Phrazes for the Young Phrazes for the Young Phrazes for the Young is the debut solo album by American songwriter Julian Casablancas, released on November 2, 2009 in the UK and November 3 in the US. Casablancas, who is best known for being the front man of New York rock band The Strokes, recorded the eight-song album in 2009 in New York, Los Angeles, and Omaha, Nebraska. Jason Lader served as producer, and musician Mike Mogis (from Bright Eyes and Monsters of Folk) contributed additional production. The album title is a reference to Oscar Wilde's "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young".
Women in punk rock her band, Sonic Youth were formed in 1981, establishing her as an important presence in the downtown New York City music scene. She wrote and performed music with Sonic Youth through 2012. Her memoir, "Girl in a Band" was published in 2015. Lydia Lunch (born 1959) is a US punk rock and No Wave singer. Her career was established with the founding of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks in collaboration with James Chance. In the mid-1980s she formed Widowspeak, a recording and publishing company. Wendy O. Williams (1949-1998) was the lead singer and songwriter for the punk band, Plasmatics whose