Julian Casablancas

No, Seriously, Is Daft Punk Playing Coachella?

This is, so far, the burning question of this Coachella, being asked everywhere from the campsites to the press tent. Even though the French dance-punk duo officially squashed the rumors, not many people seem to be buying it. At least, not since last night. Just before Yeah Yeah Yeahs took the ... More >>

Michael Gross' New Album Considers: What If Dreams Don't Come True?

As musicians go, Michael Gross is a bit of a late bloomer. He didn't play music or harbor rock and roll aspirations as a kid growing up in Salt Lake City. He sang in his school choir for a year, but recalls that it "wasn't really for him." Mostly the self-proclaimed jock played sports, eventually ea ... More >>

Cults - The Music Box - 3/22/12

See also: Cults @ The Fonda Theater Slideshow Cults, Spectrals The Music Box 3/22/12 Better than...your local Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers cover band. Leather jackets and cardigans alike showed up at the recently reopened Music Box last night to see Cults take their victory lap. This New York ... More >>

Haim: Three Sisters On The Ascent

Bella LieberbergEste, Alana and Danielle Haim​"It's hysterical to think about now," says Danielle Haim, guitarist from Los Angeles band Haim. "But honestly we never even knew we could make money playing shows. We played for free so many times that we could have gotten paid; I felt bad even ask ... More >>

The Strokes "Last Night" At T-Mobile Sidekick Party

Lina Lecaro The Strokes set the room on fire. ​ We knew it! Bumming out over missing music at Coachella does not last long in LA as there is always so much to do the week afterward, often featuring bands or DJs who were at the fest. From legit gigs (Lauryn Hill last night at Nokia) to unannou ... More >>

The Dirt Master: Neil Strauss Talks Rockers, Hookers, Drugs and Getting Hate Mail from his Ultimate Nemesis, Phil Collins

​You'll be seeing a lot in the blogosphere and beyond about Neil Strauss' revealing new book, Everyone Loves You When You're Dead, (out this week). The tome reveals shocking things about -and intimate moments with- the author's vast array of interview subjects over the years: Lady Gaga bawling ... More >>

SXSW: The Strokes Sellout with Twin Shadow and St. Paddy's Day Air Guitar Contest

photo by Wendy GilmartinSmile! It's a Strokes sellout​ Didn't think it was possible to sellout a free show? Here's how to do it: Invite The Strokes to play after five long years on hiatus, make the weather a perfectly warm for a spring afternoon and, oh yeah, schedule it on the one day of the ... More >>

Live in L.A.: The Henry Clay People, Health, Best Coast, Blake Mills, Jaguar Love

The Henry Clay People​The Henry Clay People's jagged, college-educated barroom rock has wormed its way into a lot of Angeleno hearts the past couple of years, its classic riff-slinging and manic shout-singing somehow turning the high anxiety of "Working Part Time" into catharsis. The quintet's ... More >>

Nightranger: Supermassive Black Hell

Day 3: Coachella WINs and FAILs (featuring Charlotte Gainsbourg, Thom Yorke, Phoenix, etc.)!

Gustavo TurnerThe Great Thom Yorke in the Sky​ Sunday was the hottest day of the Coachella weekend and it felt like the most crowded, a change from previous years when (thanks to the one-day passes) the last day had shown a welcome self-weeding-out of the masses. In terms of festival logisti ... More >>

Desert Decisions: Splashy bashes vs. Corinne Bailey Rae, MGMT, DEVO, Little Boots, Spoon, Julian Casablancas

Parties or performances? We've come to the unfortunate conclusion that you really can't have it both ways when it comes to the merciless monster that is Coachella weekend. Every year we've managed to hit a couple soirees before attacking the field around sunset, but things were different for the 201 ... More >>

Destination Coachella

L.A. bands take to the desert for three days of music overload

BREAKING: Coachella Set Times Announced

​The set-times for Coachella have been announced here. Friday: It's Fever Ray vs. PiL Gil Scott-Heron vs. Specials Saturday It's Tiesto vs. Dead Weather (heh heh, "Tiesto") and both of them vs. Die Antwoord (no contest) It's The Gossip vs. The Raveonettes (catfight!) Sunday It's Gary Nu ... More >>

West Coast Sound: A Stroke Chokes (And Nearly Goes Broke)

Poor Little Rich Stroke: Julian Casablancas "Broke" After Ruinous LA Gigs, Glad to Be Out of Here

