The Strokes

[Siren Silently]

Any love for the band that released one of the top 25 albums of the decade, then followed it with a solid one, then an awful one?

[thespearkid]

Reptilia is my favorite song to play on Guitar Hero. :shrug:

[Rodeo]

Wish the members of the band would all have some strokes.

[Melkor]

Like some songs off the albums but a lot of it gets boring. Don't rate Is This It? as highly as OP does but it is their best.

[SLoT]

I hated them when they first came out, then when I was in college I bought Room on Fire because I wanted to like them, and now I really enjoy this band a lot. Room on Fire I played back to back for a couple weeks straight while I was doing homework and shit. Great cd imo. So is, Is This It? now that I've had some time to not hate them.

[Siren Silently]

Room on Fire is every bit as good as Is this it? but ITI? preceded it.

[steviestare]

Great band.

[Jumpoff]

I like listening to Little Joy once in a while. Haven't really listened to the Strokes' albums that much though.

[3mpire]

Seems like there's little love for this band on AP.

First Impressions... is pretty awful compared to the first two. Listening to it for the first time this week. It starts off incredibly strong, but fizzles out after that with boring song after boring song. ROF and ITI though, classics.

[bard]

wtf? FIOE is my favorite strokes album, and i love ITI and ROF

it shows that they aren't going to stay in the same vein for every album. really excited for their new stuff hopefully coming out soon.

also, albert hammonds solo stuff is pretty good too

[kearn1tm]

There was a time, circa-2000/2001 when nearly all the music press/enthusiasts heralded this band as the "saviors of Rock & Roll" (literally! It was the feature title on their cover of NME), and the hyperbole continued and increased, leading to a debut album that came out at the optimal time for such a band - Nu-Metal and their mainstream antithesis boy bands had both relinquished their hold on the Top 40, leaving room for the Garage Rock Revivalist bands to saturate the radio for the first three years of the decade, with bands like The Vines, The White Stripes, The Black Keys, The Hives and The Strokes to become "hot." It was something somewhat new for strictly radio listeners.

Unfortunately, Is This Is? was merely a solid debut, and though they rode the wave of press and hype for a few years, it quickly became evident that they were unable to fill the role they were groomed for. In fact, their second album was incredibly formulaic and their last release was mediocre, and other bands emerged from the underground in the mid-'00s who did the Garage Rock Revivalist sound much better (King Khan and the Shrines, Black Lips, The Kills, The Muslims, etc.).

I always found it enertaining though when, around 2004-2006, nearly three years after the band was the talk-of-the-mainstream-music-town, any time an A-List celebrity was asked what they were listening to, in an attempt to come across as "hip," they'd invariably claim they "just got into the Strokes."

[bard]

whatever, the strokes are amazing imo

live and on album. hopefully they stick with the formula from FIOE

[kearn1tm]

whatever, the strokes are amazing imo

live and on album. hopefully they stick with the formula from FIOE

I'm not trying to be condescending when I ask this, I'm genuinely curious. Have you listened to much Garge Rock Revivalist acts in the last, say, ten years? Again, if you like the Strokes, more power to you.

[bard]

i'm not insulting you at all my man, i'm just saying that they have three solid albums. the only ones i've listened to in that article is the kills, and i think they suck. no offense in any way, just they suck.

[kearn1tm]

i'm not insulting you at all my man, i'm just saying that they have three solid albums. the only ones i've listened to in that article is the kills, and i think they suck. no offense in any way, just they suck.

I'd be interested to see what the average Strokes listener thinks of The Muslims, Black Lips or King Khan and the Shrines, honestly.

The Strokes essentially took a very minimalist, low-fi sound and turned it into trite Arena Rock.

[bard]

oh well, i dig it.

what are The Muslims or King Khan and the Shrines like? comparisons? idk

[kearn1tm]

oh well, i dig it.

what are The Muslims or King Khan and the Shrines like? comparisons? idk

http://www.myspace.com/kingkhantheshrines

http://www.myspace.com/thesoftpack

http://www.myspace.com/theblacklips

[3mpire]

wtf? FIOE is my favorite strokes album, and i love ITI and ROF

it shows that they aren't going to stay in the same vein for every album. really excited for their new stuff hopefully coming out soon.

also, albert hammonds solo stuff is pretty good too
I have to admit, Juicebox is great, as well as Ize.

[Siren Silently]

The Strokes essentially took a very minimalist, low-fi sound and turned it into trite Arena Rock. It's not that good at all, truthfully.

