Phoenix

The Seventies were a great-looking decade in France -- think white bell-bottoms and The
French Connection. Phoenix are a Paris band whose command of the blue- eyed soul, pop
disco and country rock of that decade is pure genius. The quartet crawls so far into these
genres that it sidesteps other bands' retro shtick. The best of the songs is "Too Young," a
bright, up-tempo track that looses thick ribbons of melody, loud syncopations, f... More >