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• 9-02-2010
• Sept 2 Playlist
• 5:25 00 99-2432-05 A Ruffer Version Johnny Clarke & A:00 3:35 00 99-2416-04 Dig Me a River Gemma Ray :00 2:51 00 99-1947-06 In the Aeroplane Over th Neutral Milk Hote:00 3:24 00 99-2215-01 Maybellene Chuck Berry :00 2:18 00 99-2508-10 Come Into Our Room Clinic :00 3:42 00 99-1727-06 I Can't Turn You Loose Otis Redding :00 2:51 00 99-1801-04 Somebody's baby Phantom Planet :00 2 ...

• 8-24-2010
• Download – American Dreams 2010
• Girls Go Bad (3:18) 24 LMFAO - Get Crazy (3:47) 25 The Pussycat Dolls - Top Of The World (3:15) 26 Phantom Planet - California (3:16) 27 Gavin DeGraw - I Don't Want To Be (3:36) 28 The Fray - How To Save A Life (4:01) 29 Timbaland, Keri Hilson - The Way I Are (3:21) 30 Run D.M.C. - It's Tricky (3:05) 31 P!nk - So What (3:35) 32 Keri Hilson - I Like (3:39) 33 The All-American Rejects - It Ends Tonight (3:45) 34 MIKA - Happy Ending (4:34) 35 Little Boots - New In Town (3:18) 36 Bloc Party - Signs (4 ...

• 8-23-2010
• Fong Songs 101 All-Time Covers: #61 to 52
• 'll Go Mine) is brilliant and would be high on this list if it technically wasn't a remix. 59. Mark Ronson - Just (featuring Alex Greenwald & Sam Farrar of Phantom Planet) [originally by Radiohead] A year before his Version even hit stores, Mark Ronson popped up on everyone's radar in the blogosphere with his masterful horn-infused reworking of Radiohead's Just for the tribute album Exit Music: Songs with Radio Heads. Once I heard he was working on a full cover album, it became one of my most ...

• 8-22-2010
• Phantom Planet - Raise the Dead (from Blender)
• Armed with a simple piano melody and a charging four-word chorus, Phantom Planet became West Coast bards with their 2002 single "California," a Golden State love letter that pithily evoked grand Angeleno myths: manifest destiny, beach bliss, seeing that dude from that movie in the Ralph's checkout line. Playing under the opening credits of The O.C., it was the best-written thing in the show. Their fourth album explores a creepier Cali staple, one that unites Charles Manson and Tom Cruise: the cu......

• 8-16-2010
• New: Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang “Lonely Lonely Night”
• Juston Stens recently left Dr. Dog after 6 years and 5 albums. But feat not, he is releasing music again as Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang. The group is releasing their EP on Park The Van Records. The EP's first single is "Lonely Lonely Night". The track sounds like The Guest-era Phantom Planet featuring Calvin Johnson on vocals. The track also features very nice claves action. Check it out. MP3: Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang "Lonely Lonely Night" ...

• 8-16-2010
• Weezer announce pre order bundles of 'Hurley'
• they're going to be part of the Epitaph family." Produced by Cuomo and Shawn Everett (Raditude, Phantom Planet, Ozomatli), Hurley is a high-energy rock album that wastes no time with the first single "Memories," an impassioned look at nostalgia with fast tempo, buzzing guitar riffs and killer hooky chorus. Subsequent songs include soon to be fan favorites "Ruling Me," "Trainwrecks," "Hang On" and "Brave New World." Rivers picks up the acoustic guitar on the reinvented power ballad ...

• 8-13-2010
• Good Guy Jason Schwartzman Turns Evil
• there to be a feeling of, 'okay now we've hit some real evil here,'" Schwartzman said about Gideon. "We thought maybe one thing that we could do that might be interesting would be to make my character really passive aggressive. Smiling, condescending, we had this idea just kill him with kindness." His costar Anna Kendrick chimed in saying, "I think Jason is so good at playing evil because he's so nice." Schwartzman has been in the music industry for years previously with Phantom Planet and more recently ...

• 8-13-2010
• Bootleg City: Take It or Leave It
• Line) Burrito (Pete Yorn) Head On Collision (New Found Glory) Always (Saliva) In This Diary (The Ataris) Y100 Sonic Sessions, Vol. 8 Hands Down (Dashboard Confessional) Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Jet) Ruby Soho (Rancid) New York City Cops (The Strokes) Send the Pain Below (Chevelle) Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand) Ocean Avenue (Yellowcard) So Cold (Breaking Benjamin) Real Wild Child (Iggy Pop) Get Your Hands Off My Woman (The Darkness) Big Brat (Phantom Planet) Get In or Get Out (Hot ...