If we're talking about FIOE, then yes, you could say they turned more into "Arena Rock" (though it wasn't a minimalist, lo-fi sound really). But that comparison really isn't fair for their better songs, which I think, do live up to the hype (The Modern Age, Someday, Hard to Explain, a few others)... There aren't any bands in the 15 previous years before the Strokes that did the sound better, and you'd be hardpressed to find more than a handful that do the sound better afterwards.

[Siren Silently]

http://www.myspace.com/kingkhantheshrines

http://www.myspace.com/thesoftpack

http://www.myspace.com/theblacklips

heh, I'm sure all of these bands have been widely influenced by the Strokes.


P.s I saw the Soft Pack a little over a month ago anyhow.

[kearn1tm]

heh, I'm sure all of these bands have been widely influenced by the Strokes.


Not at all. They were influenced by Detroit Protopunk as well as Blues, Soul, roots music and R&B that predates it.

You're a fool if you believe the Strokes had anything to do with King Khan or Black Lips.

[kearn1tm]

If we're talking about FIOE, then yes, you could say they turned more into "Arena Rock" (though it wasn't a minimalist, lo-fi sound really).

You don't know much about Garage Rock, I'm assuming.

But that comparison really isn't fair for their better songs, which I think, do live up to the hype (The Modern Age, Someday, Hard to Explain, a few others)...

Their songs aren't that impressive in the slightest.

There aren't any bands in the 15 previous years before the Strokes that did the sound better, and you'd be hardpressed to find more than a handful that do the sound better afterwards.

Mainstream Garage Rock Revivalist/Post-Punk/Alt Rock? The White Stripes and Black Keys do it much better, and even those two bands aren't necessarily great at the least.

[Robototron]

Saying the Strokes just ripped off much better Garage bands is simplifying things way too much. On Room On Fire they also ripped off Television.

[Siren Silently]

You're a fool if you believe the Strokes had anything to do with King Khan or Black Lips.

Fair enough. I was referring to the Soft Pack mostly, my bad for the confusion.


Mainstream Garage Rock Revivalist/Post-Punk/Alt Rock? The White Stripes and Black Keys do it much better, and even those two bands aren't necessarily great at the least.

I'd disagree there. White Blood Cells (arguably the best of their albums) is probably on the same level as "Is This It"... although the rest of the White Stripes catalog is definitely better than the Strokes. As far as the Black Lips, I've only heard their two latest; Good Bad Not Evil was very mediocre and I've just started listening to 200 Million.

[kearn1tm]

Fair enough. I was referring to the Soft Pack mostly, my bad for the confusion.

The Muslims were not at all influenced by The Strokes either. You don't know much about Garage Rock and the roots of the sound, I assume. Listen to a Strokes album and then listen to Amoeba. They hardly sound alike.



As far as the Black Lips, I've only heard their two latest; Good Bad Not Evil was very mediocre and I've just started listening to 200 Million.
You think Good Bad Not Evil was mediocre, yet you love The Strokes. There's no accounting for taste, I suppose.

[Siren Silently]

I concede I don't know much about Garage Rock, I don't even listen to it; I'm not even going to argue about its roots. I'm just saying in the context of the bands I've listened to (which includes the White Stripes, the Soft Pack, the Black Lips...) I like the Strokes. I'll say, before you do, that I probably should listen to some 'real' garage rock (whatever that means) but as far as I'm concerned it's 2009 and no one has done the garagey sound with pop sensibilities as well as the Strokes have.

Compared to "Is This It" it is, I make no arguments for FIOE or Room on Fire. I've had the Black Lips name dropped more times than I care to remember, I was very disappointed upon listening to it.

[E5CAP3 ART15T]

The Strokes are noice. end of story

[kaafka]

Who else is excited for the new album?

I'm pretty sure I am.

[anthonydarko]

Here, let me jump into my time machine and go back to 2002, when I would actually give a damn.

[11:11]

I prefer ROF to ITI?.

[11:11]

Here, let me jump into my time machine and go back to 2002, when I would actually give a damn.
Well, look at this cool cat.

[kaafka]

Ooh, internet hard-ass. Cool.

[FUCKDIRTYWIPES]

does anyone know if there are any plans for a new album?

[anthonydarko]

The comment was in jest, I guess sarcasm really doesn't work on the internet. Oh well, I await the angry hipster army to show up at my front door.

[kaafka]

The comment was in jest, I guess sarcasm really doesn't work on the internet. Oh well, I await the angry hipster army to show up at my front door.

Pretty hard to detect sarcasm over the internet, you know, without any prior provocation.


