Phantom Planet: Raise the Dead

By Zeth Lundy

Fourth album from LA power pop band -- its first without drummer Jason Schwartzman -- smothers great songs under a full-tilt production aesthetic. [20 May 2008]

Phantom Planet: self-titled

By Devon Powers

Phantom Planet

By Matt Keppel

Phantom Planet: The Guest

By Gary Glauber

In 2001 it was an East Coast thing, as many swore by The Strokes' brand of updated Velvet Underground garage rock. In 2002 it may just be a West Coast thing, as we get the sophomore effort from Phantom Planet. The resemblances are uncanny. [25 February 2002]