Julian Casablancas says that The Strokes are recording their new album without him present in the studio. The frontman explained that he was leaving his bandmates to work on the music for the record, before he adds vocals alone later on to prevent hi... more info

ContactMusic — THE STROKES are recording their upcoming fourth album without frontman JULIAN CASABLANCAS - the singer will hit the studio to add his vocals once they finish.The... more info

NME — Singer says band are making a 'funky 'First Impressions Of Earth'' more info

Let There Be Night — Probably (hopefully) blogged a million times already. Loved it when they were Poney Poney, like it as much now that they are Jamaica. The video is great, it gets me yearning for the days of The Strokes, when they hit everybody so hard, we had trouble... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by P. Nick Curran Thanks to past exploits and possibly fake leaks, rumors were running wild about who might show up at this year's "Fader Fort" at SXSW. Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, The Strokes, and Black Eyed Peas... more info

Silent Uproar — The Strokes will release the new album they're currently working on in September (at least Julian Casablancas thinks so). In August, the group will headline Lollapalooza in Chicago. Watch some studio footage on YouTube. [leisureblogs.chicagotribune.c... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Anyone who watched the recent BBC1 contest to find this year’s Eurovision contestant will know that getting pop right is a tricky task. Obviously a committee consisting of Pete Waterman and prime time mainstream TV viewers was never going to u... more info

Undercover, Australia — Devendra Banhart’s new video ‘Baby’ features guest appearances from MGMT’s Andrew Van Wyngarden, The Strokes’ Fabrizio Moretti and former Wu-Tang rapper GZA. more info

XFM.co.uk — The Lonely Island and Julian Casablancas release hilarious video. more info

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