Thursday Bears: Battles on Take Away Show

There's few better treats in the music world than seeing someone you adore performing on Vincent Moon's "Take Away Show" on La Blogotheque.

Battles, whose continually hyped sophomore album Gloss Drop is set for release next Tuesday, June 7, premiered a pair of new songs from the album via Moon's show a little more than a week ago. With former singer/guitarist Tyondai Braxton out of the mix this time around, Gloss Drop will appear more on the minimalist instrumental side, easily seen in "Futura."

Battles - Wall Street (Live on A Take Away Show)



Battles - Futura (Live on A Take Away Show)

Thursday Bears: Phoenix on La Blogotheque

Phoenix, recent recipients of a 2009 Grammy nomination in the Best Alternative Music Album for Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (although no one really considers a Grammy much of an achievement anymore; see why here), performed several toned-down songs from the aforementioned album on fellow Frenchmen Vincent Moon's Take Away Shows.

The increasingly popular group attracted a fairly sized crowd (by La Blogotheque standards, anyway) during their rendition of radio and commercial friendly "1901" for two newlyweds right in front of the Eiffel Tower. Really, other than the fact that lead singer Thomas Mars sings in English, it doesn't get too much more French than this.

Phoenix - 1901 (Live Via La Blogotheque)



Phoenix - Lisztomania (Via La Blogotheque)