Haim can seemingly do no wrong. I’ve fallen in love with the trio of sisters since I first discovered them. They put on a solid live show, and apparently have good taste. They recently dropped by Sirius XMU to cover The Strokes’ “I’ll Try Anything Once”, and they give it their own spin, which works out rather nicely.
Take a listen below.
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The Strokes new album Comedown Machine is streaming at Pitchfork Advance. They also just released a video for “All The Time” which compiles some of their best moments as a band. Check it out below.
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The Strokes already shared “One Way Trigger”, a cut from Comedown Machine, but “All The Time” is the album’s first single. Theirs no falsetto found here. Rather, it’s a very traditional Strokes song, but it doesn’t have me exactly jumping out with excitement. It sounds pretty nice, but it seems somewhat by the numbers.
Maybe it will grow on me in a few days. “One Way Trigger” has, so we’ll see. I’m still excited for the rest of the album.
Amazon has a 30 second preview of The Strokes first single from Comedown Machine, “All The Time”. Head here to check that out. Despite your thoughts on “One Way Trigger”, we can usually trust that the first single from The Strokes is usually a good one.
Based on the clip, it’s sounding more like The Strokes do without falsetto.
The official title of The Strokes new album is Comedown Machine. It will come out on RCA on March 26. Last week we heard “One Way Trigger”, a track that will appear on the album. The first single however is titled “All The Time”, and comes out February 19, although it will hit the net February 13.
I like the look and feel of that album cover a lot, I think it has that classic rock look that many fans of The Strokes are always looking (and hoping) for.
Last week word came out that The Strokes had a new album and single on the way. Even with that said, it was still a surprise to see a new song available from them today for free download.
The song is titled “One Way Trigger” and it’s different than anything that we’ve heard from The Strokes yet. Immediately you’ll notice an emphasis on electronics as well as a falsetto delivered from Julian. Soon after it kicks into a groove that is more traditionally The Strokes.
For a while the synth actually reminds me a bit of A-Ha. Never would have expecting to have A-Ha in the same sentence as The Strokes.
Well, it looks like The Strokes are back. Now the next question is, what will fans think of “One Way Trigger”?
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According to Seattle radio station 107.7 The End, RCA Records sent them a new single from The Strokes titled “All The Time.” It’s apparently going to be on their new album, which will be their fifth.
So The Strokes are indeed returning with a new album this year. This is good news, and counters any doubts that people like myself may have had that they would return.
107.7 The End had this to say on their site:
we can tell you that of the two songs we heard, one was a more synth driven track, with the other (the aforementioned, “All The Time”) packing a classic Strokes sound.
This. is. awesome.
Brazilian website Rock ‘n’ Beats asked some of the best independent artists in the scene to help them with their Strokes Tribute album for Is This It.
It’s not the first tribute album as you well know, but it’s fairly different. Here’s how the site described the collection:
The goal was to make a different collection, to escape the traditional Strokes’ guitars and Julian Casablancas’ heavy voice. We selected the artists in order to actually make the tracks new, with a different personality to add to each song.
This is the first time you’ve heard these songs like this. Each song has it’s own feel, reminding me off the light hearted fun of Little Joy. These versions have space to breath, becoming breathtaking all over again.
The whole album will soon be downloadable, but it’s available to stream only for now. Head here to stream the collection. Check out one of the covers below. It’s CÃcero’s version of, “Barely Legal”.
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Playing my favorite game: catch up. While I was m.i.a. Reading Festival took place. One of the coolest videos I found was The Strokes and Jarvis Cocker covering the Cars ever so familiar “Just What I Needed”. It’s just awesome that this exists.
Here’s The Strokes music video for “Taken For A Fool” one of the more memorable moments on Angles. Looks like the band had fun with the video, which is always good to see coming from them:
