Paul Banks has been having plenti of fun masquerading around under the name Julian, releasing a debut LP at just around the same time (again) as that other smart-dressing NYC contemporary with the same first name. For his part InterPaul's... CONTINUE READING JULIAN PLENTI @ GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, NYC 9/25/09»
Posted on September 28, 2009 in , , , (2 comments)
Tags: Eugene Mirman | French Kicks | I'm In You | Interpol | Julian Plenti | Pixies | The Giraffes
The "Games For Days" Paul Banks delivered to Jimmy Fallon didn't include any kinky Emily Haines revenge fantasies, but it did come with a prominently featured bearded (and gum chewing) drummer and at least one bad teenage mustache. Also of... CONTINUE READING JULIAN PLENTI MAKES TV DEBUT ON FALLON»
Posted on August 10, 2009 in (7 comments)
Tags: Interpol | Julian Plenti
Interpol frontman Paul Banks' Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper came out a couple of days ago. In the official Javier Aguilera-directed video for his post-punk "Games For Days," Banks plays two characters. The dark Paul teams up with Metric's Emily Haines... CONTINUE READING NEW JULIAN PLENTI VIDEO (FEAT. EMILY HAINES) - "GAMES FOR DAYS"»
Posted on August 6, 2009 in , (26 comments)
Tags: Emily Haines | Interpol | Julian Plenti | Metric | Paul Banks | Thao With The Get Down Stay Down
Interpol frontman Paul Banks is set to release a solo debut which thus far has sounded conspicuously like an Interpol album (surprise). See if that plays out over its duration with a free album stream at Rhapsody. Album's out 8/4... CONTINUE READING STREAM JULIAN PLENTI IS... SKYSCRAPER»
Posted on July 30, 2009 (10 comments)
Tags: Grouper | Interpol | Julian Plenti | Paul Banks
Following "Fun That We Have," another free track from Interpol frontman Paul Banks's solo debut. It's more of an explosive post-punk track than the stuttering electro-rock of that previous single, and so a little closer to the sound of his... CONTINUE READING NEW JULIAN PLENTI - "GAMES FOR DAYS"»
Posted on July 21, 2009 in , (8 comments)
Tags: Interpol | Julian Plenti
We told you Interpol frontman Paul Banks grew a questionable bad teenage mustache (Carlos D envy?) and recorded a solo album as Julian Plenti. The reportedly "cocky" and "sexy" collection, titled Julian Plenti Is... Skyscraper is out this August via... CONTINUE READING NEW JULIAN PLENTI - "FUN THAT WE HAVE"»
Posted on May 15, 2009 in (14 comments)
Tags: Interpol | Julian Plenti | The Dead Weather | Vampire Weekend
Paul Banks has taken solo songs, old and new, into the studio for a solo album. Allegedly they are "cocky" and "sexy." Hear mini-snippets at julianplenti.com, get more details at Billboard, enjoy his mustache at Matablog. It's due 8/4. ... CONTINUE READING INTERPOL SINGER GOES SOLO AS JULIAN PLENTI»
Posted on May 5, 2009 (13 comments)
Tags: Four Tet | Green Man Festival | Interpol | Julian Plenti | Laura Veirs
Not everyone admired Our Love, but the album did grow Interpol's fanbase while finally getting them on the Armani payroll. These are two things that men with their wardrobes probably care about more than you realize. In the time since,... CONTINUE READING INTERPOL CHECK IN FROM THE STUDIO»
Posted on March 6, 2009 (40 comments)
Tags: Hey Marseilles | Interpol | U2
The economy's fucked, but if you're Josh Hartnett, used to sleep with ScarJo, and currently wake up in a noirish urban condo, own a very starchy white shirt, and motor around the city in your convertible (in which you can't... CONTINUE READING INTERPOL, JOSH HARTNETT SHOW OFF THEIR "SLOW HANDS" FOR ARMANI »
Posted on September 25, 2008 in , (25 comments)
Tags: Interpol | Josh Harnett
Magnetic Morning's the project of Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino and Swervedriver frontman Adam Franklin. The duo previously put out a self-titled six-song EP and recently completed their debut LP A.M. in Athens, Georgia with the help of the Album Leaf's... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP LV: HEAR NEW MAGNETIC MORNING (INTERPOL + SWERVEDRIVER), WIN A FENDER GUITAR»
Posted on September 17, 2008 in , (3 comments)
Tags: Dear And The Headlights | Interpol | Magnetic Morning | Swervedriver
We've all seen unofficial music videos -- clips that folks who dig a band make because ... they dig a band. Some work out great like "My Body Is A Cage" or HEALTH's "Heaven," and others are better left to... CONTINUE READING NEW INTERPOL VIDEO - "REST MY CHEMISTRY" (UNOFFICIAL, BUT ENDORSED!)»