• 8-13-2010
• 'Scott Pilgrim' actor carries on in family business
• for long. With several friends Schwartzman founded the alternative rock band Phantom Planet in 1994. He was the group's drummer through 2004, performing on three albums and on the hit single "California," which was chosen as the theme song of the Fox TV series "The O.C." Success in the music world gave him the confidence to look more seriously at acting, Schwartzman said. That and just growing up. "I've always loved the movies, but it wasn't until I was about 16 that I discovered movies that were ...

• 8-12-2010
• Mix/Cover/Live #259 (feat Mates of State & more)
• Today's Mix/Cover/Live includes Everything Everything, Mates of State, Magic Kids & Wolf People. MP3: Everything Everything - MY KZ, YR BF (Memory Tapes Remix) http://www.myspace.com/everythingeverythinguk MP3: Mates of State - California (Phantom Planet Cover) http://www.myspace.com/matesofstate MP3: Magic Kids - Hey Boy (Live) http://www.myspace.com/themagickids MP3: Wolf People - Tiny Circle http://www.myspace.com/wolfpeople ...

• 8-11-2010
• Weezer 'Hurley' out on September 13th - official announcement
• the beginning, and I've loved all their records," says Epitaph president and founder Gurewitz. "So it's amazing to find myself working with them on the new one!" "Weezer is a great band," adds labelmate and Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong. "I'm stoked they're going to be part of the Epitaph family." Produced by Cuomo and Shawn Everett (Raditude, Phantom Planet, Ozomatli), Hurley is a high-energy rock album that wastes no time with the first single "Memories," an impassioned look at nostalgia ...

• 8-11-2010
• Weezer to release new album
• their records," says Epitaph president and founder Gurewitz. "So it's amazing to find myself working with them on the new one!" "Weezer is a great band," adds labelmate and Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong. "I'm stoked they're going to be part of the Epitaph family." Produced by Cuomo and Shawn Everett (Raditude, Phantom Planet, Ozomatli), Hurley is a high-energy rock album that wastes no time with the first single "Memories," an impassioned look at nostalgia with fast tempo, buzzing guitar riffs and killer ...

• 8-10-2010
• wiganite wrote a new blog post: Why be original?
• wiganite wrote a new blog post: Why be original? The Cure - Purple Haze (Unreleased) - Virgin Radio Version Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower Richard Cheese - Hey Ya Mark Ronson feat. Phantom Planet - Just Jose Gonzalez - Heartbeats Newton Faulkner - Teardrop Rodrigo y Gabriela - Orion Travis - Baby One More Time Ray LaMontagne - Crazy - Single Version The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man Johnny Cash - [...] ...

• 8-09-2010
• THE LIKE: New video & album/single release dates
• , I might feel okay.... 'Cause I just can't forgive and forget, When I'm through with him, He will be wishing he was dead", this sharp stompathon rings out like a rumble between Nancy Sinatra and Girls Aloud, if they were to actually ask their men to deliver on 'The Promise'. Produced by Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Robbie Williams) with additional production by Thomas Brenneck and Homer Steinweiss (of The Dap Kings), and Alex Greenwald (Phantom Planet), Release Me ...

• 8-06-2010
• Loomist & The Lust
• Great Cali band that's releasing their 2nd EP Space Camp on 8/10. Take a listen if you like Rooney, Talking Heads, Phantom Planet. My favorite song off the new EP and the single is "A.D.D." ...

• 8-04-2010
• California Coverfolk, Vol. 1: Here In California (State Songs, City Songs, Street Songs and more!)
• & Anna McGarrigle) (from Chris & Kelly While, 2004)The Society of Poor Academics: California Song (orig. The Mountain Goats) (from Du fortjener bedre enn Eivind Kirkeby, 2008)Libby Donovan: California Stars (orig. Wilco) (unknown source, 2009)Tim O'Brien: California Blues (orig. Jimmie Rodgers) (from Cornbread Nation, 2005)Gypsy Kings: Hotel California (orig. The Eagles) (from The Big Lebowski Soundtrack, 1998)Mates of State: California (orig. Phantom Planet) (from The OC Mix 6: Covering Our Tracks ...

• 7-30-2010
• Mark Ronson & the Business Intl 2010 tour dates + Bang Bang Bang
• will not only feature Ronson's new, accomplished collective, the Business Intl., but a host of exciting special guests. So alongside MNDR, Alex Greenwald of Phantom Planet, Spank Rock and Rose Elinor Dougall, there will also be some exciting, hush-hush names getting involved with the shows, which promise to be nothing short of spectacular. Watch video - Mark Ronson & The Business Intl - Bang Bang Bang on Jonathan Ross: Following on from the album's first incendiary hit single "Bang Bang Bang", the second ...

