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“Just What I Needed” at Reading Festival
Aug 29, 2011
By Mi Tran
On Saturday at the Reading Festival in the U.K., Pulp's frontman, Jarvis Cocker, joined The Strokes onstage to cover The Cars' song, "Just What I Needed." More
Jul 08, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Today, The Strokes dropped a video for “Taken For a Fool,” a cut off newest album, Angles. We have the clip. More
Plus Death From Above 1979 and Trentemoller
Apr 18, 2011
By Raymond Flotat
On the final day of the 2011 Coachella Music and Arts Festival, the big guns were all stacked up together. Almost in perfect sequence on various stages, Death From Above 1979, Trentemoller, Duran Duran, Ratatat, The Strokes, PJ Harvey and Kanye West were an excellent finale to this year's festival. More
Mar 31, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
Continuing their assault on late night television The Strokes performed "You're So Right" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, bringing with them a black and white palette for all the viewers at home. More
Mar 25, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
As if The Strokes weren't saturating the music news cycle enough with their recently released album Angles, in a radio interview with XFM bassist Nikolai Fraiture said that the band is already planning on starting work on their fifth album as soon as next month. More
Mar 24, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
Following their recent live show at SXSW, The Strokes made their next high-profile stop last night on the set of Late Night with David Letterman More
Mar 14, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
Falling under the category of "things that inevitably happen when your much anticipated album is roughly a week away from release," two new songs by The Strokes have leaked themselves on the interweb. More
Mar 07, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
Kick-starting what one can only assume to be the first in a number of televised, late night appearances, The Strokes performed on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. More
Mar 02, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
It seems as though the The Strokes just can stop giving up the goods. After providing NME.com yesterday with a stream of the song "You're So Right" off their upcoming album Angles the New York band has unveiled the video a video for "Under Cover of Darkness." More
Mar 01, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
NME.com has gotten its hands on a new track by The Strokes called "You're So Right." More
Feb 16, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
The Strokes have announced that they will be playing their first ever gig at New York's Madison Square Garden on April 1 in support of their much anticipated fourth album, Angles. More
Feb 15, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival's four-day entertainment extravaganza has unveiled its 2011 lineup. More
Feb 11, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
Having been absent for so long, The Strokes have become quite generous lately in regards to their forthcoming fourth album, Angles. More
First Single To Be Released For Free
Feb 08, 2011
By Mike Hilleary
The Strokes new single will available for free for a limited time starting tomorrow. More
First Album in 5 Years Due March 22
Jan 25, 2011
By Laura Studarus
On March 22, The Strokes return with Angles, their first album since 2006's First Impressions of Earth. Today they released a tracklist. More
Suede, The Black Keys, Bright Eyes, Interpol, The National, PJ Harvey, and much more
Jan 18, 2011
By Mark Redfern
Coachella has announced its 2011 lineup. The three-day festival will take place in the California desert town of Indio April 15, 16, and 17. Kings of Leon headline Friday, Arcade Fire are the headliners on Saturday, and Sunday features the dual headliners of Kanye West and The Strokes. Suede, The Black Keys, Bright Eyes, PJ Harvey, Interpol, The National, and many more also confirmed to play.
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The Fall Release was Recorded with Jason Lader and Mike Mogis
Jul 14, 2009
By Michele Yamamoto
The Strokes' frontman Julian Casablancas has announced the upcoming release of a solo album recorded over the last year. More
Reviews
Coachella 2011 Day Three Report – Kanye West, Duran Duran, PJ Harvey, Twin Shadow, and more
Apr 19, 2011
By Mark Redfern
Day three of Coachella 2011 was already the weakest day in terms of the lineup, so this year’s festival ended with more of a whimper. There were highlights, including some ’80s New Wave legends, and some dancing Danes. And then there was Kanye West. More
Apr 18, 2011
By John Everhart
The Strokes found themselves in the right place at the right time circa post-9/11 New York City. Released in October 2001, the epochal Is This It (great with or without “New York City Cops” being excised in the domestic issue) sent up all the right influences—the dank “Waitin’ For the Man” decadence of The Velvets, the clean-yet-rocking Tom Verlaine-esque guitars, and the unhinged debauchery of Iggy & the Stooges. More
