You can now download and listen to the triumphant  live return of The Strokes from last weekend thanks to a torrent I found over at Dime A Dozen. All the fan reports and video clips suggest it was a great show and now you can feel like you were there –...
Last night The Strokes played their first show since November 2011 in their home state of New York at the Captitol Theatre, Port Chester.  The setlist did indeed include the live debuts of tracks of Comedown Machine and a few other songs the band haven’t played for the awhile like...
I thought the Governors Ball double bill of The Strokes plus Julian Casablancas + The Voidz was an amazing opportunity well the FYF Festival which takes place in LA, 23-24 August  2014 manages to go one better by adding a solo set from Albert Hammond, Jr as well. Julian and Albert...
Well something was definitely coming after The Strokes official Twitter came back to life over the weekend and now that something is a show in the band’s home state, New York. They will be playing on Saturday 31st May at the Captitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY. If you have signed...
Considering The Strokes are playing Governor Ball Music Festival in June perhaps its not too much of a surprise that the band is far from over but its always nice to get some confirmation. Julian gave a rare interview at Lollapalooza Chile in which he talks about various things including his vague...
We have all longed for The Strokes to play live together especially as none of the delightful and awesome songs from Comedown Machine have yet to be played live but after Julian announced his own solo plans for spring and with a likely follow-up to Phrazes out around the same...
Instant Crush video by Daft Punk featuring Julian Casablancas Instant Crush is such a beautiful song and whilst it might not seem like a natural choice for a single Daft Punk released it last month and today have released the video featuring Julian. End of Year Polls It is that...
Second albums are always considered to be difficult; history has shown that following up a widely regarded debut can daunting and doesn’t always work out. Room On Fire often gets tarnished with the disappointing second album label and since its release the music media have acted like it was a...
Back in the summer of 2003 The Strokes were about to release Room On Fire and they were all over the music press. I had recently graduated and was going through the soul destroying process of applying for jobs and to ease my boredom I started scanning all the interviews...
In another interview with NME Albert Hammond, Jr openly discusses the full extent of his drug problem which sent him into rehab during the making of Angles. Â Albert has previously spoken about his addiction issues to Spin Magazine in 2011Â but he is even more frank in the NME interview. Overall...
