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  Interpol's Paul Banks Releases Ballsy Hip-Hop Mixtape

  January 25, 2013 – Paul Banks, frontman for skinny-tie mopes Interpol, released a hip-hop mixtape today (January 25) titled Everybody on My Dick Like They Supposed to Be. Not kidding!According to Matablog, the 21-track collection — which features beats and production from Banks himself — has actually been in the can for about nine months. …
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  Paul Banks Plays Bittersweet 'Young Again' on Audience-Free 'Letterman'

  October 30, 2012 – Paul Banks has "always been fascinated by" skyscrapers, the Interpol frontman, who has also recorded under the alias Julian Plenti, told SPIN's David Marchese this month. Last night, as a crane dangled 90 stories above West 57th Street in Manhattan amid Hurricane Sandy, that fascination might have taken on a familiarily Banks-y grimness. …
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  Beyond the Beginning: Paul Banks On His New Solo Album and Interpol's 10th Anniversary

  October 18, 2012 – Paul Banks has found a lot of room in the shadows. Whether with Interpol, who are celebrating the tenth anniversary of their debut album, Turn on the Bright Lights, with a deluxe reissue due December 4, or on his own (his moody new solo album Banks, out October 22), the stylish singer, 34, is still crafting gripping music out of dark black melodies and a deep-blue worldview. …
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  Interpol's Paul Banks Unveils Solo LP With Crystalline 'Base'

  August 6, 2012 – Between Jay-Z awkwardly shouting out Banksy and the ongoing emergence of Harlem rapper Azealia Banks, 2012 is shaping up to be a year for keeping up with the Bankses like none since the financial crisis (or at least since Interscope dropped G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks). And now Interpol singer-guitarist Paul Banks has revealed he will be releasing his first solo album under his own name, simply titled Banks, on October 23 via Matador. …
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  Grab Paul Banks' Seasonally Affective 'Summertime Is Coming'

  June 26, 2012 – Paul Banks is a hard guy to picture in shorts. The Interpol frontman tends toward stylish darkness, and his best songs have a sense of foreboding it wouldn't be unreasonable to hear as chilly. On Banks' new "Summertime Is Coming," though — from his just-released solo EP, Julian Plenti Lives... — he takes advantage of that perspective to offer a modest yet rewarding meditation on the warm months ahead. …
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  Snoop Dogg Headlines '90s Rap Night

  April 20, 2010 – "I hope he doesn't play any new shit," one guy said, while waiting in line for Snoop Dogg's rare small-venue gig at the 600-capacity Brooklyn Bowl Monday night. Inside the club -- a former iron factory in a row of unkempt warehouses in a desolate stretch of Williamsburg, Brooklyn -- DJ Fancypants spun some old shit, foreshadowing the fan's wish-fullfillment. …
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  Interpol Frontman Goes Solo at NYC Museum

  September 28, 2009 – The live solo debut from Interpol frontman Paul Banks -- nom de tune Julian Plenti -- Friday night at New York City's Guggenheim Museum was a highfalutin mind-bender: Where else can 200 dapper folks stand beneath a dizzying Frank Lloyd Wright-designed rotunda, hear one of rock's chicest stars unleash brooding new tunes, and examine the brushstrokes of paintings from Vasily Kandinsky's Improvisations period? New Yorkers dressed for the  …
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  Watch: Interpol's Paul Banks, Metric's Emily Haines Go Crazy!

  August 6, 2009 – Julian Plenti is actually Interpol frontman Paul Banks (who released his solid first solo album, Julian Plenti Is... …
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