• 7-24-2010
• The Young Veins: Take a Vacation!
• The Young Veins: Take a Vacation! The least shocking fact of all time might be that The Young Veins are from California. It's easy to compare them to sun-soaked West Coast power-popsters before them like Phantom Planet and Rooney among others. But what is surprising is that the Young Veins are made up of former members of Panic! at the Disco. Panic! at the Disco was the epitome of Hot Topic. Their music was perfectly tailored to fit into skinny jeans and boys wearing make up. The Young ...

• 7-20-2010
• Kuestionnaire: Places and Numbers
• Brianstorm - Arctic Monkeys Juicebox - The Strokes The Meantime - Phantom Planet 10. Where do you see ...

• 7-19-2010
• Festival Frolics: Lovebox East London's Most Addictive Drug.
• and span 80s aesthetic, yet the bespectacled bloke from Phantom Planet and an estranged Pipette once again ...

• 7-18-2010
• Duran Duran join Mark Ronson onstage at Lovebox
• Elinor Dougall who stepped in for Lily Allen on Ronson's take on 'Oh My God', Phantom Planet's Alex ...

• 7-16-2010
• Download Phantom Planet Prank Blink-182 video
• Exclusive footage of Phantom Planet pranking Blink-182 during their last show together ...

• 7-15-2010
• Locals offer great, low-key alternative to big amphitheatre LA shows
• with producer Tony Berg (producer of Phantom Planet's Raise the Dead album) for their debut album The Current ...

• 7-13-2010
• tdomf_5192e wrote a new blog post: Never Miss A Beat
• Kasabian - Club Foot Phantom Planet - Dropped Radiohead - Karma Police The Fratellis - [...] ...

• 7-13-2010
• guedin wrote a new blog post: Chill is good
• - On my shoulders Do - At Last ! Do - Unissasi Laulelet - Chamber Version Phantom Planet - Lonely Day ...

• 7-12-2010
• The 2010 Home Run Derby Playlist
• with Phantom Planet's "California," which should stand as the ode to Anaheim, where the 2010 MLB All ...

• 7-06-2010
• The Young Veins – Take A Vacation!
• and Phantom Planet singer turned Mark Ronson sideman Alex Greenwald. 'Cape Town' tries to have the best ...

• 7-05-2010
• tdomf_5192e wrote a new blog post: Long Live The Queen
• Andrew Bird - Oh No Frank Turner - Long Live The Queen Phantom Planet - Raise The Dead Belle & Sebastian ...

• 6-28-2010
• Report: The Creators Project Launch Event [New York; 06/26/10]
• .A.S.A.'s Sam Spiegel, Phantom Planet's Alex Greenwald, rapper Donnis, and a random audience member created ...

• 6-28-2010
• M.I.A., Interpol, Spike Jonze Launch 'Creators Project'
• Collection, with help from Phantom Planet's Alex Greenwald, and others. The Rapture started a dance party ...

• 5-24-2010
• Ryan Ross says quitting Panic At The Disco was like 'splitting up with a girlfriend'
• . Odd' and former Phantom Planet frontman Alex Greenwald. Despite its retro sound, Ross dismissed ...

• 5-14-2010
• k-os tours with The Flobots after schooling the East Coast with Drake
• , next to Zooey Deschanel) curiously takes from Phantom Planet's "California"; and Metric's Emily Haines ...

• 5-07-2010
• Lonely Day
• Found at: vevo

• 5-07-2010
• Big Brat
• Found at: vevo

• 4-14-2010
• The Young Veins' Take A Vacation!: The Joke's On You
• . In other words, it's pretty much everything I could ask for in a rock record, and then some. Working with producers Rob Mathes and Alex Greenwald (formerly of Phantom Planet), Ross and Walker have made an album that is totally, 100 percent theirs. Holed up in Calabasas, California, they listened to a ton of old 45s, probably smoked some funny cigarettes, watched the sun rise, made bonfires in the hills, invited all their friends over to sing on the choruses and cranked out songs that bear ...

• 4-14-2010
• The Young Veins'
• . In other words, it's pretty much everything I could ask for in a rock record, and then some. Working with producers Rob Mathes and Alex Greenwald (formerly of Phantom Planet), Ross and Walker have made an album that is totally, 100 percent theirs. Holed up in Calabasas, California, they listened to a ton of old 45s, probably smoked some funny cigarettes, watched the sun rise, made bonfires in the hills, invited all their friends over to sing on the choruses and cranked out songs that bear ...

• 4-14-2010
• The Young Veins' Take A Vacation!: The Joke's On You
• . In other words, it's pretty much everything I could ask for in a rock record, and then some. Working with producers Rob Mathes and Alex Greenwald (formerly of Phantom Planet), Ross and Walker have made an album that is totally, 100 percent theirs. Holed up in Calabasas, California, they listened to a ton of old 45s, probably smoked some funny cigarettes, watched the sun rise, made bonfires in the hills, invited all their friends over to sing on the choruses and cranked out songs that bear ...

