The Modern Age

Yessss! Hello excitement! Just when you’d totally resigned yourself to forever hearing Albert Hammond Jr. referenced as a solo artist, Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture has given hope to all the er… Strokesheads … out there with his most recent post to the official Strokes website.

Says Nikolai, “I’m still looking very forward to a fourth album [...]

I just caught The Redwalls on Leno playing their song “The Game of Love.” I couldn’t help but thinking that The Strokes were probably giving them a ring, asking if they could have their song back.
It actually sounds a lot like The Strokes + Albert’s solo stuff + the drumming from The Walkmen + James [...]

New York City band The Postelles (who I’ve seen open up for Jack Penate) just finished recording a song with The Strokes‘ guitarist and successful solo singer-songwriter, Albert Hammond Jr., who worked behind the board as the producer of the song. (His first time as a producer of another band’s tunes.) The song is called [...]

The Virgins have not stopped at their nod from Gossip Girl, they seem to be determined (destined) for further fashion domination–possibly making them the “new Strokes”. Lead singer Donald is a perfect fit for the model/musician moniker due to his lanky body type and towering stature.
It’s with no surprise that we’ve stumbled upon his mug [...]

Check out the latest installment of the Basement Tapes for exclusive performances of the now Seattle-based indie rock fave, Say Hi (aka- the artist formerly known as “Say Hi to Your Mom”). (The 16-year-old kid down the hall who loves robots, rainbows, and being scared of bullies will be eating this shiz UP!)

Features some videos, [...]

Silvan and Ella soooo cute I want to smoosh their faces in!

ONTD via Sarah.

Last time I saw hometown heroes Vampire Weekend at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in September of 2007, the positive hype was high, uber Anonymous blog readers had already begun to revolt, and their album hadn’t even come out yet.

Fast forward to last Wednesday night, January 30th–the boys were back in town, playing the second [...]

Vampire Weekend was just on Letterman. If you saw the performance, you’d already know that they performed their TRL-approved single, “A-Punk,” off their recently released self-titled album.

As the performance was taped on Tuesday night, they were wearing the same clothes that folks saw them dressed in later at their Bowery Ballroom show. (See photo below, [...]

Tonight (Wednesday, January 30) I went to go see zee the sold out Vampire Weekend at Bowery Ballroom.
Photos for now. Commentary later.

Check out this video from GoldenFiddle.com featuring a 5-second interview with the model who’s buttocks and leather-gloved hand graced (?) the cover of the original artwork of The Strokes‘ 2001 debut album, Is This It. Link from NME.com.
Is This It from Goldenfiddle on Vimeo.