Lots of photos here. I'm breaking my own rule: posting about a show that was never listed here, but in my defense, this show was sold out  long before we launched EML. And for good reason. Phoenix and Passion Pit both put on great performances, but I was really blown away by Phoenix. They were so entertaining, so powerful.

Also, I had no idea how closely they were related to Daft Punk. Phoneix guitarist Laurent Brancowitz, played with those guys in a band called Darlin', which released a few tracks in the early '90s, one of which is below (Sam should like it). Melody Maker reviewed their release, and called it a bunch of "daft punk", and Brancowitz left to join Phoenix, while the Bangalter and Homem-Christo adopted that name.

See Phoenix if you can, though it seems their only not sold out tour dates in North America are in Canada in December. Brrr.

Crossposted at the excellent PopMatters.

Darlin' - Darlin'

Phoenix - Everything is Everything