• 3-22-2010
• One Dude Covers Over Twenty TV Themes In Seven Minutes (Video)
• It's true that somebody had to do this, but it doesn't make it any less enjoyable or amusing to see Fredrik Larsson segue from Phantom Planet'sO.C.theme song intoNaruto's frantic Japanese. That is him superimposed against himself in the video where he performs a medley of over twenty TV themes, though I have to admit I was kind of hoping he had a twin who was a kazoo master. Other highlights include Joss Whedon's original theme forFirefly, the classicCheerstrack, and some good oldFresh Prince ...

• 3-19-2010
• The Young Veins (ex-Panic! At The Disco) premiere new song
• The Young Veins--the new band of former Panic! At The Disco members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker--have debuted their new song, "Young Veins (Die Tonight)." Frontman Ross, bassist-turned-guitarist Walker and the rest of Young Veins--bassist Andy Soukal, keyboardist Nick White and drummer Nick Murray--recently played their first show together and the band recorded 11 songs for the band's debut full-length, Take A Vacation with Phantom Planet's Alex Greenwald. The album is expected to see release ...

• 3-18-2010
• EXCLUSIVE: Panic! Duo Premiere New Song!
• at the time." Ross, Walker (now on lead guitar), and the rest of the Young Veins -- bassist Andy Soukal, keyboardist Nick White, and drummer Nick Murray -- recorded all 11 songs of Take a Vacation in Los Angeles with help from Phantom Planet's Alex Greenwald, and recently played their first live concert. Read SPIN's review of the show right here. LISTEN: Young Veins, "Young Veins (Die Tonight)" So, "Young Veins (Die Tonight)": Like it? Love it? Tell us in the comment section below ... at the time." Ross, Walker (now on lead guitar), and the rest of the Young Veins -- bassist Andy Soukal, keyboardist Nick White, and drummer Nick Murray -- recorded all 11 songs of Take a Vacation in Los Angeles with help from Phantom Planet's Alex Greenwald, and recently played their first live concert. Read SPIN's review of the show right here. LISTEN: Young Veins, "Young Veins (Die Tonight)" So, "Young Veins (Die Tonight)": Like it? Love it? Tell us in the comment section below ... at the time." Ross, Walker (now on lead guitar), and the rest of the Young Veins -- bassist Andy Soukal, keyboardist Nick White, and drummer Nick Murray -- recorded all 11 songs of Take a Vacation in Los Angeles with help from Phantom Planet's Alex Greenwald, and recently played their first live concert. Read SPIN's review of the show right here. LISTEN: Young Veins, "Young Veins (Die Tonight)" So, "Young Veins (Die Tonight)": Like it? Love it? Tell us in the comment section below ... at the time." Ross, Walker (now on lead guitar), and the rest of the Young Veins -- bassist Andy Soukal, keyboardist Nick White, and drummer Nick Murray -- recorded all 11 songs of Take a Vacation in Los Angeles with help from Phantom Planet's Alex Greenwald, and recently played their first live concert. Read SPIN's review of the show right here. LISTEN: Young Veins, "Young Veins (Die Tonight)" So, "Young Veins (Die Tonight)": Like it? Love it? Tell us in the comment section below ... at the time." Ross, Walker (now on lead guitar), and the rest of the Young Veins -- bassist Andy Soukal, keyboardist Nick White, and drummer Nick Murray -- recorded all 11 songs of Take a Vacation in Los Angeles with help from Phantom Planet's Alex Greenwald, and recently played their first live concert. Read SPIN's review of the show right here. LISTEN: Young Veins, "Young Veins (Die Tonight)" So, "Young Veins (Die Tonight)": Like it? Love it? Tell us in the comment section below. ...

• 1-04-2010
• phantom planet - anthem (acoustic cover)
• Found at: youtube

• 1-04-2010
• california - phantom planet with lyrics
• Found at: youtube

• 12-28-2009
• Do The Panic (Original Version)
• Found at: youtube

• 12-28-2009
• Phantom Planet - Big Brat
• Found at: youtube

• 12-28-2009
• Mark Ronson feat. Phantom Planet - Just
• Found at: youtube

• 12-28-2009
• Phantom Planet - California piano improv cover
• Found at: youtube

