I say:
needs a few things fixed visually
--there should be icons next to each topic that let you click to go to your first unread post.
--each post should be separate, not everything the same color, it's not as easy to read.

and I think you should make separate sections for the "side projects". I know this is the Strokes' site, but Albert and Nikolai only have myspaces for their bands, no message boards.

umm, that's all I can think of right now. you just need to work out some kinks..but this is a much better message board format than the previous one, so kudos.