The Strokes News

Hang out with The Strokes — sans Julian — in New York City tonight

April 24, 2012

Nick, Fab, Nikolai and Albert will all perform DJ sets at Bowery Electric tonight — Tuesday, April 24 — as part of a benefit for Brett Kilroe. The show will last from dusk ’til dawn, as you can see from the following poster promoting the event. Who’s going? (Note: This poster says Julian will also [...]

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Hey fan girls! Here’s your chance to seduce the legendary Nikolai Fraiture

April 20, 2012

To help raise money for New York City Public School PS 41, Nikolai Fraiture is auctioning off a personal bass lesson. Two things. First, how the hell is the value of one bass lesson with Nikolai $2,750? I mean, it would be cool to meet Nikolai and spend an hour hanging out with him, but [...]

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Amanda de Cadenet: Nick Valensi went to work today (on album No. 5)

April 10, 2012

The Strokes are currently working on album No. 5. Awesome. Oh, and Fab is back from Paris, according to this link: http://www.glassinebox.com/blog/everyday-we-make-art-4 (the Fab news comes via reader Sarah)

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The Strokes are currently recording Strokes V, according to Albert Hammond Sr.

April 7, 2012

OK, so here’s the skinny: Albert Hammond Sr. is on Twitter and, unlike the three members of The Strokes who are on the social network, he directly answers questions about The Strokes’ fifth record. Today, AHS responded to a fan asking him when The Strokes are going to come to Argentina. AHS wrote: “ahora mismo [...]

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Baby Cal is definitely the cutest kid ever

April 2, 2012

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How I feel about how The Strokes toured ‘Angles’

March 22, 2012

Earlier today, in a post about Amanda De Cadenet’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, I ended the post with two awkwardly-phrased sentences about The Black Keys-Arctic Monkeys show I saw on March 19 at the United Center. In the comments, some readers thought I was insulting Arctic Monkeys. I wasn’t. I was trying to make [...]

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