• 12-28-2009
• Phantom Planet - Winter Wonderland
• Found at: youtube

• 12-07-2009
• Phantom Planet Album Teaser #1
• Found at: youtube

• 9-22-2009
• phantom planet
• Found at: myspace

• 8-29-2009
• Lollapalooza Report: Sunday [Amy Phillips]
• Smile Upon Your Face", anchored by a trumpet playing the lead melody. Ugh. For some reason, Ronson gave the largest chunk of his set to Philadelphia hipster rap duo Plastic Little, who blew through M.O.P.'s "Ante Up", Ronson's "Ooh Wee" (what, Ghostface, Nate Dogg AND Trife were all busy?!), and their own "The Jump Off". They didn't leave much of an impression. After all that, it was actually a relief when Alex Greenwald of pop-punk band Phantom Planet stormed the stage in true rock star ... fashion. Though his and Ronson's cover of Radiohead's "Just" is dreadful, Greenwald knows how to work a crowd, throwing his mic stand around, jumping into the pit, and climbing scaffolding. Greenwald brought the rest of Phantom Planet on stage for a run through their hit "California" (aka "The O.C." theme song) with Ronson on piano. As a huge sucker for that song (and anything related to "The O.C." in general), I have to admit, it was pretty sweet. London soul singer Tawiah took Amy Winehouse ...

• 8-29-2009
• New Gossip Gir Soundtrack: OMFGG - Original Music Featured on Gossip Girl No.1
• --- - |- OMFGG: ORIGINAL MUSIC FEATURED ON GOSSIP GIRL NO. 1 Available Online September 2nd/In Stores October 28th Track Listing: 1. The Kills - "Sour Cherry" 2. The Kooks - Do You Wanna" 3. Phantom Planet - "Do The Panic" 4. The Teenagers - "Feeling Better" 5. The Virgins - "One Week Of Danger (Demo Version)" 6. Nadia Oh - "Got Your Number" 7. Crystal Castles - "Crimewave" 8. The Republic Tigers - " ~~- The Kooks ...

• 8-29-2009
• Coconut Records (Jason Schwartzman) - The West Coast
• p=. In early 2007, Jason Schwartzman created the pop/rock solo act Coconut Records. The first CD will be released on iTunes. Songs include "West Coast," "Nighttiming," and "The Old Machine."Schwartzman is best known for his role in the films Rushmore, I ♥ Huckabees, and Slackers. He was the drummer for the band Phantom Planet (best known for their hit single "California," the theme song for The OC). Despite leaving the band for an acting career, he still composes music for some films. He also ...

• 8-29-2009
• "Stop Me" ft. Daniel Merriweather by Mark Ronson
• Winehouse's stunning album with its hit song "Rehab"? Check.), Ronson was able to conceive, curate, create, record and compile Version - an album nothing short of perfect. Taking its impetus from a Radiohead cover ("Just") he redefined in 2005 withPhantom Planet's Alex Greenwald, a Stax-spirited version was picked up by club and radio Djs in the US and Britain almost by accident. Ronson was clearly bitten by the covers bug. Inspired by the masterwork albums of the 60's by Quincy Jones and Herb Alpert ...

• 8-29-2009
• New Shows - Plant/Krauss, The Black Kids, EWF, Lindsey Buckingham....
• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ON SALE FRIDAY, JULY 25th at 10AM! KBLX SOUL MUSIC FESTIVAL with Earth, Wind & Fire, Michael McDonald and Angie Stone Sunday, September 28th, Doors 2:00PM/ Show 3:00PM Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord Tickets are $89.75, $55.75 and $35.75 for reserved seating and $35.75 for general admission plus applicable service charges Purchase a 4 pack of lawn tickets for $99 ON SALE SUNDAY, JULY 27th at 10AM! THE ROCKET SUMMER with Phantom Planet, The Secret Handshake ...

• 8-29-2009
• Former Panic At The Disco members unveil new band
• Former Panic At The Disco guitarist Ryan Ross and bassist Jon Walker have revealed that the name of their new band is The Young Veins and posted a brand new track online. Ross and Walker announced their split with the other two members of Panic At The Disco earlier this month and promptly headed to the studio with producer Rob Mathes, who worked with Panic on their most recent album 'Pretty. Odd.'. Former Phantom Planet frontman-turned-producer Alex Greenwald also worked with the pair ...

• 8-29-2009
• New Shows Announced - Rogue Wave, Rascal Flatts, Panic! At the Disco
• service charges...all ages ON SALE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD AT 10:00AM!PANIC AT THE DISCOwith Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound and Phantom Planet 'Honda Civic Tour Presents' Thursday, April 10, Doors 6:00PM/ Show 7:00PMThe Warfield Tickets are $35.00 general admission (main floor) and $35.00 for reserved seating (balcony) plus applicable service charges...all ages IMMORTAL TECHNIQUESunday, March 9, Doors 7:00 PM/ Show 8:00PM The Fillmore Tickets are $22.50 for general admission plus applicable ...

