With a groove as deep as a summer’s afternoon nap and vocals that soar high like the noontime sun, Phantom Planet’s “Through The Trees” proves that the band is back and better than ever. Taken from ...

Los Angeles rock stalwarts — and the band behind the ubiquitous early 2000s hit/"The O.C." theme song "California" — Phantom Planet will be in town Tuesday, playing Rose Park with I Don't Know How But ...

The 1998 release of Phantom Planet's Geffen debut, "Phantom Planet Is Missing," barely caused a blip on the industry radar. Live, the quintet rocked much harder and with more dynamic energy than it ...

Phantom Planet’s first album not to feature drummer and founding member Jason Schwartzman, who departed the group in 2003 to focus on his acting career, Raise the Dead finds the versatile Los ...

When fans hear “hiatus,” they often assume the worst. But Phantom Planet frontman, Alex Greenwald, says it was always in the cards for the band to reunite. “The 2008 break happened naturally,” he ...

Five years ago, Phantom Planet was momentarily famous for two reasons. The first was a catchy pop sound so sunny that "California" became the ubiquitous theme for "The O.C." The second was the ...

Phantom Planet, best known for their OC theme song “California,” have made the leap to the big screen. The Los Angeles four-piece appear in their first feature film, the remake of the off-color little ...

There is a dark side to pop. It can be heard in the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter,” the Rolling Stones’ “Midnight Rambler,” Elvis Costello’s “Accidents Will Happen.” For songwriters, bad news can be an ...

It’s been over a decade since Phantom Planet released new music and the California group is back with a new single, “Balisong.” The mid-tempo indie rock song comes off the band’s upcoming new album, ...

From the beginning, Phantom Planet seemed doomed to exist as a footnote, or as several. It was the band featuring Rushmore star Jason Schwartzman as a drummer, then it was the source of the ...

Young rock bands with a gift for energy and melody may not be easy to find, but there are more of them than there are record contracts to sign or airplay slots to fill. Who the band members know, or ...