Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas has returned to his solo career to release his second album, titled Tyranny. This time around, Casablancas has enlisted the help of a band called The Voidz to provide backup for the upcoming release, which hits shelves September 23. So far we’ve seen 2 singles from the album, “Human Sadness” and […]
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Take a Listen to the Latest Track by Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, “Where No Eagles Fly”
September 8th, 2014 
Adrian Garza Aside from his obvious skills in performing and songwriting, Julian Casablancas sure does have a knack for keeping people guessing. Up until today, the most recent track to be released from The Strokes frontman’s upcoming solo album was the 11-minute long avant-garde jam single “Human Sadness,” which was included in the soundtrack for the film […]
Julian Casablancas’ New Album Can Be Bought As a USB Cigarette Lighter
September 2nd, 2014 Nina Corcoran It’s been five years since his last solo album, and as such, The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas is dropping his sophomore solo album, Tyranny, on September 23 via his own Cult Records imprint. In anticipation, he’s released a whole slew of details about the album. For starters, we finally got the album artwork and the 12-song […]
Julian Casablancas Announces New Solo Album and Tour
June 23rd, 2014 Nina Corcoran We’ve been looking forward to new solo material from The Strokes‘ frontman Julian Casablancas all year long. He and his backing band, Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, have played several shows and festival dates but haven’t actually dropped the name of their new album or any of its songs. Now, halfway through this year, we […]
Julian Casablancas Unveils New Track
February 4th, 2014 Rebecca Docter The Great Casablancas is back again with yet another new song from his solo work. “Human Sadness,” which is to be included on the soundtrack for the indie movie She’s Lost Control (which will be shown at SXSW this March), is a collaboration with the film’s composer, Simon Taufique. Casablancas has been a part of the film […]
Daft Punk Release Music Video For “Instant Crush” Featuring Julian Casablancas
December 6th, 2013 John Bazley Daft Punk have released a music video for “Instant Crush,” which features Julian Casablancas of The Strokes. The track comes from their critically acclaimed album Random Access Memories, which was released in May of this year. Taking a sidebar from the continuity of Daft Punk’s videos for “Get Lucky” and “Lose Yourself to Dance,” the […]
Cerebral Ballzy Sign to Julian Casablancas’ Cult Records
November 8th, 2013 James Shotwell Strokes’ frontman Julian Casablancas has signed indie-punk outfit Cerebral Ballzy to his imprint label, Cult Records. The band plans to release their second LP, Jaded & Faded, on the label in early 2014. “Probably the coolest band in the world at the moment,” Casablancas told Rolling Stone about his latest act. “A truly legit modern […]
Julian Casablancas Announces 2014 Solo Dates
November 5th, 2013 Rebecca Docter On November 4, the Strokes frontman announced that he would be playing solo at Lollapalooza in Chile and Argentina next year. Soundgarden, Arcade Fire, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nine Inch Nails will also perform. Albert Hammond, Jr., Casablancas’ Strokes bandmate, recently denied rumors that the band was back in the studio, and that the […]
Julian Casablancas: Next Member of The Strokes To Go Solo
September 21st, 2009 Val Provided By Pitchfork Have you listened to the Strokes’ first two albums recently? If not, they’re definitely worth a Friday afternoon revisit– those songs show no wrinkles. If anything, they somehow sound tighter now than ever. So, even if we haven’t heard anything truly phenomenal from the Strokes camp in six years, we’re still cautiously […]
7fields releases stripped-down cover of The Strokes’ “Heart In A Cage”
March 25th, 2016 Brian Leak Under the moniker of 7fields, Wolfgang Schrödl, ex-singer/guitarist in the now-defunct, German rock band Liquido, has released a cover of The Strokes’ “Heart In A Cage,” taken from the band’s 2006 release, First Impressions of Earth. In a wildly different interpretation of the Julian Casablancas-penned single, Schrödl strips the rocking source material down to an […]
STREAM: Karen O’s Lo-Fi Solo Effort, ‘Crush Songs’
September 5th, 2014 Matthew Leimkuehler One of rock ‘n’ roll’s finest frontwomen, Karen O, is streaming her brand new solo record, Crush Songs, now. The album, which is due out Sept 9 on Julian Casablancas‘ imprint label Cult Records, is a slew of lo-fi and mysical numbers written and recorded between 2006 and 2007 but held for release until now. […]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O Announces Debut Solo Record, ‘Crush Songs’
June 25th, 2014 Nina Corcoran Last year the Yeah Yeah Yeahs put out Mosquito, but it seems juggling that and music for Spike Jonze’s Her wasn’t enough to keep fontwoman Karen O busy. She’s just announced she will be dropping her first ever solo album, Crush Songs, September 9 via Cult (Julian Casablancas’ label). That’s the album art to the left. It may come as a surprise […]