• 8-10-2009
• Coldplay vs Phantom Planet- "Violet California"
• Found at: youtube

• 8-10-2009
• Uncut: Phantom Planet
• Found at: youtube

• 8-10-2009
• Phantom Planet -- Happy Ending (Acoustic)
• Found at: youtube

• 8-10-2009
• NYLON TV + PHANTOM PLANET TRIBUTE
• Found at: youtube

• 8-10-2009
• The OC .Phantom Planet - California (Acoustic Cover!)
• Found at: youtube

• 8-10-2009
• PHANTOM PLANET always on my mind
• Found at: youtube

• 8-10-2009
• Lonely Day - Phantom Planet
• Found at: youtube

• 8-10-2009
• Phantom Planet - Anthem (CD Version)
• Found at: youtube

• 8-03-2009
• California - Phantom Planet on the piano.
• Found at: youtube

• 8-03-2009
• Phantom Planet - California (OC Theme)
• Found at: youtube

• 8-03-2009
• ♪ Phantom Planet
• Found at: youtube

• 8-03-2009
• california- phantom planet (piano)
• Found at: youtube

• 8-03-2009
• Phantom Planet: Dropped
• Found at: youtube

• 7-27-2009
• Turn smile shift repeat - Phantom Planet
• Found at: youtube

• 3-23-2009
• Pick Best Tunes for California Road Trip
• change. "I Love LA" by Randy Newman (1983): After insulting New York ("all the people dressed like monkeys") and Chicago ("too rugged"), Newman declares his love for the Santa Ana winds and the city where "everybody's very happy." "San Francisco Days" by Chris Isaak (1993): Isaak croons his way through San Francisco in this brooding tune about a lost love. "California" by Phantom Planet (2002): The perfect sing-at-the-top-of-your-lungs song for a road trip. You may recognize this song from ...

• 3-22-2009
• Original TV theme songs a dying breed
• -expensive option of licensing existing music. Ringer points to mid-'90s teen soap "Dawson's Creek" as having kick-started the trend of forgoing an opening theme song and instead licensing a track. "Dawson's Creek" used Paula Cole's "I Don't Want to Wait" as its opening theme. Today such shows as "CSI" use the Who, "Scrubs" employs Lazlo Bane's "Superman" and "The O.C." used Phantom Planet's "California" during its run. Not that the original theme song is completely dead, but now it more ...

• 3-21-2009
• Lykke LI, Passion Pit, Frightened Rabbit and others appear on new show from "Gossip Girl" creator
• and teenage, angsty life will take place around them. Bands already scheduled to appear include Lykke Li, Passion Pit, Frightened Rabbit, Eagles of Death Metal, The Kooks, White Lies, The Duke Spirit, Earlimart, Phantom Planet, the Little Ones, and Nico Stai. About the show, Pastavas said, "Fictional or not, we are going to make 'Rockville' the hottest indie music venue on the web." Make sure you step away from your computer before you vomit, target demographic. ...

• 3-21-2009
• Deerhoof, Of Montreal, Cut Copy Remix Maroon 5
• at this particular canvas? They could not be any more different, from themselves and (especially) from the source material. For starters, Call & Response will feature remixes of Maroon 5 cuts from Deerhoof (Deerhoof?!) and Of Montreal (Of Montreal!?). And there are plenty more slightly less likely-- but still totally strange-- choices, like Cut Copy, ?uestlove of the Roots, the Cool Kids, Just Blaze, a dude from Phantom Planet, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest. Sure, there's remixes from ... Break (Ali Shaheed Muhammad Remix) 14 Secret (DJ Premier Remix) 15 Woman (Sam Farrar of Phantom Planet Remix) 16 This Love (Cut Copy Remix) 17 If I Never See Your Face Again [ft. Rihanna] (Paul Oakenfold remix) ...

• 3-21-2009
• Phantom Planet To Break-Up
• Actor Jason Schwartzman's former band, Californian rockers Phantom Planet, are to split after 15 years together. The band is best known for performing the theme song California for TV show The O.C. But the foursome - comprising of singer Alex Greenwald, bassist Sam Farrar, guitarist Darren Robinson, and drummer Jeff Conrad - has now called time on its career. The group will play its final show together next month - and it will be an emotional send off, because the band members will bow out ... at the same venue they launched their careers at. A statement posted on their official website reads: "This could be the most difficult piece of news we have ever had to post. Sadly, Phantom Planet will be playing our last show, December 12, at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, the same venue that we played our very first live gig, back in 1994. We have had an amazing time playing together for 15 years, but we have officially decided to go on hiatus, and will not be playing any more live shows or making ...

• 3-20-2009
• 'O.C.' Creator Lining Up Bands For Web Show
• performance of such bands as Phantom Planet and White Lies separately online. The production also is considering a DVD version of the series. "Rockville," about the goings-on at a music club, is one series in TheWB.com's effort to create shortform scripted series. "Rockville" will debut March 17 with four episodes, then switch to about two or three new episodes each week until the show ends. Schwartz said yesterday (Jan. 12) at the Television Critics Assn. press tour that he wouldn't rule out expanding ...

