Julian Casablancas

6. March 2011 | 06:38

Strokes ‘had to co-write to save band’

Nick Valensi suggests that The Strokes would have split up had they not started writing together. (News Source: Digital Spy - 18:01:42)

Watch It: Strokes Go to the Opera in New Clip

On the Strokes’ first comeback single “Under Cover of Darkness,” New York’s bad boys deliver an instant classic that recalls the band’s breakthrough album Is This It? . But in the new video for the single, Julian Casablancas and Co. take their skuzzy, Lower East Side-sound to the orchestra by dressing in tuxes (well, everyone except Casablancas) and performing in a plush, gilded opera house … (News Source: Spin - 15:39:54)

In Their ‘Under Cover of Darkness’ Video, The Strokes Get Classy

For the first visual representation of their new album, the music video for Angles ‘ lead single “Under Cover of Darkness,” The Strokes blew open the rental-tux budget. The clip kicks off with the gang in various takes on evening formal-wear, sternly rocking through the jam in something that resembles an abandoned opera house. Only Julian Casablancas gets to keep his leather-jacket-and … (News Source: Vulture - 14:33:48)

Miley Cyrus and The Strokes’ Pretty Cool ‘SNL’ Promo

Miley Cyrus is hosting this weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live” with musical guest The Strokes, which is “pretty cool.” Don’t you agree that it’s “pretty cool”? Well, that’s “pretty cool.” (News Source: Billboard - 18:52:12)

News : FILTER Five: Our Top 5 Lonely Island Skits

In honor of the release of FILTER Magazine’s 43rd issue , ” The Rise and Terrible, Terrible Fall of The Lonely Island ,” we decided to do a little poll in the office to find what our top 5 Lonely Island skits are. There was a lot to choose from for this one, so narrowing down to a top 5 was not so easy. Below are the results. If you haven’t already, go pick up FILTER Magazine Issue #43 ” The … (News Source: Filter Magazine - 02:25:46)

New Video: The Strokes, ‘Under Cover of Darkness’

Has it really been five years since The Strokes released an album? Where is the band hanging out in their new video “Under Cover of Darkness”? What happened to Albert Hammond’s magnificent mini-afro? So many questions. While we eagerly await Angles, the group’s fourth album, we’re stoked for Strokes 2.0, if you will, which finds our […] (News Source: MTV - 18:46:56)

The Strokes Premiere ‘Under Cover of Darkness’ Video, ‘You’re So Right’ Song

With the release of ‘Angles’ just a few weeks away, the Strokes are ramping up the anticipation by releasing a new video for ‘Under Cover of Darkness’ and a new song, ‘You’re So Right.’ The video, as BrooklynVegan points out, was filmed at the Loews Jersey Theatre, a beautiful venue in Jersey City. The opulent backdrop creates a great foil for Julian Casablancas and his bandmates as they play … (News Source: Spinner - 15:33:53)

CDs - Carrie Underwood’s “rubbish”

Here is where the music is as airbrushed as the pretty face on the cover, where nary a blemish can ever show. (News Source: North Shore News - 04:39:56)

Hear the New Strokes Song “You’re So Right”

The Strokes ‘ hotly anticipated new album Angles arrives March 22 in North America via RCA and a day earlier in the UK via Rough Trade . And right now, you can head over to NME to hear a stream of the album track “You’re So Right”, a surprisingly heavy and mechanistic track. (News Source: Pitchfork - 21:20:06)

‘SNL’: The Miley Cyrus Show

It’s not just a sketch tonight; weigh in on this week’s host and the Strokes before, during, and after show (News Source: Entertainment Weekly - 23:25:05)

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