Phantogram's Josh Carter & Sarah Barthel

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Along with contemporaries like MGMT and Passion Pit, Greenwich, New York, duo Phantogram’s experiments crosspollinating hip-hop, indie, and punk rock helped cement and elevate a new era of electronic-influenced alt-rock and indie music. At the start of the 2010s, you’d be hard-pressed to find a college radio station or dorm-room playlist that didn’t include a Phantogram hit.

Sixteen years after the release of their debut record, band leaders Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel, who started Phantogram in a town of just a few thousand people, are touring behind their latest full-length, 2024’s Memory of a Day. The tour included a sold-out stop at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium—a different sort of barn than the kind they used to perform in back in Greenwich—where PG’s John Bohlinger caught up with Carter and Barthel. Courtesy of some help from their tech, the duo showed us how they’re pulling off their theatrical live experience.

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0:00 - XPND Pedal Power Battery Kit

0:15 - Phantogram Josh Carter Playing Intro

0:32 - John Bohlinger Intro

0:43 - Josh Carter's Ernie Ball Music Man Cutlass Guitars

4:44 - Josh Carter's Move From Pedals to Neural DSP Quad Cortex

9:25 - Josh Carter's "Run Run Blood" Tones

13:14 - Josh Carter's "Black Out Days" Tones

16:00 - Controlling & Choreographing Quad Cortex

17:58 - Pedals Used on Memory of a Day Album

18:55 - Josh Carter's Amps Modeled in Quad Cortex

20:30 - XPND Adjustable Daisy Chain

21:01 - Phantogram's History

22:53 - Sarah Barthel Intro

23:04 - Sarah Barthel's Fender Mustang Bass

24:07 - Sarah Barthel Adding Bass Guitar to Phantogram

25:23 - Sarah Barthel's Synth Bass Sounds

26:25 - Sarah Barthel's "Feedback" Tones

28:04 - Sarah Barthel on Using a Pick with Bass While Singing

28:32 - Sarah Barthel's "Attaway" Tones

29:54 - Sarah Barthel's Fender Jazzmaster

31:08 - Sarah Barthel's "Happy Again" Tones

32:18 - Sarah Barthel Reconnecting with Josh Carter to Form Phantogram

34:10 - Creating the Phantogram Show Aesthetic

35:44 - Early Phantogram DIY Shows

37:36 - XPND Isolator

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