I'd have to say, out of all The Stroke's solo/side-projects that have emerged, bassist's Nikolai Fraiture's Nickel Eye. No trying to knock on the guy or anything, but he just seems better suited as that guy in the background quietly holding up the backbone to The Stroke's ingenious song structures.His latest video for the [...]
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Nickel Eye have announced dates for a co-headlining North American tour with Low Vs Diamond . The side-project of The Strokes ' bassist Nikolai Fraiture are set to kick off the jaunt January 18 in Philadelphia, PA.Among the shows announced are dates in Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco where they are set to wrap things up on February 2. Nickel Eye Tour dates:Philadelphia, PA Th...
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The Strokes ' bassist Nikolai Fraiture is gearing up for the release of his sideproject bands debut album. Fraiture 's band, Nickel Eye , are set to release their debut album, 'Time Of The Assassins ' on January 27.The 11-track album features guest appearances by Regina Spektor and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs . Nickel Eye 'Time Of The Assassins ' tracklisting:'Intro (Every Time)' 'You...
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Over the last month, I have seen bits and pieces of information about a "new" band called Nickel Eye, but I've been unable to fit them together to form a big picture. Perhaps the all-knowing mogOsphere can help me fill in the gaps. Here's what I have so far: Nickel Eye features the combined genius of Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Nikolai Fraiture (The Strokes). (Nikolai = Nickel Eye?)Reg...
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With scratchy vocals in the league of Shane MacGowan and Kurt Cobain and a debut which spans every genre from rock to folk with a tinge of reggae thrown in along the way, you would never guess that this band is the side project of The Strokes' bassist, Nikolai Fraiture (unless, of course, you looked at the name first.) Composed of numerous poems and scribblings from Fraiture's younger days wh...
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Nickel Eye is the creation of The Strokes bass player Nikolai Fraiture backed by UK based band South. This LP marks his debut release and whilst some of it is quite inventive, it unfortunately does what most solo attempts do and recycles the same sound again and again the longer it plays out.
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Over the last month, I have seen bits and pieces of information about a "new" band called Nickel Eye, but I've been unable to fit them together to form a big picture. Perhaps the all-knowing mogOsphere can help me fill in the gaps. Here's what I have so far: Nickel Eye features the combined genius of Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Nikolai Fraiture (The Strokes). (Nikolai = Nickel Eye?)Reg...
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Nickel Eye is the creation of The Strokes bass player Nikolai Fraiture backed by UK based band South. This LP marks his debut release and whilst some of it is quite inventive, it unfortunately does what most solo attempts do and recycles the same sound again and again the longer it plays out.
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Nickel Eye, the sideproject band fronted by The Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture, have premiered the music video for “You And Everyone Else“.The track is off the band’s debut album, ‘The Time Of The Assassins‘.The music video was directed by Roman Cortez.Nickel Eye
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I'd have to say, out of all The Stroke's solo/side-projects that have emerged, bassist's Nikolai Fraiture's Nickel Eye. No trying to knock on the guy or anything, but he just seems better suited as that guy in the background quietly holding up the backbone to The Stroke's ingenious song structures.His latest video for the [...]
More >
Nickel Eye have announced dates for a co-headlining North American tour with Low Vs Diamond . The side-project of The Strokes ' bassist Nikolai Fraiture are set to kick off the jaunt January 18 in Philadelphia, PA.Among the shows announced are dates in Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco where they are set to wrap things up on February 2. Nickel Eye Tour dates:Philadelphia, PA Th...
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| Title | Lyrics | Buy |
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| 1 Intro (Every Time) |
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| 2 You and Everyone Else |
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| 3 Back from Exile |
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| 4 Fountain Avenue |
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| 5 This Is the End |
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