Review: Phoenix's 'Bankrupt!' filled with synths, non sequiturs

It¿s a curious, unlikely truth: The pop-music spring of 2013 will be ruled by the French. The first major initiative arrived Monday courtesy of Versailles indie pop band Phoenix with ¿Bankrupt!¿ and will be followed May 21 when Parisian dance rock duo Daft Punk drops its highly anticipated ¿Random Access Memory.¿ What this strange turn portends -- the French aren¿t exactly known for dominating western pop music -- is as open to interpretation as the lyrics on ¿Bankrupt!,¿ an album that s...