LargeHeartedBoy — Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas talks to the New York Post about his solo album, Phrazes For The Young (out November 3rd). “Some of the songs sound like they can be found on the soundtrack of a random ’80s movie,” says... more info

Guardian Music — (Rough Trade)Over on the Downing Street website lurks an e-petition calling for "sleep education" to become part of the national curriculum. Should the government choose to heed its demands, they could save themselves a lot of time and money simply b... more info

Live Daily — Julian Casablancas [ tickets ] will play a month-long residency at The Downtown Palace Theatre in Los Angeles, according to a statement posted at his website. The Strokes frontman will perform every Friday in November (11/6, 13, 20, 27) at the downto... more info

NME - The Video Blog — Interesting range of dance moves during this performance. There's the 'crouching-monkey arm-swing' (0.46), the 'Kenco coffee-shaker' (1.38) and the 'hitch-hiker' (2.20). Oh, and 2.26 he does a sort of costume-drama, swooning-matron, back-of-hand-to-t... more info

Stereogum — Performing complexly synthesized compositions on record is one thing... I like the way Julian Casablancas lays his voice out over Phrazes For The Young 's electro backdrops, partially because it feels so insulated and obsessive, a man and his bed... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Julian performed his single “11th Dimension” last night on Conan. It was his big debut in the US and I hate to say that it was a pretty dissapointing performance. The band seemed sorta flat, and lacked a lot of energy. I think the sound on Conan ... more info