Impose Magazine — Unenthusiastic—but inspired—vocals, in an instrumentally flawless showing. Background Living in the same vocal family as The Strokes, Jack Cherry and the rest of Juan de Fuca formed in 2015. Following the tragic death of a lifelong friend, Cherry... more info

Consequence of Sound — Nick Valensi & co. rock amidst a curtain of dramatic lighting in support of their debut LP. more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — HaircastlesFrom: EnglandShame Spiral from the mysterious Haircastles sounds The Strokes meeting early Depeche Mode. It's a hairy, furry ball of woozy fuzz that's so lo-fi it's positively subterranean.ListenVisitHaircastles - Twitter : So... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — If the claims are true that rock is "the new jazz" (aka a genre that stopped evolving and became "classical music"), then we might have to blame 'Is This It.' It set the precedent that "saving rock" was synonymous with "sounding a lot like ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — On August 24, CRX, the new solo project led by The Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi (also featuring Guards’ Richie Follin, along with Jon Safley, Ralph Alexander and Darian Zahedi), made their Manhattan live debut, with their “proper” New York de... more info

Consequence of Sound — The Strokes' Nick Valensi's new side project both thrives and flails on its lack of cohesion. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — It never rains in Southern California, so sings one of The Strokes' dads, but downpours wreaked havoc on the second day (10/23) of Beach Goth at The Observatory in Orange County, causing some performances to be canceled and others moved. Contin... more info

Stereogum — The Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi’s new side project CRX are gearing up to drop New Skin at the end of the month. We’ve already heard the lead single, “Ways To Fake It,” and saw the band make their TV debut playing the song on Kimmel. Today ... more info

NME — CRX perform new single 'Ways To Fake It' more info

Et Musique Pour Tous — Artist comparisons in press emails can get a bit ridiculous, don’t you think? Artists need to believe in their creations of course, but when a PR team represents a rap duo as the next coming of Outkast or an indie band as the next coming of The Str... more info