JC traverses time and space in his first video from Phrazes For The Young, your 27th favorite album of 2009. Which means stormy pagodas, b&w tricorns, street gangs, and an ’80s club scene with obligatory keytar. It’s a fun ride, and, in the grand tradition of Dire Straits and Daft Punk, Julian’s wardrobe is lined with neon. Sorry no dice roll here, but you will see him juggle mallets when he’s not scrawling profound (also neon) graffiti like “ANGER IS WEAKNESS. PATIENCE IS STRENGTH.” Think I once read that in a Ludlow Street bathroom.
Following his successful LA residency, Julian hits the east coast after the holidays.
1/06/10 Late Show With David Letterman
1/08/10 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
1/10/10 Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero
1/12/10 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
1/14/10 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
1/15/10 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
Additional tour dates TK.
And then, of course, the Strokes hit the festival circuit in the summer. Not too early to get excited for that. I’m calling them as Lolla headliner now.
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Almonds?
Weird w/ some WTF moments aside, who knew he could act? Though I wonder how many takes it took for him to get those mic. My over/under is 15.
Two thumbs UP.
Btw, I don’t think The Strokes will get the headlining for Lolla. Not big enough here in the States compared to past headliners. Maybe they’ll get the slot BEFORE the headliner. Won’t be surprised if they play under KoL. That’ll be interesting.
Fucked that up. What I meant to say was…………
Weird w/ some WTF moments aside, who knew he could act? Though I wonder how many takes it took for him to get those mic TWIRLING TRICKS DOWN. Over/under is 15.
i’m pretty sure they just played it in reverse. but still, an awesome video.
Man… that chick at 1:51 is a beast on the drums.
i thought i saw mickey rourks character from iron man. at 3:00
Drunk History?
hahaha YES.
;’D
U know I like him. I like the strokes but I think it was an insult to say that his is the most interesting of the strokes projects. And this video just brings me back to a dark time for music the 80′s… sorry.
Well the video was…..entertaining…..
And my goodness ii hope they headline Lolla, ig they do i will defiantly drag my ass all the way out there.
this video is a cluster f*ck of bad narratives
i wish every song on the album sounded like this. such a waste of a great single…
I think Left & Right in the Dark is pretty similar. They’re my two faves anyway.
I am almost convinced he’s just having a laugh at this project.
Great song–but yeah.
it’s easy to rationalize a marginally good album with “I think he’s just having a laugh at this project”…but I assure you, that’s not his intention.
Yeah, sure, but wut does it all mean, man?
New ch ch ch cherry coke…
Killer! Good job.
I bet Julian nailed that girl from the bar scene after they were done shooting.
Does this mean we can be expecting a Julian Casablancas signature Telecaster?
dude that was AWESOME
Great video. I <3 all the front-handed insults Save it for something worth disliking.
Too young to fall in love?
to compose all of these mediums takes a lil talent..who got biggest balls of them all? julian
All in, no in between, win big, lose big…
badass
He looks like he has Downs syndrome.
Julian should tour Oslo.
Remember when the Strokes were fun? It doesn’t take a genius to remake an a-ha video.
Well I got way into Juicebox not too long ago…Sometimes I think the audience is just too dumb and fickle..,I wouldn’t worry so much about following every stupid trend…
still FINE AS FUCKKK
This song and video signify the types of music I hate.
But I effing LOVE this song and video.
Great song and video.
He’s so cool.