Julian Casablancas

Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young

29 Oct 2009

(Rough Trade) The List is quite frankly gagging for a new Strokes record … it’s been three years ferchrissakes. But until we get one, Julian Casablancas’ debut (easily the Strokes-iest sounding of each member’s solo projects so far) will do nicely.

Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul

7 Jul 2010

(EMI) The recent suicide of Mark Linkous, aka. Sparklehorse imbues this posthumous release with oppressive waves of melancholy, but this often-inspired record – heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure – rises above such considerations to stand…

Julian Casablancas defends missing Strokes recording

Music Gossip

20 Feb 2011

Julian Casablancas thinks his decision not to attend recording sessions with his Strokes bandmates made them a better group. The frontman surprised fans when it emerged he hadn't joined bandmates Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture, Fabrizio Moretti or…

Nick Valensi admits The Strokes' 'hostility and resentment'

Music Gossip

27 Jan 2011

Nick Valensi admits there are still "undertones of resentment and hostility" in The Strokes. The group's guitarist insists he and his bandmates - Julian Casablancas, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti - got along while…

The Strokes produced new album themselves

Music Gossip

30 Nov 2010

The Strokes scrapped initial studio recordings for their fourth album to produce it themselves. The band recently announced they had finished recording the follow up to 2006s 'First Impressions Of Earth', and guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. told Rolling…

Happy solo star Julian Casablancas

Celebrity Gossip

6 Dec 2009

Julian Casablancas believes his solo LP saved The Strokes. The rocker - who released his solo album 'Phrazes For The Young' earlier this year - says the band needed a break from each other and are now more relaxed about making another Strokes…

Christmas singles 2009 roundup

The Xmas Factor

2 Dec 2009

The dull predictably of The X Factor now means that some putty-faced goon will get a Christmas number one single every year from now until the apocalypse, followed in the top ten by an army of insentient reality TV drones. Yet, in the face of this sad…

Singles and Downloads

From Julian Casablancas to Paulo Nutini, with some actual interesting stuff in between

15 Oct 2009

Anticipating the arrival of a new White Stripes or Strokes release? Well, you’ll just have to make do with a couple of self-indulgent solo-projects via respective indie-rawk frontmen Jack and Julian. While the former cult icon and his Dead Weather…