Indie Music News — Ready to be initiated into The Strokes inner circle? Well thanks to Lesser Gods fans can do just that with an intimate photo narrative of the band in ‘The Strokes: The First Ten Years’. This … Read More more info

Sweeping The Nation — We haven't read Meet Me In The Bathroom yet apart from some bookshop flickage, but we're delighted that it gives over a chapter to Jonathan Fire*Eater. Their apparent spiritual bretheren got people all het up from 2001 on, but beyond those 20... more info

Stereogum — Did Ryan Adams just get around to reading Meet Me In The Bathroom? There's a moment in the book, Lizzy Goodman's great oral history of the early-'00s New York rock scene, where we learn that the Strokes got together to hold a meeting banning Ryan Ada... more info

Stereogum — Did Ryan Adams just get around to reading Meet Me In The Bathroom? There's a moment in the book, Lizzy Goodman's great oral history of the early-'00s New York rock scene, where we learn that the Strokes got together to hold a meeting banning Ryan Ada... more info

Stereogum — In a recent interview, Albert Hammond Sr. let slip that his son's band, the Strokes, were recording a new album with Rick Rubin. Except that's not actually happening, according to the members of the Strokes. Albert Hammond Jr. took to Twitter to disp... more info

Stereogum — Albert Hammond Sr. spilled some beans in a recent interview with The West Australian . The songwriter offhandedly mentioned that his son, Albert Hammond Jr., and his son's band, the Strokes, are working with Rick Rubin. "They’re making a new album... more info

Stereogum — Journalist Lizzy Goodman will publish Meet Me In The Bathroom: Rebirth And Rock And Roll In New York City, 2001–2011 , a new oral history diving into NYC’s 21st century rock scene, on May 23. Today, Vulture has published a lengthy excerpt that f... more info

Stereogum — Today, solid-gold pop-punk stars Paramore are making their big return with the release of After Laughter , their deeply '80s-pop new album. And on Wednesday night, they played a secret show at Exit/In, a smaller venue in their Nashville hometown. Du... more info

The Devil Has The Best Tuna — The VelveteinsFrom: Edmonton, CanadaMidnight Surf from Canadian trio The Velveteins sounds like The Strokes shrugging off their effortless New York cool, grabbing their surf boards and going all emotional on us. It starts slowly, floating into your ... more info

Consequence of Sound — The band responded by playing three encores. more info