• 8-18-2008
• phantom planet - Raise The Dead (from ultimate-guitar)
• When I first heard Phantom Planets music, I had to take a step back. Modern guitar, with a '60's and 70's influence. It was weird. I couldn't comprehend how these could go together. But they do. In every track, there are multiple instruments going. It's not only guitar, bass, drums, there's saxophones, trombones, and some piano and other instruments. It's musically complex, and every part fits together. When I heard this album was hand picked out of 130 songs, down to 12, I was amazed. The first......

• 7-06-2008
• Phantom Planet - http://media.prefixmag.com/site_media/uploads/images/reviews/p/phantom-planet/150x150_13577phantomplanet.jpg
• The concept of the poser became prevalent sometime in early middle school. Those who skateboarded scoffed at those who didn't but who proudly wore Vans anyway. Some kids listened to rap, but the posers only listened to Kris Kross and got an earful about it. The cross of the poser was only fixed upon any one person, though, because it was intrinsically obvious that person was, in fact, faking. In the ultimate middle school tradition, Phantom Planet's eponymous third full-length sees t...

• 6-05-2008
• Phantom Planet - Raise The Dead (from Alternative Press)
• Phantom Planet are back with as big a departure from 2004's self-titled effort as that album was from the power-pop moves of 2002's The Guest. On Raise The Dead, it's out with the tightly wound post-punk adrenalin, in with the atmosphere, strings and dynamics. It's not that they haven't indulged in their fair share of rocking: "Dropped" has a beat as insistent as the Jam's early Molotov cocktail of Motown and speed, while "You Can Be My Ship" is a spirited swagger through the T. Rex school of gl......

• 5-15-2008
• Phantom Planet - Raise The Dead (from Rolling Stone)
• Phantom Planet claim their fourth full-length was inspired by the music of Charles Manson and David Koresh — not quite the album you'd expect from the California boys who sang The O.C.'s theme song. Still, like those cult leaders, Raise the Dead gives its macabre subjects (and its lighter ones) an oddly upbeat spin. Jumping from Bowie glam to disco punk, the band tosses in synths, arch backing coos and riffing saxes for songs that are both expansive and strange. "Leader," which is literally ab......

• 1-01-2008
• Phantom Planet - Raise the Dead (from Entertainment Weekly)
• Reportedly inspired by the music of cult leaders Charles Manson and David Koresh, songs of spiritual unease fill the fourth album from Phantom Planet, the once-sunny tunesmiths behind "California," that indelible O.C. theme song. Thankfully, this L.A.-based quartet pierces the gloom with winsome melodies and swelling, thunderous choruses. While the downbeat "Leader" entrances with Arcade Fire-type flourishes (and a children's chorus), tracks like the riotous "Do the Panic" rock to the apocalypse......

• 4-25-2005
• phantom planet - Phantom Planet (from ultimate-guitar)
• Phantom Planet is an alternative rock band except for the fact that it's good. The sound is perfect for people who love rock music but don't necessarily like the dark and violent lyrics that have become to common in the genre. If you like Jet, Franz Ferdinand, Muse, or Led Zepplin you'll love this band. They also use the bass guitar very effectively. PP's bass guitarist is probably one of the best I've heard.The lyrics are absolutely fantastic. They aren't dark or violent, but they're not too so......

• 10-01-2004
• Phantom Planet - The Guest (from Lost At Sea)
• This band is awesome. No messing about. The Phantom Planet debut, back in 1998, was on Geffen records. Not a bad start. After that, their discography reads like the resume of a million dollar bit-part actor. Sabrina the Teenage Witch: Television Soundtrack, Mumford: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Drive Me Crazy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (I see a Melissa Joan Hart thing developing here), Not Another Teen Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Orange County: Original Motion P......

• 3-15-2004
• Phantom Planet - S/T (from Delusions of Adequacy)
• A driving drum solo opens Phantom Planet's new record, heralding the arrival of a new drummer and a new sound. Precisely one mini-celebrity skin-beater leaner, Phantom Planet has streamlined its sound and cut up its smooth edges. After releasing two albums of fluffy, inoffensive Cali-pop, it seems that Alex Greenwald and co. have opted to turn the volume up and redefine their aesthetic. So what, precisely, is this new aesthetic? Well, it has something to do with the insistent drumming, massive g......

• 2-17-2004
• Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet (from Stylus Magazine)
• Phantom Planet's last album, The Guest, emphatically embodied the inoffensive sunny California pop from yesterday, allowing them the chance to score the theme to The OC. Somewhere along the line, though, they decided to make music that didn't sound just like The Beach Boys. Why this happened, I do not know. Maybe Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman, PP's erstwhile drummer) was the driving cornball influence in the group, despite being, you know, the drummer. Maybe lead singer Alex Greenwald's latest......

