DJ and super-producer Mark Ronson has teamed up with luxury giant Gucci to design four types of Gucci Ronson sneakers that will be sold exclusively through traveling pop-up shops and a new Gucci iPhone app.

The Strokes haven't released an album since 2006, but frontman Julian Casablancas has kept busy nonetheless.

As the bassist for New York rockers the Strokes, Nikolai Fraiture appears to be the strong, silent type, standing solemnly behind his bandmates as he lays down deep-toned riffs. But for his solo project, Nickel Eye (a variation on his given name), Fraiture strapped on a six-string guitar and stepped up to the mic.