Tag: Julian Casablancas

Julian Casablancas And The Voidz by Johann Rashid Julian Casablancas released The New Abnormal album with The Strokes earlier this year. After returning with the first Strokes album in seven years back in April, Julian Casablancas has put his attention back on The Voidz with the release of a…

Issues with an evidently ambitious new live set-up has forced Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas to cancel a North American tour with his solo vehicle The Voidz. Related news: The Libertines preview All Quiet On The Eastern Esplanade LP with Shiver…

Julian Casablancas will perform a free show in London with The Voidz two days before he kicks off a European tour in the city on December 7th. Related news:…

Julian Casablancas was joined on stage by honourary New Yorker Dev Hynes – who we used to know as Lightspeed Champion – for a run through of The Strokes‘ ‘You Only Live Once‘ during a gig at the Hammerstein Ballroom earlier this week. Fan footage of the collaboration…

Two studio albums in three years, some performances in New York this summer just gone and a promise to meet up next year for more studio sessions – it should be a golden period for The Strokes right now, yet there still seems to be something not quite right within…

If their handful of live appearances in New York last summer raised any hopes that The Strokes might finally be ready to head out on a full blown tour after the release of the ‘Angles‘ and ‘Comedown Machine‘ albums of 2011 and 2013, then frontman Julian Casblancas is likely to…

In anticipation of ‘Tyranny‘, Julian Casablancas has uploaded the 11-minute track ‘Human Sadness‘ to iTunes. Follow this link. Related news:…

Julian Casablancas has brought The Voidz on board for his first solo release since 2009’s ‘Phrazes For The Young‘. Related news: Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker confirms details of new solo album Bright Future The Streets, Mahalia to play Skepta’s inaugural Big Smoke Festival Pixies, Modest Mouse announce second co-headline North …

A new solo EP from Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. will be released through his bandmate Julian Casablancas‘ Cult Records label later this year, it has been confirmed. Related news:…

In his short-lived but extraordinary life, Buddy Holly left behind a body of work so enthralling, his enduring influence is nearly impossible to overstate. The melodic joy and fierce independent streak at the core of his artistry is profoundly felt on Rave On Buddy Holly, a 19-song collection of indelible…

The Strokes‘ low key Beverly Hill gig, held to celebrate the launch of the new T-Mobile Sidekick 4G, was closed down prematurely by fire chiefs last night (20th April). Related news:…

New Yorkers The Strokes 2001 debut album ‘Is This It’? has been voted the number one album of the decade in a poll by British music magazine NME. The Libertines, fronted by often troubled Pete Doherty, scored a hat trick of nominations in the Top 50 and came in second…

Julian Casablancas Julian Casablancas has revealed he plans to tour the UK this year in support of his debut solo album ‘Phrases For The Young’. Speaking in this week’s NME, the Strokes vocalist and songwriter said: “Will I play UK solo shows? Yeah, sure! It will probably be October, roughly,…