From the forthcoming album Major, Fang Island just released the track “Asunder.” Its a cool song, sounding a bit like the Strokes, if Julian Casablancas was quite a bit happier. It’s a summery track, with solid riffs, catchy vocals, and a shiny-gloss production. Go ahead, turn this one up in your car with the windows [...]

A few months ago, in some office somewhere in the middle of Brooklyn, Syd Butler was trying to figure out how to grow. He had a pretty decent office, running his label Frenchkiss Records with some debonair, and had a few employees under his wing, doing everything but band publicity (that was outsourced to some pigeon that hits windows in Manhattan). But he had no idea what to do from there. He sat down and had a brainstorming session with his subordinates, subordinating them to think of something. “Think, my lovelies, think!” Syd admonished. “We’ve been at this for ...

Last Saturday’s Will Ferrell-hosted Saturday Night Live contained the 100th Digital Short, a celebratory musical number featuring Justin Bieber, Julian Casablancas, Justin Timberlake, Natalie Portman, Michael Bolton, Usher, Jon Hamm and about every imaginable character from the Digital Shorts. There might not be many more of these; Andy Samberg is rumored to be leaving the [...]

Plus, Justin Timberlake, Julian Casablancas and Jon Hamm appear in the 100th Digital Short.

Meet DEVIN: aka Elvis Costello meets Julian Casablancas meets James Dean. A pretty impressive comparison for a guy who has only just released his debut album. Penning most of the album at his warehouse job in Brooklyn, DEVIN and his punk-infused classic rock literally screams New York. The Triple J feature album, Romancing, takes you [...]

Recorded in Toronto and at band founder Raine Maida's L.A. Home studio with co-producer Jason Lader (Jay-Z's '99 Problems,' Mars Volta, Julian Casablancas, Rilo Kiley, Elvis Costello, Noah & The Whale), 'Curve' is set for release April 17th via eOne Music.

A Great Big Pile Of Leaves, Mansions, and Young Statues are kicking off one of the best tours of the spring tonight and you can check out the full tour routing here . We figured it’d be great to have all three bands do a new Playlist for our ongoing feature considering that they’re three of PropertyOfZack’s favorite bands. Check out the Playlists and listen to the songs on Spotify while reading everyone’s thoughts! (Click on image to listen in Spotify) New Order - Age Of Consent A classic. One of my favorite songs of all time. Love ...

Somehow I found myself reading poems with some of my avant garde heroes. But was the Sonic Youth man really praising my back catalogue onstage? Does growing older reduce your relevance as an artist? And would I ever get my tax return done? I'm being audited by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), every self-employed person's nightmare! So, scrambling to sort out hundreds of weeks' worth of crumpled receipts in time for my in-person government interrogation in a few days, I didn't give much time to my visiting French pal, Julien Langendorff, when he telephoned and invited me ...

Die britische Comic-Band Gorillaz veröffentlicht nun auch das Video zum Song "DoYaThing", zu dem es zuletzt schon einen Stream und einen kostenlosen Download gab ( motor.de berichtete ), sowie ein Making Of des Clips. An dem Titel arbeiteten neben den gezeichneten Musikern auch noch LCD-Soundsystem -Mastermind James Murphy und André 3000 von Outkast mit. In der Visualisierung des Tracks sehen wir Frontfigur 2D nach einer wilden Party durch das Haus gehen und dabei so manche Überraschung erleben: Gorillaz - "DoYaThing" Mehr Videos von den Gorillaz findet ihr auf tape.tv ! Die Gorillaz entstanden 1998 als ein Projekt von Tank Girl-Zeichner Jamie Hewlett ...

*HAIM (http://haimtheband.com/)* (featuring members of Julian Casablancas & Jenny Lewis's band) have just released a free EP on their website (http://haimtheband.com/).

Die britische Comic-Band Gorillaz macht jetzt Ernst, denn der Track "DoYaThing" ist endlich zu hören. Und wem er besonders gut gefällt, der hat sogar die Möglichkeit, den Song, an dem außer den gezeichneten Musikern auch noch LCD Soundsystem -Mastermind James Murphy und André 3000 von Outkast mit arbeiteten, kostenfrei herunter zu laden. Demnächst wird auch ein Musikvideo zum Titel folgen. Zuletzt ließ das Projekt "3 Artists 1 Song", das von der Schuhfirma Converse ins Leben gerufen wurde, bereits in das chaotische Making Of zum Clip blicken ( motor.de berichtete ). Mit einem Klick auf das Artwork zum Song kommt ihr direkt ...

Following previous Converse-backed trio collab one-offs by Pharrell/ Santigold/ Julian Casablancas and Kid Cudi/ Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij/ Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, the shoe giant has brought forth another ‘Three Artists, One Song’ event to slobber over, bringing together music blogopshere icons Gorillaz, Andre 3000 and James Murphy to help promote their new Limited Edition [...]

MP3: Gorillaz + James Murphy + Andre 3000- DoYaThing De nueva cuenta las colaboraciones de Converse no nos decepcionaron para nada. Desde la primera que hicieron con Santigold, Julian Casablancas y N.E.R.D. nos han sorprendido por la combinación de talentos que sólo en sueños serían realidad. En este caso se unieron los talentos de Gorillaz, James Murphy [...]

We've been anticipating the Chucks sponsored threesome this year, mainly because the combination of Gorillaz, Andre 3000, and James Murphy is one of the most high-profile and attractive of the three-songs-one-artist lexicon (the others being Pharrell/Santigold/Julian Casablancas and Best Coast/Kid Cudi/Rastam Batmanglij). It's also worth mentioning roughly all of Gorillaz discography is of a collaborative nature, making the combination of multiple artists a much more natural fit for Damon Albar

Applause has to be given to Brisbane indie-pop outfit Last Dinosaurs right off the bat for one reason: it took a long time for their debut LP, In A Million Years , to land on the AU desks. There’s quite a few indie bands out there that will jump from formation to an EP to a full blown album in less than six months somehow, and then disappear in a blink of a hipsters’ faux-Ray-Ban framed eye. That’s not to say that Last Dinosaurs haven’t been busy; with a myriad of support slots, festival appearances and solo shows ...