Phoenix @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn 6/18/09

Special times at MHOW last night. For their part, Phoenix never fail to play like a band fully convinced of its undeniability, whether touring on the back of their more ebullient synth-pop (United), shadowy soft rock (Alphabetical), or their jangled and silky Parisian take on Strokes rock (It's Never Been Like That). At shows behind each album, the song list's deepened but little's changed about their slick playing and engaging stoicism leavened with Thom Mars's occasional kneeling, stage sca...

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