I found this old demo over at The World Forgot a few weeks back, and have been playing it pretty heavily recently, especially given my recent obsession with all things Julian Casablancas . I absolutely adore Phrazes for the Young , but still prefer my Julian in Strokes form, especially on this absolutely stunning demo the band released on their myspace way way back. This stripped down demo, which mimics "You Only Live Once", reveals the band in their simplest and most vulnerable form. I long for another Strokes album, but until then Julian's new work, [...]
[It's Bjork's birthday on Saturday, celebrate appropriately. Here's my late-arriving weekend rundown:] Tonight: Alan Palomo's Neon Indian [pictured; download below] brings its multimedia synthscapes to the Echoplex for a night of cool electro that includes Keenhouse , Tigercity and Little Red Radio . ... Julian Casablancas hits downtown's Palace Theatre for Week 3 of his residency. ... Party guys Iglu & Hartly try to build on their U.K. buzz with a show in their home city at [...]
I was going to post this show last week but found a much better quality bootleg. It's Julian Casablancas' show at Spaceland in Los Angeles. It served as a warm-up show for his short residency at the Downtown Palace Theatre. He plays only seven songs but it kind of leaves... Click the link to read more
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas is currently "camping out" in Los Angeles. As part of his excursion, he's doing a month-long residency of shows, playing every Friday at the Broadway Palace Theater. It turns out there's a lot of history at the venue. "I don't think there's ever been a rock show in that place," Casablancas tells Spinner. "It's where 'Thriller' was filmed and it's just a rad place, to be honest. It feels [...]
Här kommer en ny Spotify Playlist med lite findings från senaste månaden. Roligaste överraskningen är Massive Attack som slår till med en riktigt bra låt, gamla hundar kan minsann! Provlyssna: Spellistan hittar du här . Låtlista: The Crêpes – What Else? Jace Everett – Bad Things Skriet – Fåglarna Jonathan Johansson – Aldrig ensam Wolfmother – New Moon Rising - Riton Vocal Rub Massive Attack – Splitting [...]
Photo gallery of Julian Casablancas @ Regency Ballroom in SF (November 17, 2009).
(photo: myspace.com) I avoided reading any review or talk of Strokes front man Julian Casablancas 's solo debut album, Phrazes For the Young, before actually listening to the thing myself. It was a semi-conscious decision, but one guided by premonition nonetheless. Something in my gut told me I wasn't going to be impressed, and looking at reviews wasn't going to help matters any. Almost 10 years after the Strokes ushered in the first musical revolution of the new millennium, all the hype and intrigue Casablancas and co. [...]
The Libertines' 2002 debut Up the Bracket was voted second in the list of the top 50 albums, with Primal Scream's XTRMNTR coming in third. Bands such as Radiohead and Arctic Monkeys, plus record producers and label bosses were among those who cast their votes. Guitar-led rock acts dominated the list with nine out of the top 10 places. Is This It, with its lo-fi scratchy guitars and hits like Last Nite and Someday, was one of the most acclaimed albums of the year when it was released in 2001. Its infamous cover shows a hand [...]
(A brief introduction: Hi, I'm Noah. You probably don't remember me from such productions as "32feet gets impressively drunk on SPIN's dime" and "Good god, that's the Futurehead's music," but I was there. Now I'm writing here. We're taking this thing bicoastal. From San Francisco, with love.)The Messiah -- happy, sober, and dressed entirely in black -- is bathed in white light at the front of The
SPIN recently released it's list of 20 albums that "matter most" this Fall. Any albums you think are missing or are wrongly placed on the list? Take a look and see what you think: 1.Muse: The Resistance 2.Kid Cudi Man on the Moon: The End Of Day 3. Pearl Jam: Backspacer 4.Mika: The Boy Who Knew Too Much 5.Monters of Folk: Monsters Of Folk 6.Paramore : Brand New Eyes 7. Ghotsface Killah: Ghostdini 8.AFI: Crash Love 9. Wolfmother: Cosmic Egg 10.Floernce and the Machine: [...]
It's annoying, I'm sure, but I find it really hard not to compare this to this year's other solo release by the front man of an early-nineties arch indie hipster band, Julian Plenti. Alternatively, I suppose, you could compare it to the Strokes' last and best album, First Impressions of Earth. In either comparison Phrazes For the Young fares really rather badly, in my opinion. It comes across as a light, eighties synth-pop facsimile of the best Strokes stuff with all the bite removed. And it certainly lacks the invention of Plenti's inconsistent, but often very good, solo [...]
For ramblings on how I came to compile this list go here . And for commentary on previous selections: [ #50-46 ] 45. The Weekend - The Weekend (2000) Probably the most obscure selection on my personal list comes by way of London Ontario's now defunct The Weekend. At the turn of the century I was listening to a lot of embarrassing music and, as expected, when I took the time to revisit some of those [...]
Drums Play Spaceland Monday Night (and It's Free) Ray Davies put on a fantastic show on Saturday night at the Orpheum. If you get a chance to see him on this tour do not hesitate. More on that later. Another great week this week. If you're into buzz bands you might want to check out Drums tonight, The Big Pink on Wednesday, Tape Deck Mountain on Thursday, Neon Indian on Friday and The XX on Saturday. Some of those will be good, but I'm recommending a variety of [...]
PICK OF THE WEEK Julian Plenti (Paul Banks of Interpol) w/ I'm In You Thursday, November 19 El Rey Theater Info THIS WEEK'S TICKET GIVEAWAYS Sign up for our weekly mailing & get the jump on ticket giveaways before they go online. email: [...]
Julian Casablancas fever continues this month during his Friday residency at the Downtown Palace Theatre in November. The Scenestar first caught Julian Casablancas playing the hits off his solo album Phrazes For The Young at a "secret" show at Spaceland...
2009 debut solo album from the Strokes vocalist. The primary inspiration for the album and it's title came from the Oscar Wilde essay 'Phrases And Philosophies For The Use Of The Young'. Julian explains; ''The Oscar Wilde thing makes fun of how superficial humans are - I was writing more about arrogance and shortsightedness'' Helping Casablancas achieve his vision was veteran engineer Jason Lader
Sparklehorse's collaboration with Fennesz makes for a particularly dreamy and ambient installment of the In the Fishtank series. Sparklehorse's usually reclusive core member, Mark Linkous, has been relatively busy in 2009. He played a lead role in the year's magnum collaborative opus Dark Night of the Soul, an album of genius which found him working with producer Danger Mouse to provide the sonic groundwork for a revolving door of guests including Julian Casablancas, Frank Black, Iggy Pop, Wayne Coyne and Jason Lytle, only to see its official release shelved indefinitely by logistical label...
While I can firmly say that I hope this isn't the direction the Strokes go, Phrazes for the Young is a strong statement by an artist who clearly isn't afraid to take chances.
Recommended Los Angeles Shows November 16th – November 22nd Monday, November 16th The Happy Hollows with The Drums @ Spaceland Tuesday, November 17th King Khan & BBQ with Those Darlins @ Troubadour Them Crooked Vultures @ The Wiltern Horse Feathers @ Fold Wednesday, November 18th Anglos with Kid Theodore @ Silverlake Lounge Thursday, November 19th The Whigs @ [...]
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