The Strokes News

More than three years have passed since New York band the Strokes released their third album, First Impressions of Earth .

Meet NYC resident and frontman of The Strokes, Julian Casablancas . On his solo debut, Phrazes For The Young , he has replaced all your expectations with synths straight out of 1984.

View more photos in Timothy Norris' "Julian Casablancas at Palace Theater" slideshow .

Apologies to Kanye, but while BeyoncA© had some great videos over the last 10 years, none of them were quite strong enough to make this list.

Julian Casablancas, frontman for the Strokes, released his first solo album, 'Phrazes for the Young,' on Tuesday.

I still have strong opinions about things, but I think the No 1 goal in the band should be that everyone's happy Sophie Heawood Julian Casablancas, the main man from the Strokes, walks into an LA diner wearing rock-star shades, a rock-star jacket and a mild case of rock-star swagger.

Julian Casablancas has announced that he will release a Christmas single. The Strokes frontman told NME that he plans to cover festive song 'I Wish It Was Christmas Today', which first appeared on US comedy show Saturday Night Live .

Album: Julian Casablancas, Phrazes for the Young On 2006's First Impressions Of Earth, Julian Casablancas seemed in terminal retreat from his muse, apparently bent on bringing The Strokes' waning momentum to a halt.

After bursting onto the scene in the midst of the garage rock revival of the early 2000s with their hit "Last Nite," The Strokes have had to work hard to avoid the typecasting that hurt the careers of peer groups such as The Hives and The Vines.

DEPARTMENT OF NOSTALGIA FOR 2001 In the fall of 2001, Julian Casablancas made us cool.

"WHY CAN'T YOU ignore the things I did before?" asks Julian Casablancas on "Out of the Blue," the lead-off track from his solo debut, " Phrazes for the Young ." It's hard to determine just how he intends that rhetorical question, but it sounds like one of the funniest lines he's ever written as well as one of the most tragic, given what he's asking ...

Let's get this settled right out of the gate: Julian Casablancas, frontman of the New York neo-garage band the Strokes, has not moved to L.A. "Not officially," he says, nursing a Coke at Silver Lake's Red Lion Tavern.

Julian Casablancas Phrazes for the Young Cult/RCA ESSENTIAL "Out of the Blue'' One by one, the members of the Strokes - the nattily attired New York quintet once trumpeted as indie rock's saving grace - have been moonlighting with solo records and side projects.

Line Thomsen meets Gordon Raphael, The Strokes' producer, and discovers how music can set the recording studio on fire Some might think Gordon Raphael lucky.

Nothing on Julian Casablancas' first solo album reminds you that he's the lead singer of skinny-tie wearing New York rockers the Strokes.

No teleprompter for her! 2. Gorillaz, " Clint Eastwood ." Don't know if it's just an accident of shuffle play, but there isn't much in the way of Macho Rock on this list.

Julian Casablancas is confused. "Teetotal," he says, rolling the word around in his mouth.

The Strokes frontman will perform every Friday in November at the downtown LA venue.

The Georgia Straight presents an exclusive pre sale for Julian Casablancasa Vancouver show starting tomorrow at 10 a.m. and ending Thursday at 10 p.m. The Strokes frontman will play the Commodore with special guests on November 23 following the release of his debut solo album Phrazes for the Young next week.

Julian Casablancas has revealed the itinerary for his first solo tour of Europe.