Our finest 20 records of the year are the ones that are closest to our collective hearts from a San Francisco band's debut to a Kosmische pile-up between Tangerine Dream, Sunno))) and proggy ambient techno to the return of some French Anglophiles, to our highest charting Irish albums, a band on their 13th release, an icy Swedish enigma and a slew of Brooklyn based bands. Albums of 2009: 75-51 | 50-41 | 40-31 | 30-21 | 20-1 [...]
I chose to list my top ten tracks of 2009 instead of singles. Here they are: #1. 11th Dimension - Julian Casablancas From "Phrazes For The Young" I remember when this track leaked and I had my first taste of this album: I died. #2. Armistice - Phoenix From "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" I was going to put 1901 at first [...]
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A list of events taking place over the next seven days in Dublin. This week I'm most looking forward to the Richter party, seeing Neon Indian live for the first time, the U:Mack party featuring Battles et al and the Bring the Toys event in Twisted Pepper on Saturday (I'm DJing upstairs at the Comic Cast event FYI). Tuesday 8th December - Richter Collective Xmas Bash @ Twisted Pepper (€15) - Lily Allen @ The O2 (€39.20) [...]
The solo project from The Strokes' frontman, Julian Casablancas was born out of boredom, and not planned during the band's hiatus. The solo works of band mates, Albert Hammond Jr and Nikolai Fraiture(as his alter ego, Nickel Eye), and drummer Fabrizio Moretti teamed up with Little Joy, have all been well-received and apparently have taken more of their focus. The band was initially due to get back together in 2009 and work on new material, but "the band wanted to go do their own thing, and that's cool – I respect that they need to go do that. But I [...]
In honor of Julian Casablancas' Friday night residency for the month of November in Los Angeles .... Buzznet has teamed up with Goldenvoice and Julian to giveaway two pairs of tickets. Win 1 of 2 pairs of tickets to Julian Casablancas on November 20th at the Palace Theatre downtown in Los Angeles. HOW TO ENTER: - Add Buzznet to your twitter [...]
Sonically, Julian Casablancas' debut solo effort, Phrazes For The Young , offers a more glossy approach the Strokes' poppy garage-revival compositions. But much of the album lacks the energy and vivaciousness heard in the Strokes' first two albums and Casablanca's sleepy crooning slows the album to a snail's pace. Say what you want about the Strokes, it was Casablancas' vocals that made them such a success. The music wasn't anything to write home about. It was garage rock and early punk [...]
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Julian Casablancas hat mit seinem Solo-Debüt "Phrazes for the Young" nicht nur positive Kritiken hervorgerufen. Eine Verteidigung inklusive Bonustracks. "Haften bleibt kaum etwas, eingängig sind bloss die Allerweltsweisheiten im CD-Booklet", schreibt der Tages-Anzeiger über Julian Casablancas und seine Debüt-Platte. "Veto" schreie ich da. Wenn Songs wie "11th Dimensions" oder "River of Brakelights" nicht haften bleiben, dann [...]
The singer-songwriter of the Strokes has finally released his solo debut. The wait was worth it. From the beginning: I read a review of Is This It, which my father handed me. It said, "put on the Strokes. Bounce" and I did. I saw the band live at the Avalon in Boston that year; Julian Casablancas, their lead singer, had dirty, long hair and a leather jacket. The girls were in love. There were too many bands called "The [somethings]" (White Stripes, Hives...) that year. Walking from the Charles River up...
Julian Casablanca's new solo single sounds nothing like his work with The Strokes. Instead of serving up an expected brew of crunchy indie rock, Casablanca surprises fans with an '80s styled mash of synth-heavy dance-rock. Very good. With the Chris Cornell debacle fresh in mind, some may call Casablanca a sell-out. I like to call him progressive. Change is good. Let the remixes begin.
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