Getty Images Jay-Z 's album Blueprint made it on music magazine NME 's list of the top 50 albums of the decade, coming in at 22 -- which is no small feat, considering there's just a few albums that get released in a 10-year span. Rockers The Strokes’ Is This It topped the entire list. The results were compiled from votes from record producers, label execs and musicians, including members of Radiohead and Arctic Monkeys, who both rank highly. Jay-Z (Getty) Troubled rocker Pete Doherty saw... Read Full Story
New York rock band the Strokes have been busy since their last album in 2006, just not together, and lead singer Julian Casablancas carries on the trend releasing his first solo album Monday. "Phrazes for the Young" (RCA/Jive/Sony) mixes tambourines with brass and synthesizers to create a retro-futurist sound that Casablancas will perform to European crowds on a tour starting at the end of November. "It can be difficult to experiment when you are part of a group," Casablancas said to Spin... Read Full Story
When the members of a band have released more solo albums than together as a whole, it’s easy to start worrying about whether or not the group’s hiatus is just that. Case in point, the Strokes. After a brilliant debut acclaimed by critics and fans alike, they released an adventurous sophomore effort that was slightly inferior, and then a sprawling, uneven hot mess. As if taking cue from falling flat so ceremoniously, the group decided to take a break and go their separate ways for a bit. Out... Read Full Story
The Stroke’s first solo gigs were in Japan this summer, and Monday’s Spaceland show was a last minute surprise, so while last night was JC’s 4th ever solo show, it was most stateside fans’ first shot to see his synth-pop makeover in person. With elaborate stage backdrops and light-up costumes for their encore, Julian and band played the 8-track Phrazes along with b-sides like “I’ll Try Anything Once.” (Sadly “ Christmas ” didn’t come early.) Perhaps the real spectacle was Fabrizio... Read Full Story
Darren Tan asked: “Albert Hammond, Jr.” is an indie pop/rock artist from Los Angeles, California. He plays the guitar and his favourite guitar instruments are Fender Stratocaster and Gibson Les Paul. He is also a guitarist of indie rock band, The Strokes. When he’s with The Strokes, he often plays the rhythm guitar. As he ventures into his side project solo career, he still plays the similar musical soundscape as The Strokes, a bit of garage and indie pop rock. Como Te Llama opens with a... Read Full Story
When the members of a band have released more solo albums than together as a whole, it’s easy to start worrying about whether or not the group’s hiatus is just that. Case in point, the Strokes. After a brilliant debut acclaimed by critics and fans alike, they released an adventurous sophomore effort that was slightly inferior, and then a sprawling, uneven hot mess. As if taking cue from falling flat so ceremoniously, the group decided to take a break and go their separate ways for a bit. Out... Read Full Story
This week’s Halloween episode was even more nonsensical than usual, so we nearly blocked out its cameo from the 1,400 year-old, anemic ghost of the Strokes’ guitarist. Watch him perform “In Transit” at the opening of Chuck’s speakeasy .
This week's Halloween episode was even more nonsensical than usual, so we nearly blocked out its cameo from the 1,400 year-old, anemic ghost of the Strokes' guitarist. Watch him perform "In Transit" at the opening of Chuck's speakeasy... Read Full Story
Who? Agyness Deyn is an English model currently living in New York, hailed as "the fashion industry's next great supermodel" and an "ambassador of British youth culture." She recently announced her engagement to Albert Hammond, Jr. of The Strokes, and was just voted number one in the BBC's Most Annoying People 2008. Oh yeah, she's a dachshund lover. The Daily Mail gave her a ribbing in a story today for wearing a 'Cruella De Vil' coat after sporting an anti-fur sticker just last month. We're... Read Full Story
The British model refused to touch a drop from the magnums of champagne flowing at the Crosby Street Hotel at the Cinema Society/Dior Beauty screening of “An Education” Wednesday night and instead ordered water.
Also at the party was the movie’s star, Carey Mulligan, who got rave reviews from guests, including Susan Sarandon, Dylan McDermott, Mamie Gummer, Kevin Zegers, Steve Guttenberg, Zoe Kravitz, Bai Ling and Bee Shaffer.
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Free from it all I'm not gonna change till I want to And I'm free it all I'm not gonna change till I want to By the way she looked I should've calmed down I went too far Oh thats all I got to say By the way she looked I should've calmed down I went too far Oh thats all I got to say Free from it all I'm not gonna change till I want to And I'm free from the world where I built too many roads By the way she looked I should've calmed down I went too far Oh thats all I got to say By the way she... Read Full Story