Posted on May 6, 2008 in (11 comments)
Tags: Interpol
When's the last time you want to an actual record store? Like where you have to walk through a door and can't just click "download"? Yes, we live inside a blog, but record stores are pretty great. Brandon worked at... CONTINUE READING TOMORROW IS RECORD STORE DAY»
Posted on April 18, 2008 (34 comments)
Tags: Björk | Built To Spill | Dead Meadow | Death Cab For Cutie | Deerhunter | Grizzly Bear | Interpol | Prurient | R.E.M. | Regina Spektor | Stephen Malkmus | SXSW | Tapes 'N Tapes | The Black Keys | The New Pornographers | Vampire Weekend | Young Widows
A couple weeks ago we told you about David Byrne, Kim Gordon, and Marissa Nadler's year-end lists in Artforum. The list-giving season continues, so here are a slew of additional artists-on-artists top 10s. We've come to discover that artist lists... CONTINUE READING VARIOUS ARTISTS'S 2007 BEST OF LISTS»
Posted on December 14, 2007 in , (24 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | Carrie Brownstein | Devendra Banhart | Interpol | John Darnielle | Mark Ronson | Mountain Goats | Paul Banks | Sam Fogarino | Sleater-Kinney | Sondre Lerche
Packed with more mirrors than a canceled Britney/Criss Angel collaboration, Interpol's video for "No I In Threesome"'s a plaster crashing voyage into some old bearded taxidermist Santa guy's chilly abode. (Yup, that's just what we think about when "threesome" pops... CONTINUE READING NEW INTERPOL VIDEO - "NO I IN THREESOME"»
Posted on September 17, 2007 in (11 comments)
Tags: Interpol
Here's hoping this week's 'Gum Drop helped stave off those post-long-weekend hangovers everybody's nursing. In case you didn't get around to opening it this AM (or if maybe your spam filter hates the word "drop"), sift through the inbox and... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP GIVEAWAY #2»
Posted on September 5, 2007 in (0 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Interpol
No regrets choosing Lolla over the Virgin Fest: Karen O dressed to impress, My Morning Jacket got orchestral, and Dennis Rodman gave Pearl Jam a lift … this year's Lolla had some memorable moments. That said, Virgin Festival wasn't without... CONTINUE READING SELECT CLIPS FROM VIRGIN FEST 2007»
Posted on August 6, 2007 in (7 comments)
Tags: Amy Winehouse | Interpol | The Police | The Smashing Pumpkins | Virgin Fest | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The inevitable Carlos Dengler is a film and TV composer follow-up post. But it's better than just mere score composition -- CD's acting! Time Out Chicago reports that the first leg of shooting on the D's forthcoming indie flick wrapped... CONTINUE READING CARLOS D'S FILM FIELD TRIP TO CHICAGO»
Posted on July 24, 2007 (2 comments)
Tags: Interpol
Is Brian Williams's iPod cooler than Anderson Cooper's iPod? The NBC Nightly News anchor throws the gauntlet in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel (he doesn't call-out AC, but we like making things into competitions) when he discusses the relative merits... CONTINUE READING BRIAN WILLIAMS ON INTERPOL, CAT POWER, FEIST»
Posted on July 19, 2007 in (17 comments)
Tags: Brian Williams | Cat Power | Feist | Interpol | Jimmy Kimmel
Remixer Phones has got a thing for that Ian Curtis sound. Or so shall we extrapolate from his decision to touch-up singles by Editors and Interpol within a half-year stretch. "The Heinrich Maneuver" gets some vocodered "Dance!" shouts, Justice synths,... CONTINUE READING NEW INTERPOL - "HEINRICH MANEUVER (PHONES REMIX)"»
Posted on July 17, 2007 (12 comments)
Tags: Interpol | Phones
The broody BK crew has announced a full fall tour, and you'll forgive us for shooting straight to the NYC date, to find they've booked Madison Square Garden. We've got the rest of the dates for you, too -- but... CONTINUE READING INTERPOL'S STREAMING OUR LOVE TO ADMIRE, PLAYING MSG»
Posted on July 3, 2007 in (52 comments)
Tags: Interpol
Our Love To Admire isn't out for a couple of weeks, but the chatter about the Cure, extra creepiness, and added accents/atmospherics -- while basically true -- is already tired. At least it's more interesting than discussing Interpol's suits and... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: INTERPOL - OUR LOVE TO ADMIRE»
Posted on June 27, 2007 in (69 comments)
Tags: Interpol
So, no secret that Our Love To Admire's first single is Paul's "piss off" to some lost, L.A.-gone ex-lover. And the vid recreates Paul's hellish take on the city of angels with a vain actress-type, an actor-looking-waiter, an agent-looking cellphone... CONTINUE READING NEW INTERPOL VIDEO - "THE HEINRICH MANEUVER"»
Posted on June 26, 2007 in (42 comments)
Tags: Interpol
If last week's rock tease still has you feeling ... blue, you should find this considerably more climactic. Won't be able to admire the full record for a few weeks yet, but here are three tracks from the LP that... CONTINUE READING THREE TUNES FROM OUR LOVE TO ADMIRE»
Posted on June 20, 2007 in (50 comments)
Tags: Interpol
Get psyched, Interpol fans. We're less than a month away from the release of Our Love To Admire, out on Capitol 7/10 (7/4 in Japan!). For the none of you who haven't heard "The Heinrich Maneuver," it's streaming at the... CONTINUE READING PAINFULLY SHORT NEW INTERPOL CLIPS»
Posted on June 14, 2007 in (19 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Bell Orchestre | Interpol | Perez Hilton | The Walkmen
As anyone who's been to a bunch of sold-out shows at the same venue can tell you, there's varying degrees of "sold-out"edness (not really a word). There's the National at Bowery sold-out (now with extra elbow room!), and then there's... CONTINUE READING INTERPOL @ BOWERY BALLROOM, NYC 6/5/07»
Posted on June 6, 2007 in (29 comments)
Tags: Interpol
