Ten years into their career, the French band Phoenix had refined their pop skills by referencing two great composers. The sophistication of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is juxtaposed with the flash of Franz Liszt, joining classical elegance with Liszt’s Romantic-era groupies. Phoenix’s defining song, “Lisztomania,” was recorded with the precision of a classical pianist, using the […]
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