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

Consequence of Sound — Plus, Nick Valensi and co. have mapped out an extensive tour behind their debut album, New Skin. more info

Consequence of Sound — Guitarist Nick Valensi confirms the group is "slowly but surely" working on their sixth LP. more info

NME — The band returned with a three-track EP this summer, but their last album came out in 2013 more info

Gigwise — The Armstrongs are a musical family, it seems. Whilst Billie Joe Armstrong may not have passed down his pop-punk laurels to his offspring, he's definitely passed down some sort of songwriting abillity. It's no secret that both Joey and Jakob Armst... more info