Today, NME released their Top 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade. Click the link, and you can read the original reviews of their top 10 albums. It's a good list overall, a lot of great albums along with others with which I'm not quite familiar.But I must admit, their #1 bugs me. The Strokes' debut album got the top spot, as voted upon my the NME staff, and some bigshot rockstars past and present...
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As I mentioned a couple of days ago, Is This It by The Strokes was named as the album of the decade by the NME. In fact, if you buy this week’s anniversary edition, you’ll find an essay style feature about The Strokes’ influence on music in this decade and why they’re so important. The [...]
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'08 saw the Strokes taking a break form being the Strokes and trying new outfits. Drummer Fabrizio Moretti headed west and found acclaim with his new side-project Little Joy. Bassist Nikolai Fraiture decided to front his own little band called Nickel Eye. But frontman Julian Casablancas has kept a rather low profile. Casablacas did, however, branch out in a completely different way.... into co...
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Be still my joyous, beating heart! The Strokes are returning in 2009! For three weeks the information has quietly idled on the rockers Web site. Realizing the looming question in some people's minds, the band posted this:QUESTION: When are the Strokes coming back?ANSWER: The guys are set to get together and get back at it early 2009. Guitarist Al Hammond Jr, whose been out and about with arm c...
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Now, this doesn't make any sense. For all those anticipating the 7.4.7 release of Michael Bay's Transformers, you've definitely seen lead man Shia LaBeouf sporting a Strokes T-shirt in the explosion-friendly previews. So, you'd think a Strokes song would at least make the Transformers soundtrack, right? Not quite. The Strokes got gypped! Think more along the lines of a bomb-trigger happy set li...
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The Strokes are back in NYC working on their fourth studio album, "according to Rolling Stone.":http://www.rollingstone.com/blogs/smokingsection/2009/03/the-strokes-are-back-in-action.php. The band have set up shop in a midtown rehearsal space and the band's frontman Julian Casablancas says they still "have a lot of work to do" before any of us see where their little two year haitus has taken ...
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The Strokes' Julian Casablancas has revealed to The Sun newspaper that that there is a "disagreement" in the band over whether the new songs destined for their forthcoming fourth album are...for more on all the hype, go to musicuniverse.com.au
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“Fab, if you were black and I was a woman, we’d have a severe case of Jungle Fever right now.” This is the type of jargon that plagues the Strokes relaunched Web site, www.thestrokes.com. Gone is the old-school eighties TV that brought you tour updates and the hottest deals in Strokes merchandise. The old TV has been revamped by an Atari-friendly video game screen, which tunes into personal
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Strokes' frontman and now solo artist Julian Casblancas recently talked to Xfm about the new Strokes album. He talked about the new sound, how far along the writing process was, how the recording sessions for the album was being delayed and about the control that he has in...Click the link to read more
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Julian Casablancas is playing every Friday in LA over the next month. If you're anywhere near LA, I'd definitely recommend getting down there to check him out. Last night at The Palace, Julian kicked off the string of shows. Although very little footage has surfaced of the event, heres a solid video of [...]
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In four days the Strokes will finally relaunch their Web Site, www.thestrokes.com. To mark the relaunch an alternative video for “You Only Live Once,” directed by Warren Fu will be premiering.Today the band made an announcement via MySpace saying they will be taking a break from touring and the studio.The bulletin, according to NME.com read: "The band are still enjoying some much needed 'off
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Not usually a big fan of comedy music projects, but the Lonely Island's upcoming Incredibad is cracking me up. First "I Jizzed In My Pants", then "I'm On A Boat", then the one about Carlos Santana's champagne, and now The Lonely Island gets The Strokes' lead singer to sing this one about getting the party started. Wait until the last verse.PigeonsandPlanes
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Nikolai Fraiture of New York band The Strokes (and solo project Nickel Eye) has signed up to run the New York marathon this year. He'll be running the event in aid of the New York Road Runners Foundation's Team For Kids charity.
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NME Magazine have released their 'Top 100 Albums of The Decade' list and The Stroke's debut LP 'Is This It' has been named number one.The Libertines' 2002 debut 'Up the Bracket' came in second, whilst Primal Scream's 'XTRMNTR' came in third.The Strokes' lead frontman Julian Casablancas said: "Does it mean it's a good musical decade or a bad musical decade? I don't know, I'm such a bad judge of ...
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