When reached by phone, Matt Holmen immediately tells Up on the Sun that he’s super busy. “I’m here for 36 hours. I’m trying to put my life in a box,” he says. The PHOX guitarist is in his adopted ...

The band PHOX is definitely ‘phoxy,’ but they’re also funny, entertaining, and all around cool. Their backstory goes like this: six high school friends came together and formed the band PHOX. They ...

PHOX, a six-piece chamber-pop group from Baraboo, Wis., thrives on multiplicity. The band’s intricate, texturally rich sound is not so much by design as it is the result of a simple rule: try every ...

Much like Justin Vernon, Wisconsin act PHOX was lauded with praise and exposure, from an NPR "Tiny Desk Concert" to the stages of Coachella and Bonnaroo. And on its 2014 self-titled debut album, the ...

The indie folk band P hox officially formed on a whim in 2011 when guitarist Matt Holmen played a one-off show in Baraboo, Wisconsin. He recruited various musicians with whom he had performed in the ...

Honors continue to roll in for PHOX, as the Baraboo-bred ensemble was named band of the year at the Wisconsin Area Music Industry Awards last weekend. This marks the second straight year the folk-pop ...

PHOX came to The Pabst Theater to perform in Milwaukee one last time Wednesday night before going on a hiatus. But if they decide to come back, there would be a lot of happy Milwaukee fans to welcome ...

PHOX, the Madison band that's been described as "Wisconsin's finest hope for indie rock stardom," is going on an indefinite hiatus. The news arrived Monday morning with the announcement of new tour ...