OT: The Strokes
It's been a great year for music thus far. Radiohead had a new album release a couple of weeks ago. And now The Strokes are set to release new material...
Here's the Spin Magazine review...
http://www.spin.com/reviews/strokes-angles-rca
FYI, "Is This It" (their debut album in 200) has been consistently recognized one of the top 2 or 3 albums of the decade. FWIW, I liked their sophmore album even better...
they're also excellent live. If you're lucky enough to see them at coachella or bonnaroo this year they are worth the price of admission alone. I saw them last summer at Lollapalooza and loved every second of it.
I'm very excited to hear what the new album sounds like. I will read the Spin review with a giant grain of salt as they generally don't match my personal taste at all. (they want to have LCD Soundsystem's baby and I think LCD are pretentious tone-deaf trash)
So what you are telling me is that you skipped the Lady Gaga show on the other end of Grant Park. How dare you!
Hooray for the Budweiser Stage headliners!
Boo Gaga!
actually, thinking back most of the stuff on the bud stage was excellent. Arcade Fire, Black Keys, phoenix, yeasayer, and the strokes. Gogol Bordello was the absolute BEST there, though. (Parkways Stage) I want to do Lolla again but the acts I'm hearing sound whole-heartedly lame.
I'm not all that excited about the headliners they've announced so far, but the mid-level bands are usually solid. I'm pretty excited to hear about the rest of the lineup.
Love the Strokes ... thanks for passing this along.
Three new songs from Angles are available on the interwebs.
"Life Is Simple in the Moonlight"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0Fz4eBmve0
"Under Cover of Darkness"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l09H-3zzgA
"You're So Right"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-5Tdlhmh0Y
You're So Right definitely tempered my high hopes for the new album, but we'll just have to see. Is This It and Room On Fire are two of my favorite albums ever.
I believe You're So Right is a b-side to the single. So probably just a chance to get a little different sound out there.
I saw Glassjaw last night and they played their new stuff, they absolutely killed it.
You should listen to moar Hold Steady or Andrew Jackson Jihad
I think it's because that hoebag Miley Cyrus was hosting
I respect them and think they make good records, but I am hard pressed to name one song of theirs that people will remember 20 years from now. They look like the coolest band in the world, but are they really as great as their core fans and certain critics think? Maybe they are, but I have a tough time seeing it.
How about "The Modern Age" or this one...
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Yes, the Strokes are that good. I'm eagerly waiting for the new album. Based on "Under Cover of Darkness" I'm excited, but I was a bit worried after "You're So Right." "Life is Simple in the Moonlight" wasn't too shabby on SNL.