Did you know it's been five years since we heard any new music from the Strokes? I bet you didn't know that, no one's really mentioned it. (For those of you under 10, the Strokes were famous rock…   Read Story »

Albert Hammond Jr. and Nick Valensi spoke with Rolling Stone about the Strokes' forthcoming 10-song album, tentatively titled Angles. It's their first collection since 2006. (It's due out in March.)…   Read Story »

Nickel Eye Fraiture had a chat with BBC Radio, the pullquotes from which the NME has pulled thusly: "Sonically, I feel it's the album which should have been made between [2003's] 'Room On Fire'…   Read Story »

This is weird because I'd been hearing that the sessions were scrapped due to the band being unhappy with their creative direction (most everyone's taking writing credits, so allegedly it sounds like…   Read Story »

Austin City Limits hosted some of the nicest weather in years alongside an impressive line up with main headliners The Strokes, Muse and the Eagles. Some tough scheduling choices though needed to be…   Read Story »

When we posted the Outside Lands festival lineup, we mentioned how the San Fransisco festival tried to fit it "between a jam and a rock space," especially with Further (featuring the Grateful…   Read Story »

As much as Lolla's undercard is varied, and vast, it's a headliner's ball this year. Because this deep into the festival season we've seen nearly all of these bands plenty, and because Lolla has…   Read Story »

The Strokes are in it for the money, but that doesn't mean their first show since 2006 isn't kind of a big deal. The band played a secret warm up in London (under the name Venison) to prepare for…   Read Story »

Looking likely. Apparently the Strokes posted up that photo to their Twitter in a since-deleted twat, and now the London venue Dingwalls is listing a band by that name playing tomorrow night,…   Read Story »

Last year Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band and the Beastie Boys headlined San Fransisco's second Outside Lands festival. This year's lineup also tries to fit between a jam and a rock space. Case in…   Read Story »