Phoenix biography
Their track "1901" was used for the theatrical trailer of the film New York, I Love You and has been featured in commercials for the 2010 Cadillac SRX. "1901" was also featured during Super Bowl XLV in a Packers montage. "Lisztomania" was used in trailers for Alice in Wonderland and Valentine's Day. It was also used in the season premiere of Cougar Town, an episode from the first season of USA Network's Royal Pains, and was also featured in the season six finale of HBO's Entourage. It was also used in Season 1 Episode 18 of The Vampire Diaries during the Founders' Day Celebration. It was also used in the Bolloween episode from the NBC series Outsourced. An excerpt from "Love Like a Sunset" can be heard in the episode "Ghost Town" of the tenth season and the season 7 premiere of One Tree Hill. This instrumental of this song is also used in the 606 football podcast on BBC 5 live. They adapted "Love Like a Sunset" for the score of Sofia Coppola's film Somewhere.
To promote the album with live performances, Phoenix performed "Lisztomania", "1901", and "Girlfriend" on Saturday Night Live on April 4. They also performed "Lisztomania" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, "Girlfriend" on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and "1901" on The Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.
On December 2, 2009, nominations for the 2009 Grammy Awards were released, with Phoenix receiving a nomination for the album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix for Best Alternative Music Album. On January 31, 2010 Phoenix won the Grammy Award in this category. Shortly afterwards, "1901" peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot Alternative Songs chart. Phoenix performed at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California on Sunday, April 18, 2010, the 2010 Bonnaroo Music Festival in June 2010 at the Southside festival in Neuhausen Germany, the 2010 Lollapalooza Music Festival on August 7, 2010, the Mile High Music Festival on August 14, Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco, California on Sunday, August 15, 2010 and Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL) in Austin, Texas on October 2, 2009. Following this, the band will be second billing on the NME/Radio 1 Stage at the 2010 Reading and Leeds Festivals, on August 27 and August 29 respectively. On October 20, 2010, Daft Punk made a special appearance for their show in Madison Square Garden.
Allmusic.com, a review website, commented favourably on the release of the album. "Beyond containing the band's best, most efficient songwriting, the album also stands apart from the first three studio albums by projecting a cool punch that is unforced," a reviewer commented. Vocalist Thomas Mars, described as "more bright-eyed and youthful than ever," is more prominent in these songs, harmonising well with the instruments. "Maybe they've just hit their stride," the reviewer says.
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