Regardless: http://www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/43767

[11:11]

The comment was in jest, I guess sarcasm really doesn't work on the internet. Oh well, I await the angry hipster army to show up at my front door.
I don't really see how anyone could tell that was sarcasm. Next time, try adding a "/sarcasm" or something.

[anthonydarko]

I don't really see how anyone could tell that was sarcasm. Next time, try adding a "/sarcasm" or something.
I'll have to do that next time then.

[Greatest Lie]

The Strokes used to be my favourite band, until they released First Impressions Of Earth


does anyone know if there are any plans for a new album?


There was talk of a new album once Julian does his solo stuff.

[bard]

1. FIOE
2. ROF
3. ISI

they get better with every release.

[kaafka]

Really? I didn't like FIOE as much as the other albums, honestly. I liked a few songs on it, sure.

But I think my favorite is definitely 'Is this It.'

[bard]

Really? I didn't like FIOE as much as the other albums, honestly. I liked a few songs on it, sure.

But I think my favorite is definitely 'Is this It.'
without a doubt. FIOE is so good

[GuitarR0cker1]

I am not a fan.

[kaafka]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's bad. Haha.

[Cal50]

first impressions of earth is easily the strokes best album. i think i appreciate it the most because they had finally broken out of their "lol let's play retro 60s-70s rock!" shtick and began to develop their own sound...and the songs were more fleshed out and not so immediately poppy. there's nothing wrong with being poppy and i like their first two albums too, but i just feel like they matured. as soon as they matured, they stopped getting as noticed. welp.

[drudo182]

I could go for a new Strokes album. Who's with me!?!

Been reading that they are going into the studio in January and that has me really excited. And I finally picked up Julian Casablancas solo album today. Some really, really good stuff.

[kearn1tm]

Is This It is a solid album, but they're still one of the weaker acts of the Garage Revival (though they certainly helped make it an acceptable trend in the blogosphere, making it easier for acts like Strange Boys, Thee Oh Sees, anything King Khan's done, Black Lips, the Soft Pack, the Fresh & Onlys, Screaming Females, etc. to gain notoriety and coverage.

I spin Is This It on occasion.

[Pod]

I am still obsessed with their music. So good.

[ilikesound93]

Confirmed by NME they are recording, and should be finished by the end of this month I guess. This leaking is going to be the most nervous part of my year.

[DejaNew]

Great news. I used to listen to them alot in middle school.

[xScrewed@Birthx]

I prefer ROF to ITI?.

I agree. As a whole its just a better record. Production wise, and also the songs are stronger and more diverse. And its flows better*. I can't listen to ROF all the way through.

[ilikesound93]

Video of them in the studio is up! More to come I guess. Jules is missing, though.

Wcye5kvbgAs

[MyWorldEntire]

"Nikolai broke the zoooooooom"

[davehennessy]

Reptilia is my favorite song to play on Guitar Hero. :shrug:

Yesssss

[MyWorldEntire]

Cannot wait to see them at Lollapalooza. Might be their first U.S. show in four years.

[liar23]

So no album until January. Blah.

[Pod]

So no album until January. Blah.

BLAH indeed. I hope it's actually released...I'm a little scared.

[MyWorldEntire]

That is a bummer. I finally listened to First Impressions of Earth about a week ago, a lot better than I was expecting. Some damn good songs spread throughout.

[narcoleptic953]

This band bores me to tears. And then it bores my tears to tears.

[ilikesound93]

You listen to Jack's Mannequin and Jimmy Eat World. Of course you do, of course you do.

Also:fuckity fucking fuck fuck. Why would they release an album 6 MONTHS after festival dates...?

[liar23]

At least they're working on it. :shrug: and if it really is going to be released in Jan, then it would be 5 (or 6?) years after FIOE was released. That's a long time.

[Paulb-182]

An incredibly long time. I still think they've got it in them to put out another great album though. First Impressions kind of lost it after the first 6 or so songs. The first two albums are still top notch though front to back.

[liar23]

I agree that First Impressions lost it after the first 6 songs. The only song from the second half that I really like is Ize of the World.

Anyways, I'm still trying to decide if I like "I'll Try Anything Once" more than "You Only Live Once". le sigh.

[liar23]

“We’re recording in New York’s Avatar Studios. ‘Buddies’ is my current working title for this album, but that’s likely to change. I’d like to think we’ll achieve a `Michael Jackson Moment’ on this one—a song of such awesomeness the wider world will want to steal it from the indie kids.”

Julian on 4th album.

[drudo182]

Don't agree about First Impressions but that quote from Julian is great. Cannot wait for this thing to finally come out!

