If I Were a Boy…I'd be Julian Casablancas (for a day).

Band of my life: Love The Strokes
Yesterday I was streaming The Strokes, my favourite band in the universe. Even though they don’t have many albums under their belt and they aren’t selling out stadiums, I love them in a crazytown kind of way. If I’m feeling blue I just crank up the indie rock and all my sorrows melt away. The album of my life is Room on Fire which I listen to on repeat. Every song is killer. I saw them a few years ago at Ricoh Coliseum and they had even the most jaded of hipsters get up and dance. Julian came on stage in a white leather fringe jacket and skinny pants. Love it. The story of The Strokes is kind of funny – they are trustfund rockers (of course) and met in private school growing up in New York. Do you die?

Jules ain't afraid of no ghosts.
Although I enjoy all of the band members, my personal fave is lead singer and songwriter Julian Casablancas. Fun facts: Jules to his friends (don’t you love this nickname?) is the son of John Casablancas, the modelling agency founder of Elite and a Danish model/former Miss Denmark, Jeannette Christensen. It figures that he formed a band because models date rockstars. Full circle. Anyhoo, Julian sing-speaks with a raspy, sleepy druggie, kind of Leonard Cohen/Lou Reed drawl. He is releasing his solo debut on October 20th, 2009 called Phrazes for the Young.
Here are some of my top picks:
- Someday – The Strokes
- Whatever Happened – The Strokes
- Reptilia – The Strokes
- Between Love & Hate – The Strokes
- Modern Girls – The Strokes f. Regina Spektor
- Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed cover) – The Strokes
- You Only Live Once – The Strokes
- My Drive Thru – Santogold f. Pharell & Julian
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