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  We Do It Properly: Coast to Coast With Phoenix

  April 22, 2013 – 1. THE FOCUS: "I love this one." Two young women are studying Phoenix through a glass window. "Do I know any songs by them?" asks one, dressed in a faded Beatles Yellow Submarine T-shirt, her brown bangs wild, her black nail polish chipped. "Do they have hits?"We're peering into the MetroPCS Lounge, a stale gray box located in the offices of Sacramento's alternative-rock radio station, KKDO 94.7. …
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  Watch Air's Vintage 'Sonic Armada' Video

  January 3, 2012 – On February 7, French duo Air will release an expanded soundtrack to French cinema pioneer Georges Méliès' 1902 silent film Le Voyage Dans La Lune. …
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  Air Unleash New Single With Beach House's Legrand

  December 6, 2011 – Last year, French duo Air, who already had lunar travel on their résumé thanks to their debut Moon Safari, were commissioned to provide a soundtrack for a new print of Georges Méliès' legendary silent film La Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip to the Moon) that was premiering at Cannes. …
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  LISTEN: Feist & Friends Cover Velvet Underground

  August 16, 2011 – The Velvet Underground's 1967 debut, The Velvet Underground & Nico, is one of the most important albums in rock history. Its crude yet gorgeous proto-punk sound and dark, risqué lyrics about sex and drugs - in songs like "I'm Waiting for the Man" and "Heroin" - influenced generations of later bands. Feist and members of Radiohead, Air, and Supergrass recently covered songs from the LP at an all-star gig in Paris. …
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  French Duo Air Launch Tour in Miami

  March 15, 2010 – Some nights are just meant to be. The perfect band in the perfect venue on a perfect night in a town so perfect its number one export is the picture postcard. …
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  WATCH: Air's Mysterious New Video

  January 14, 2010 – French duo Air's music is beautifully mysterious -- just listen to any of their six albums or numerous film soundtracks, especially their work on The Virgin Suicides. …
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• Air, 'Love 2' (Astralwerks)

  October 7, 2009 – "African Velvet"? "Eat My Beat"? Gauche titling aside, Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin offer no shake-ups on Love 2. Instead, more than a decade into their career, the duo have nearly perfected their wistfully melodic synth- and vocoder-driven easy-listening jams. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  August 13, 2009 – This week, Lollapalooza invaded Chicago with more than 130 bands banging out sets in the blazing heat. …
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  Watch: Air Tease New Song

  August 11, 2009 – Air, the French duo of Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, never shied away from high-tech methods to promote new material -- their website for 2001's 10,000 Hz Legend, which is still live, was years ahead of its time, and crashed many a PC. …
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  New Air Album Due in October

  June 18, 2009 – What is this -- a friggin' French invasion? First it was Phoenix, who blasted back to reclaim our hearts, and now their partners in Parisian crime, electro-pop duo Air, have announced the October 6 release their new album, Love 2. The record's first single, "Do The Joy," drops digitally on July 7, with an August 25 physical release planned for Love 2's second single, "Sing Sang Sung," which the band describe as a "summery pop anthem." …
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