[drudo182]

So no album until January. Blah.

Oh no way. That sucks so much.

[liar23]

Told you it was in January. (http://www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/50983)

[drudo182]

Bummer.

[liar23]

At least they're playing a new song at the festival.

[Paulb-182]

I agree that First Impressions lost it after the first 6 songs. The only song from the second half that I really like is Ize of the World.

Anyways, I'm still trying to decide if I like "I'll Try Anything Once" more than "You Only Live Once". le sigh.

Definitely You Only Live Once. Love the feel of the tempo and guitar on that song.

[Paulb-182]

New York City Cops
The Modern Age
Hard To Explain
Reptilia
What Ever Happened?
You Only Live Once
Soma
Vision Of Division
I Can't Win
Is This It
Someday
Red Light
Last Nite
Under Control
12:51
Juicebox
Heart In A Cage
Take It Or Leave It

Setlist from the London comeback gig last night. Looks like it would have been bloody awesome.

[Cooper D]

The Problem came because the Strokes didnt realized how little time they had to record their next two albums and so they had to throw songs together like crazy.
THATS why for their new album they said since they have time to put things together its gonna sound alot more like their first.

[Plus155]

I saw Julian at Coachella, and it was god awful. That's the closest I'll get to see the strokes probably

[ilikesound93]

At least they're playing a new song at the festival.

How do you know this?

[liar23]

How do you know this?

They said that in an interview some time ago.

[drudo182]

Any word on how the album is coming along?

[drudo182]

http://www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/54057

Over a month old but this article says the new record will have ten songs on it.

[drudo182]

Counting down to March 22. Gonna be a great, great day.

[drudo182]

25 minutes until the new single is released. Longest twenty-five minutes ever.

[Kyle Huntington]

World premiere here, can listen live now. Track goes up as a download after it's airplay in 15 minutes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1

[tonighttonight0]

Anyone have it on Mediafire seeing as their site crashed?

[drudo182]

Did their site crash or are they just not updating it until it's over on the air?

[Kyle Huntington]

It's already been played twice on air, but yeah they just said the site crashed on the radio.

edit: It's fucking awesome by the way.

[drudo182]

Well the site is up just not a download link unless I'm blind. Will continue to refresh with a mild boner.

[FUCKDIRTYWIPES]

http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/02/09/check-out-the-strokes-under-cover-of-darkness/

streaming here.

[drudo182]

Good song but the thirty second sample definitely plays the best part.

[Kyle Huntington]

Official artwork:

http://www.juliancasablancas.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/The-Strokes-ANGLES-cover.jpg

[Paulb-182]

Ooo bright.

[Rdav1193]

Like some songs off the albums but a lot of it gets boring. Don't rate Is This It? as highly as OP does but it is their best.


Definitely. Every album they have has some gems, but they all get boring to listen to straight through.

[drudo182]

Who does the back up vocals on Under Cover of Darkness?

[drudo182]

http://www.spin.com/reviews/strokes-angles-rca

[CellarGhosts]

"fuck it".

loved the SNL performances.

[NotebookMusic]

Reptilia is my favorite song to play on Guitar Hero. :shrug:

Lmfao.
I just love that song, period. I'm most likely late, but aren't they giving a big comeback or something?

[drudo182]

New album March 22.

They have a t-shirt/cd/vinyl/mp3 pre-order up on their website. Shirt is pretty cool.

[MusicSoundsMK]

Honest to god, them performing on SNL made me so happy, I love Julian Casablancas solo and in The Strokes, and I love there single, can't wait for the new album, its been a long time coming.

http://new.thestrokes.com/uncategorized/under-cover-of-darkness-7 (https://mail.bag-mail.de/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://new.thestrokes.com/uncategorized/under-cover-of-darkness-7)

[shockwavez]

Under The Cover Of Darkness touched me

[Turi]

Love The Strokes.

I don't dislike any of their songs. Some are better than others, but they don't have any songs where I'm like "fuck that".

Looking forward to the new album, loving the tracks they've released from it so far.

[ColdNovember]

I've never been a fan of these guys. Personally just not my style, but I know they got talent and a strong fan base so that shows me they are going somewhere. I know they took a break on getting this album out there and I wasn't sure what would happen with The Stokes.

Any have ideas as to how Angles reflects that tension into a new album?

[shockwavez]

First Impressions of Earth

or

Is This It

or

Room on Fire?

[liar23]

Is This It> ROF>FIOE. duh.

[drudo182]

Room On Fire is my favorite followed by Is This It and First Impressions.

