411 Mania — Latest on Paul Banks' solo album... more info

Rolling Stone — Chris Brown celebrated his 20th birthday with a private party for family and friends in Virginia, People reports. The singer has stayed out of the spotlight while he awaits his next court date, May 28th; Rihanna made a return to the public eye at the... more info

Clickmusic — Paul Banks to release 'Skyscraper' in August as Julian Plenti. more info

Guardian Music — Paul Banks, the frontman of the NYC alt-rockers, has grown a moustache and assumed the alias Julian Plenti for his solo debutInterpol frontman Paul Banks is to release a "cocky, sexy" solo album, but not under his own name. Banks will masquerade as "... more info

XFM.co.uk — Paul Banks is to release his own album... but not as Paul Banks. more info

AngryApe — Paul Banks becomes... Julian Plenti more info

Gigwise — Under the name Julian Plenti... more info

NME — Paul Banks takes on a new moniker more info

Stereogum — Paul Banks has taken solo songs, old and new, into the studio for a solo album. Allegedly they are "cocky" and "sexy." Hear mini-snippets at julianplenti.com, get more details at Billboard, enjoy his mustache at Matablog. It's due 8/4. more info

Abeano — The xx – Crystalised from Young Turks on Vimeo. Here’s what we wrote about thems a while back Alongside The Big Pink and Micachu, London’s The XX are at the forefront of a new kind of London band. Described by NME in th... more info