Are Phoenix and Lit both pop bands?
no
Phoenix (band)
Phoenix is an indie pop band from Versailles, France, consisting of Thomas Mars (lead vocals), Deck d'Arcy (bass/ keyboards/ backing vocals), Christian Mazzalai (guitar/ keyboards/ backing vocals) and Laurent Brancowitz (guitar/ backing vocals).
 They are best known for their singles "Too Young", "If I Ever Feel Better" and "1901".
Lit (band)
Lit is an American rock band, formed in 1995 in Fullerton, California.
 They are best known for their hit song "My Own Worst Enemy".
The Sneetches (band)
The Sneetches were an American indie pop/power pop band formed in San Francisco, California, United States, in 1985, who released several albums before splitting up in the mid-1990s.
 The band was described by "Trouser Press" as "one of the most tasteful, consistently tuneful pop bands on the American scene".
 In 2017 All Music described and Sneetches as "one of the best classic guitar pop bands in the late '80s/early '90s." E.s.l.
e.s.l. is a Canadian folk pop band from Vancouver, British Columbia.
 The current lineup is Marta Jaciubek-McKeever (previously of Fan Death), Diona Davies (of Geoff Berner's band and previously of Po' Girl), Tess Kitchen and Joy Mullen.
 The members have varied backgrounds that include playing with the "Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, punk bands, pop bands, hip hop and beyond." Shonen Knife
Shonen Knife (Japanese: 少年ナイフ , Hepburn: Shōnen Naifu , literally "Boy Knife") is a Japanese pop punk band formed in Osaka, in 1981.
 Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, The Beach Boys, and early punk rock bands, such as the Ramones, the trio crafts stripped-down songs with simplistic lyrics sung both in Japanese and English. Spaghetti Vabune!
Spaghetti Vabune!
 is a Japanese pop band based in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
 They have been active since 2001 and have released two studio albums along with several EPs.
 Their guitar-driven indie pop music takes inspiration from the Shibuya-kei scene of the early 1990s, notably Flipper's Guitar (whose song "Cool Spy on a Hot Car" they covered for a tribute project to the band), as well as Western Twee and Jangle pop bands. Pop Romantique: French Pop Classics
Pop Romantique: French Pop Classics is a compilation album featuring French pop songs performed by indie pop bands.
 Though some of the songs on the album are indeed "classic" French pop songs, many songs were written specifically for the album.
 It was released on February 23, 1999 on March Records, Emperor Norton. The Little Ones (band)
The Little Ones is an indie pop band based in Los Angeles, California, United States (US).
 The music of the band, which features tambourines and handclaps, has garnered comparisons to 1960s pop bands such as The Beach Boys, The Zombies, The Kinks, modern-day pop group The Shins, and the Elephant Six collective. Like Punk Never Happened
Like Punk Never Happened: Culture Club and the New Pop is a 1986 book about 1980s pop by music journalist Dave Rimmer.
 The book compares 1980s pop bands with the 1970s punk rock groups that preceded them.
 The book "...documents the lessons New Pop musicians learned from the punk bands (more artistic control, better business acumen)."
 The paperback has 196 pages and it is published by Faber & Faber (ISBN The June Brides
The June Brides are an English indie pop group, formed in London in 1983, by Phil Wilson and Simon Beesley of International Rescue.
 Influenced by Postcard-label bands such as Josef K and punk-era bands such as Buzzcocks, The Desperate Bicycles and The Television Personalities, their mix of guitar pop with viola and trumpet formed a blueprint for many of the indie pop bands that would follow.