• 2-04-2004
• Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet (from Spin)
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• 1-27-2004
• Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet (from Pitchfork)
• Okay, I get it: I have to write about the music now. Yep, Jason Schwartzman is gone (though he did participate in much of the recording process), and Phantom Planet have recorded a square-one, hear-us-again-for-the-first-time, career-redefining rock album in his wake. This, their self-titled stab at garage-rock celebrity, has forced me to shelve my arsenal of diversionary Slackers 2, "California" on Leno, O.C. soundtrack-ready, pop-by-the-numbers japes in favor of-- what a co......

• 1-07-2004
• Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet (from Slant Magazine)
• J.GIFason Schwartzman, exit stage left. The role of Phantom Planet drummer will now be played by Jeff Conrad, with The Flaming Lips producer Dave Fridmann presiding. For this performance, everything is a bit unexpected: "The Happy Ending" comes first, "1st Things 1st" comes later, and "The Meantime" comes last, but not before the premature "After Hours," which is exactly the kind of happy ending Phantom Planet needed. With the exception of "After Hours," the sunny hooks of Phantom Planet's The G......

• 1-06-2004
• Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet (from Prefix Magazine)
• The concept of the poser became prevalent sometime in early middle school. Those who skateboarded scoffed at those who didn't but who proudly wore Vans anyway. Some kids listened to rap, but the posers only listened to Kris Kross and got an earful about it. The cross of the poser was only fixed upon any one person, though, because it was intrinsically obvious that person was, in fact, faking. In the ultimate middle school tradition, Phantom Planet's eponymous third full-length sees the band as......

• 1-06-2004
• Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet (from Rolling Stone)
• Before their 2002 tune "California" became the theme song to the Fox show The O.C., Phantom Planet were as well known for their drummer -- actor Jason Schwartzman, of Rushmore fame -- as for their music. Now Schwartzman has left, and the L.A. power-pop quartet has redefined itself as a garage-rocking juggernaut on its third album, picking up a few key lessons from the Strokes, of all people. The leadoff track, "The Happy Ending," borrows the New York band's robotic drumming and swooning sing-spe......

• 1-01-2004
• Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet (from Entertainment Weekly)
• We thought we knew Phantom Planet, but it turns out we didn't. The band we thought we were familiar with, featuring "Rushmore" star Jason Schwartzman on drums, is heard on Fox's "The O.C.," which uses the thrusting "California" as its theme song. "California" is typical of the band's 2002 album, "The Guest" (reissued last month, with bonus tracks and a new cover, to further capitalize on the TV tie-in). Although they've been around for a decade, Phantom Planet come across as emo-come-latelies wi......

• 9-01-2003
• Phantom Planet - The Guest (from Stylus Magazine)
• NOTE: The following is an open letter to the members of the Orange County, CA based band, Phantom Planet (guitarists Jacques Brautbar and Darren Robinson, bassist Sam Farrar, guitarist/singer Alex Greenwald, and drummer Jason Schwartzman [of "Rushmore" and "Slackers" fame]) regarding their second album The Guest, in stores February 26th. So here it is. Four years after your debut album (1998's Phantom Planet Is Missing, released by DreamWorks), you've finally prepared a second offering for us.......

• 5-27-2002
• Phantom Planet - The Guest (from Pitchfork)
• Slick. Kind of uninspired. Supernatural hooks from beyond the grave. All sorts of descriptors spring to mind when I think about Phantom Planet's second album, The Guest. But honestly, how many of you actually care what this record sounds like? Let's just lay all our cards on the table. With a quick show of hands, who among you is only interested in Phantom Planet because that kid from Rushmore is the drummer? Come on, 'fess up. There was a time when I, too, couldn......

• 2-19-2002
• Phantom Planet - The Guest (from Rolling Stone)
• Before he played Max Fischer in Wes Anderson's Rushmore, Jason Schwartzman was playing drums in Phantom Planet. The fact that he earned his celebrity from the film rather than the band is no coincidence: The Guest is merely OK, a power-pop record whose songs seem catchy while they're playing but don't make a lasting impression. It's hard to believe that the results aren't better. Five pretty young lads in their early twenties, Phantom Planet do so many things right on their second album. For sta......

• 2-17-2002
• Phantom Planet - The Guest (from Slant Magazine)
• P.GIFhantom Planet's official website coyly declares: "These boys will become pretentious, ego-driven, megastar deadbeats." They might stand a bit far from that lofty goal, but with the delicate ear of Travis and the post-punk energy of Green Day, Phantom Planet might just be the perfect antidote to Creed's over-bloated brand of testosterone rock. From the feel-good hand-claps of "Always on My Mind" to the sunny, piano-driven "California," the band's sophomore effort, The Guest, is a colorful mi......

• 1-01-2001
• Phantom Planet - The Guest (from Robert Christgau)
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