[shockwavez]

Didn't 'Is This It' also get like album of the decade from NME?

[drudo182]

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/03/the_strokes_didnt_have_a_ton_o.html

Nick's thoughts on the process of recording this album.

I won't do the next album we make like this. No way. It was awful-- just awful. Working in a fractured way, not having a singer there. I'd show up certain days and do guitar takes by myself, just me and the engineer. Some of the third album was done that way, but at least we were on the same page about what the arrangements and parts were. Seventy-five percent of this album felt like it was done together and the rest of it was left hanging, like some of us were picking up the scraps and trying to finish a puzzle together.
Then Julian on the end result.

"I mean ... yes ... It's a tough question because I think the whole point was that I was going to let things go so there's a bunch of stuff [on the record] I wouldn't have done."

Great Pitchfork article (http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/7925-this-is-it-ten-years-of-the-strokes/) too.

[FUCKDIRTYWIPES]

http://pitchfork.com/news/41825-listen-two-more-new-strokes-songs/

[jakeyrotten]

I saw their new video, the song is pretty good. Don't have the link but i think it was on thehollywoodreporter.com

[jakeyrotten]

here we are:


http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/new-strokes-clip-inspired-by-163054

[FUCKDIRTYWIPES]

for those who wanted to hear the new songs before they got taken down.

http://www.mediafire.com/?cak55h5gm419xbx

http://www.mediafire.com/?248evcetpkiawr7

[phaynes1]

Thank god these guys are back

[4YourLungsOnly]

New album is a surprise. Has an 80's vibe that I usually hate but actually really like. Of course I could count on The Strokes to pull it off.

[drudo182]

They'll be on Letterman tonight. :-)

[IcarusMoonchild]

for those who wanted to hear the new songs before they got taken down.

http://www.mediafire.com/?cak55h5gm419xbx

http://www.mediafire.com/?248evcetpkiawr7

I've come too late...!

[drudo182]

Well it is out right now.

[IcarusMoonchild]

Hey, what time is Letterman?

[drudo182]

So glad they did "Taken For a Fool". Best song on Angles.

79ldB7ltkYo&feature=player_embedded

[FUCKDIRTYWIPES]

that's definately the most active ive seen julian live in a loooooong time.

[drudo182]

People in the comments section are complaining about Nick looking like he doesn't care. He always looks like that. Just in the groove of his music. Thought that was a great performance even with Julian's slip up at the end.

I'm listening to First Impressions right now for the billionth time. Really hard for me to rank this at the bottom of their discography. Such a great record.

[drudo182]

fUsYGkuMiSE&feature=player_embedded

Nikolai says they are going into the studio in April to work on the new album. They are under contract for one more album so hopefully they aren't just doing this to get it all over with.

[phaynes1]

fUsYGkuMiSE&feature=player_embedded

Nikolai says they are going into the studio in April to work on the new album. They are under contract for one more album so hopefully they aren't just doing this to get it all over with.
I doubt it. Usually it seems bands that release stuff just to be done with their contracts release live albums.

[drudo182]

Band is on Fallon tonight. I think they played "Games". Will find out in a bit.

[drudo182]

Wasn't huge on this song before but this performance made me listen to it quite a bit. Maybe my favorite of all their recent show performances. And in black and white.

0-TySkHbkOg&feature=player_embedded

[trolland10]

such a good band

[drudo182]

Sample of a new Julian song for a French perfume.

m8JypPi5Wlk

[CarolineQT2774]

I told someone I liked The Strokes one time and I don't think they were too happy I knew about them.

I asked if they have read the book Brave New World, because of the song Soma. I said "Because if you read it, there's a song a by The Strokes-" and then she cut me off before I could finish and said, "Well which one, there are 47 songs by The Strokes." A guy across the table from us called her out on sounding like a bitch and I just thought, "Well if you would've let me finish..."

I told her Soma and then she said "Oh well I hate that song I skip it every time I listen to that record."

[Tone Beyond]

Check out Who Is James Kennedy? (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Who-Is-James-Kennedy/192905897392692) who performed at this year's Bamboozle Festival (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bamboozle#April_30)in New Jersey. They have a new website (http://www.whoisjameskennedy.com/) with newly recorded music (http://www.whoisjameskennedy.com/Music.html), videos (http://www.youtube.com/whoisjameskennedy), pictures, and more. For fans of Nirvana, The Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, & The Beatles. REAL Rock & Roll! http://www.whoisjameskennedy.com (http://www.whoisjameskennedy.com/)

[phaynes1]

Apparently they're writing again.