Thomas Mars News and Photos

'We Never Expected The Big Bang'

Wed, May 15 2013 3:14pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Phoenix frontman and singer Thomas Mars says their new album "Bankrupt!" was born out of the negative influences going on in the band after the unprecedented success of their Grammy-winning 2009 album, "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix."

Phoenix – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London 22/04/13

Thu, April 25 2013 10:54am - Source: The Line Of Best Fit

As a certain robotic masked-duo continue to dominate our musical headlines, there is another fiercely cool Parisian outfit that have effortlessly returned from hiatus without causing a social media firestorm.

Review: Phoenix – Bankrupt!

Wed, April 24 2013 6:57pm - Source: Pretty Much Amazing

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The 405 meets Phoenix

Wed, April 24 2013 11:36am - Source: The Four Oh Five

"OK, our conferencing system tends to be a little quiet, so it helps if you speak up a bit."

Phoenix – Bankrupt! (Album Review)

Wed, April 24 2013 8:24am - Source: kingblind

When Phoenix were announced as headliners of Coachella and Primavera it hit home just how big they had become.

Phoenix singer asks fans to lift him up to the balcony for Shepherd's Bush Empire encore – watch

Tue, April 23 2013 12:30pm - Source: NME

Phoenix celebrated the release of their fifth album Bankrupt! yesterday (April 22), with a sold-out headline show at London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire.

You Can’t Cross The Line

Tue, April 23 2013 2:09am - Source: Fluxblog

Thomas Mars once wrote very clear and obvious lyrics, but now his words are an odd, oblique code – there's a suggestion of context, and some perspective on a conflict, the gist of an emotion.

Bankrupt!

Mon, April 22 2013 11:06am - Source: Under The Radar Magazine

In certain circles there has been a quiet suspicion for a few years now that European pop music has made its way under the radar to a place a million miles ahead of its American and British contemporaries: we offer up the catchy but interchangeable, indistinguishable, and disposable ideas, Europe gives us the likes of Versailles's Phoenix.

Phoenix Bring Out R. Kelly for Triumphant Coachella Headlining Set

Sun, April 14 2013 2:06pm - Source: Rolling Stone

About three-quarters of the way through the band's joyous, two-years-in-the-making headlining set, R. Kelly – the Chicago R&B star who shares little if anything in common with the French rockers – belted one of his best known lyrics from offstage, shocking virtually everyone: "My mind's telling me no! But my body . . . my body's telling me yes!"

'I Destroyed Everything That Could Possibly Lead Me To Do Anything Else'

Sat, April 13 2013 3:22pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Alternative pop band Phoenix has made quite a name for itself.

Watch: Phoenix on SNL

Mon, April 08 2013 5:22pm - Source: Pretty Much Amazing

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Watch Phoenix Return To SNL

Sun, April 07 2013 1:25pm - Source: Stereogum

In advance of Bankrupt! 's release, Phoenix are spending the weekend in NY.

Phoenix Hit Williamsburg with New Album and Explosive Energy

Sat, April 06 2013 4:57pm - Source: Rolling Stone

The first sound the audience heard off Phoenix's Bankrupt! was a deep, disquieting synth pulse that grew flecked with fairy dust, only to fade out just as it revved up.

Thomas Mars And Christian Mazzalai Of Phoenix On Bankrupt! And The Perks Of Being A Semi-Late-In-Life Success Story

Wed, April 03 2013 7:35pm - Source: Stereogum

At a time when so many new bands explode out of the gate on the strength of a debut EP and a wave of Internet buzz, only to fizzle into the painful obscurity of no longer being the hot new thing by the time they get around to making a sophomore album, the success of Phoenix is a ray of hope.

Phoenix Go Psychedelic on 'Bankrupt!' Album

Wed, March 27 2013 12:00pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Last summer, after brushing off concert promoters for more than a year while they worked in secret on their next album, Phoenix got an offer they couldn't refuse: a headlining slot at April 2013's Coachella festival.

Dinosaur Jr. Makes Phoenix’s “Entertainment” A Slow Burn

Tue, March 26 2013 5:16pm - Source: Cover Me

Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars is a self-proclaimed fan of legendary rockers Dinosaur Jr. and has been since he saw them perform live back in 1991.

New music - Phoenix – Entertainment (Blood Orange Remix)

Tue, March 26 2013 11:48am - Source: The Guardian Music Blog

Phoenix 's new single Entertainment – the first to be taken from their forthcoming album, Bankrupt! – gallops out of the traps via a ludicrous synth riff that's part 80s children's TV theme and part David Bowie's China Girl after too many coffees.

Phoenix reveal first taste of new album with new track 'Entertainment'

Tue, February 19 2013 12:33pm - Source: NME

The track was premiered on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show last night (February 18) and is the first new material from the french band in three years.

Phoenix: "Entertainment"

Mon, February 18 2013 10:51pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

A few minutes into Phoenix 's new single, the music fades and Thomas Mars mutters, "I'd rather be alone."

Phoenix announce new album details and tracklisting

Tue, February 12 2013 6:47pm - Source: NME

The French rockers will release their fifth album and the follow-up to 2009's 'Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix' on April 22, according to a scripted message on their website.

Phoenix owns recording console used for Michael Jackson’s Thriller

Thu, February 07 2013 6:59pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

Phoenix' s forthcoming fifth studio album, Bankrupt! , was mixed on the same Harrison 4032 solid-state recording console that captured Michael Jackson's all-time classic, Thriller.