Star-Studded Buddy Holly Tribute Drops Next Month

Even though Buddy Holly has been dead for more than fifty years, his music still lives on and inspires musicians to this day. In his honor, a tribute album (Rave On Buddy Holly) featuring some heavy hitters (The Black Keys, Paul McCartney, My Morning Jacket, Julian Casablancas, Lou Reed, and many more) will be released on June 28th.

Listen to Julian Casablancas' take on "Rave On".



Tracklist:

01. The Black Keys – “Dearest”
02. Fiona Apple and Jon Brion – “Every Day”
03. Paul McCartney – “It’s So Easy”
04. Florence and the Machine – “Not Fade Away”
05. Cee-Lo – “(You’re So Square) Baby, I Don’t Care”
06. Karen Elson – “Crying, Waiting, Hoping”
07. Julian Casablancas – “Rave On”
08. Jenny O. – “I’m Gonna Love You Too”
09. Justin Townes Earle – “Maybe Baby”
10. She and Him – “Oh Boy”
11. Nick Lowe – “Changing All Those Changes”
12. Patti Smith – “Words of Love”
13. My Morning Jacket – “True Love Ways”
14. Modest Mouse – “That’ll Be the Day”
15. Kid Rock – “Well… All Right”
16. Detroit Cobras – “Heartbeat”
17. Lou Reed – “Peggy Sue”
18. John Doe – “Peggy Sue Got Married”
19. Graham Nash – “Raining in My Heart”

Last Night: Julian Casablancas at La Zona Rosa

Julian Casablancas Announces Tour (With Austin Date)

I had a feeling he would eventually be making a stop in Austin and today we finally get the good news that The Strokes frontman will be making his way to La Zona Rosa before his stop at the Coachella Music Festival. The show will be on April 14. I am beyond excited to see him perform the solo material and hopefully after this string of dates he can get to work on that Strokes album.

Julian Casablancas 2010 Tour Dates:
03/23 - Providence, RI @ Lupo’s
03/26 - Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage
03/27 - Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore
03/28 - Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head
03/30 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
04/01 - Montreal, QC @ National
04/02 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix
04/03 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
04/05 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
04/06 - Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
04/08 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
04/09 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
04/10 - Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club
04/12 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues
04/13 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
04/14 - Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
04/18 - Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival

Julian Casablancas Videos from NY Shows

The Strokes frontman just did a few dates at Terminal 5 in New York. Two notable songs from the performances were a slowed down cover of The Strokes demo "I'll Try Anything Once" and a 30 second improv cover of Jay-Z's " Empire State of Mind". Searched YouTube for the best vids I could find and here are the ones I found. Pretty cool.

Video: Julian Casablancas | "11th Dimension"

Julian Casablancas Performs "11th Dimension" on Conan

We're pretty sure you'll see this video all over the net, but we're still gonna post it anyway. Maybe it was nerves or just the mic but Julian starts off a little quiet, but seems to recover and finish strong.

Julian Casablancas' debut, Phrazes for the Young drops this Tuesday.

[Julian Casablancas Myspace]
[Julian Casablancas Official Site]

Previously:

• New Julian Casablancas :: "11th Dimension"
• Julian Casablancas Q & A
• New Julian Casablancas :: "River of Breaklights"
• New Julian Casablancas | "Glass"
  

New Julian Casablancas | "Glass"

Last Monday brought us the Julian Casablancas track, "River of Breaklights". Today another new song has surfaced. This song is called "Glass" and with every song we hear we're getting more and more excited for the release of his solo debut Phrazes For The Young next week. Hope you are too. By the way, iTunes will be releasing it for only $4.99.



Julian is also set to play The Tonight Show with Conan tomorrow night.

[Julian Casablancas Myspace]
[Julian Casablancas Official Site]

Previously:

• New Julian Casablancas :: "11th Dimension"
• Julian Casablancas Q & A
• New Julian Casablancas :: "River of Breaklights"
  

New Julian Casablancas :: "River of Breaklights"

Julian Casablancas' solo album Phrazes For The Young was supposed to be due out tomorrow but in true Strokes fashion was pushed back. Thankfully this time, only a couple of weeks and not years. But today, we do get a new track ("River of Breaklights") to go along with the first single ("11th Dimension") Casablancas debuted last month. Enjoy. (via)



[Julian Casablancas Myspace]
[Julian Casablancas Official Site]

New Julian Casablancas :: "11th Dimension"

Although it's not music from The Strokes, it's music from one of them, and for the most part they all seem to be pretty damn good. Singer Julian Casablancas is set to make his debut with Phrazes For The Young, out on Oct. 20th via RCA. Take a listen to the first single, "11th Dimension" down below.



[Julian Casablancas Myspace]
[Julian Casablancas Official Site]

Julian Casablancas Q & A

As we mentioned a few weeks ago Julian Casablancas of The Strokes is prepping his debut solo effort Phrazes For The Young. So far the songs have been kept under wraps with only snippets being released. The newest comes from a Q&A session Julian did a few weeks ago. He talks up the new Strokes album and discusses his favorite bands (Beirut, Dirty Projectors and Beach House make the cut). Towards the end of the video you get to hear some of the new music, check it.

Julian Casablancas on Myspace (no tracks yet)

Julian Casablancas preps solo album - Phrazes for the Young

This one kind of caught me off guard. Julian Casablancas of The Strokes is set to release a solo album. The band is currently recording for their upcoming album and the other members have released music and toured under their various side projects (Little Joy, Nickel Eye, Albert Hammond Jr) but the frontman had been kinda M.I.A till now. Entitled Phrazes for the Young, it's coming out on it's own label Cult Records with assistance from the both the bands UK and US labels. Track titles include "River of Brake Lights","Glass" and "Ludlow Street."

[JulianCasablancas.com]

[Rough Trade Records]

The accompanying video is an album preview. Although no vocals I have to say it does make me very curious to see what it's all about. He also plans to tour in support of it!