Albert Hammond Jr. goes scuba diving in Turks and Caicos, encounters a shark

March 2, 2012

Albert is currently scuba diving in Turks and Caicos. He just shared three underwater photos from his adventure. The following are from Albert’s Twitter feed (@alberthammondjr)… Let’s hope Albert doesn’t have any open wounds and that this shark isn’t a Strokes fan girl who’s still pissed Albert cut off his ‘fro.

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Nikolai Fraiture Tweets About The Number 5

February 19, 2012

I will not make assumptions. I will not make assumptions. I will not make assumptions. After what happened the other night, I’m not going to be definitive and say The Strokes are working on their new record. But Nikolai’s tweet certainly makes it seem that they are in some capacity.

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Albert Hammond Jr. recalls the night The Strokes debuted ‘Last Nite’ and ‘The Modern Age’

February 7, 2012

Rob Sacher, a club promoter who booked The Strokes at Luna Lounge during the band’s early days, has a book coming out on March 1, 2012, called Wake Me When It’s Over. In the book, Sacher recalls first booking The Strokes at Luna Lounge. Later in the excerpt, Albert Hammond Jr. recounts why The Strokes [...]

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Kristen Wiig Kills Little Joy

January 24, 2012

Fab and Kristen Wiig made their first public appearance together today in L.A., which means Finki is over. So… Drew, Binki or Kristen? Take your pick.

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Nick Valensi DJs at Sundance, Supports Bing

January 24, 2012

(pic via FuckYeahTheStrokes)

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Hey Look, It’s A Little Joy Tune In A VW Passat Commercial

January 22, 2012

So which company is going to make a bold move and be the first to use a Nickel Eye song? (video via reader Bob.)

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Julian Casablancas Interviews The Doors

January 20, 2012

How are The Strokes spending their time between Angles and the making, and release, of Strokes V*? (* = The Strokes haven’t started recording the follow-up to Angles, by the way. Nikolai just talked about it in a Q+A.) Well, Fab is reportedly dating Kristen Wiig, Albert is scuba diving, Nick is raising his kids [...]

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