly flying high on my audio deck these days.  Cape Town’s Lapse had already hit us off with solid remixes of Ladyhawke, Empire Of The Sun, AC/DC, Phoenix and more.  So when the two collided what would occur?  ... more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Records - Hollywood 1.) Elvis Costello - Secret Profane & Sugarcane 2.) Mars Volta - Octahedron 3.) Michael Jackson - Essential Michael Jackson 4.) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 5.) Michael Jackson - Thriller 6.) Grizzly Bear - Veckatimes... more info

The Culture Of Me — Thanks to the kids at Fool's Gold, this summer brings together three of the biggest tickets in electro and pop--the 10,000lb Hamburger Tour. The live shows, which pair the new king of disco, Treasure Fingers, with one of the best DJs in the wor... more info

Rollo & Grady — MP3: MGMT - Time To Pretend (DMoeFunk Club Mix) MP3: Phoenix - Lisztomania (The Tremulance Remix) Bookmark It Hide Sites more info