Soon busking for grocery money at a subway near you: "Broke" JC​Julian Casablancas recently gave an interview to New York magazine, where he bawwwwwed extensively about the lack of massive success of his recent album Phrazes for the Young. The interview is part of an absurd hand-job to profile ... More >>

Nightranger Looks Back at '09 Fashion and Music

New Year's Eve in LA: Bubbly and Bumpin' In the Clubs with Arabian Prince, Hang the DJs, Part Time Punks and More

The year -and decade- are done, and the city's biggest, most buzzed about New Year's Eve bashes (Hard, Giant, Gridlock) are either out of your budget or out of your comfort zone. The house party of a good friend -with lots of other good friends- might be optimal this Thursday night, but we think we' ... More >>

Rock Picks: J. Tillman, Peaches, Japandroid

Also, Franklin Bruno, the Vic Chesnutt Band, the Moore Brothers and others

Rock Picks: THE JOE KROWN TRIO, THE FIERY FURNACES, THE LILYS, MR. GNOME

Also, Simian Mobile Disco, Wolfmother, El Perro del Mar and others

Dim Mak, Golden Voice Julian Casablancas Tix Giveaway

Dim Mak Golden Voice are trying to build-up their mailing lists be nice to you and help you score Julian Casablancas tix: Dim Mak Golden Voice set you up!​

Rock Picks: Loudon Wainwright III & Richard Thompson, Miss Jilly, Mission of Burma, The Mountain Goats

Over the Weekend: The Crystal Method Play Secret Show, Julian Casablancas Begins His Downtown Residency, Plus LMFAO and PMX

Thought the LA nightlife would calm down after Halloween? You thought wrong. From secret shows to Asian pop culture conventions, we were out and about this weekend. Keep reading to find out what happened. Julian Casablancas at Palace Theater Timothy Norris​ Julian Casablancas marked his mov ... More >>

Julian Casablancas @ the Palace Theater (11/06)

Over the Weekend: Julian Casablancas at the Palace Theater

Over the Weekend: The Crystal Method Play Secret Show, Julian Casablancas Begins His Downtown Residency, Plus LMFAO and PMX

Thought the LA nightlife would calm down after Halloween? You thought wrong. From secret shows to Asian pop culture conventions, we were out and about this weekend. Keep reading to find out what happened. Julian Casablancas at Palace Theater Timothy Norris​ Julian Casablancas marked his move ... More >>

Rock Picks: Fuck Buttons, Exene Cervenka, Imogen Heap, John Fogerty

Also, HEALTH, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Múm, Leon Russell and others

Last Night: Julian Casablancas' Secret Minishow at Spaceland (11/02)

The word is out: if you showed up at Spaceland last night to check out the much ballyhooed month-long residence by the Happy Hollows then you know that the mystery guest star was none other than (former?) Strokes frontman and Sexiest Man of 2001 Julian Casablancas. Oscar Rangel at The Scenestar has ... More >>

Rock Picks: Steve Earle, Polvo, These Arms Are Snakes, Correatown

Also, Bob Dylan & His Band, Motorhead, John Doe & Exene Cervenka and others

Rock Picks: Amadou & Mariam, Manimal Festival, Marianne Faithfull, Gil Scott-Heron

Also, Kylie Minogue, the Joe Perry Project, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks and others

The Great Music Save: Dark Night of the Soul Opens at Michael Kohn Gallery

Untitled (Little Girl #2) David Lynch, 2009Last Saturday's Dark Night of the Soul opening at LA's Michael Kohn Gallery, featuring the work of David Lynch, Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, wasn't just the hot event ticket of the weekend, it was one of the greatest save's in music history.

Nightranger: Maggie Barry, Box 8, Shin BBQ, Brian Lichtenberg, and Fashion Accessories by Cobrasnake

ROCK ’N’ WEAR CIRCUS EIGHT’S GREATS

Valentine for the Strokes Fan

On his solo debut, Albert Hammond Jr. (the best-dressed Stroke) reveals a candy-coated heart

Music Picks

For the week of March 10 - 16

The Strokes

The Strokes The Troubadour, January 6

Is This It?

Rap metal is still dead. The Strokes are still cool. And your point is . . . ?

Bubblegum Hip-hop and a Band With three Test Icicles

Of Ass and Ax

Against Small Odds

The Strokes struggle to overcome their good fortune

Come On Feel the Strokes

Don’t hate them because they’re beautiful

Slushed in 2002

Edited by Kateri Butler

Thieves in the Night

Strange Bedfellows: Winona and the Chicago 7

Reach for the Sun

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, April 27-28