The Dalston Social

Julian Casablancas is releasing his debut solo album, 'Phrazes for the Young', on the 19th October. Listening to this surprisingly good single, I'm suddenly getting excited about this album as it breathes new life into that age old indie scene which The Strokes seamed to single handidly create all that time ago back in 2001. The lead single is called 11th Dimension and its pretty cool with a groovy synth line, yes synth, i know, not what I was expecting either. It kinda catches you off guard but then his trade mark raw vocal comes in and fits seamlessly like The Strokes always had a synth player. Another good point to make here is that the artwork looks totally sick! it's got that Bowie 'Spiders from Mars' feel about it but with a modern twist. Go and check out the myspace for more pictures and youtube interview with Julian talking about the album.

(all images nick george)

The pictures above were created using Polanoid, which is an application that turns a digital picture into a polaroid version. Apply the classic saturation, contrast and famous white border to any photo on your hard drive. This app has some nice features too, you can actually watch your polaroid develop on your screen in real time just like the real thing. It also has the exact sound of the shutter/image eject motor from a real polaroid camera that sounds when you process an image. Real geeky but i love that noise!

(image nick george)