Stereogum — If you’re a Strokes fan, Primavera Sound is the place to be this weekend. Three Strokes-related acts are playing the Barcelona festival — the band, Julian Casablancas + The Voidz, and Albert Hammond Jr. — and there’s bound to be some weird en... more info

Stereogum — Shaky Knees Festival went down in Atlanta this weekend, and we sent two photographers to capture portraits and live shots of some of the performers on this extensive lineup. The Strokes, The Avett Brothers, Wilco, Pixies, Social Distortion, and Ryan ... more info

Stereogum — The Strokes played their first show since August yesterday on the first night of Atlanta’s Shaky Knees Festival, and they had a few surprises up their sleeves. Mac DeMarco — who had a set at the fest earlier in the day — joined the band and pla... more info

Stereogum — The Guardian interviewed guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. and producer Gordon Raphael for a new feature about the early days of the Strokes, and it includes some interesting tidbits. For instance: Hammond explains that before playing their first show, th... more info

Nialler9 — Primavera have announced their lineup for its 15th edition in Barcelona from May 27 – 30th and it includes headliners The Black Keys, The Strokes, Ride, Patti Smith, Interpol and Alt-J with appearances from Underworld performing dubnobasswithmyhea... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — we just died in the Primavera Sound lineup game The 2015 Primavera Sound Festival goes down in Barcelona, Spain from May 28 - 30. We knew The Strokes and recently reunited shoegazers Ride were playing and now the line-up is... more info

Stereogum — Last month at the birthday party for former The Like drummer Tennessee Thomas, she debuted a new band called Summer Moon which features The Strokes’ Nikolai Fraiture on vocals and bass, Au Revoir Simone’s Erika Spring on keyboards, Lewis Lazar on... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As discussed, The B-52's co-founder/singer Kate Pierson is releasing her first solo album, Guitars and Microphones, on February 17 via Lazy Meadow/Kobalt. We mentioned that The Strokes guitarist Nick Valensi appears on the album, and one of his contr... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We're officially in Music Festival Announcement Season, and the latest one is Atlanta's annual Shaky Knees Festival, happening May 8-10. This year includes The Strokes, The Avett Brothers, Wilco, Pixies, Social Distortion, Ryan Adams, Noel Gallagher'... more info

Stereogum — Julian Casablancas + The Voidz released Tyranny back in September. It’s an ambitious album — a careening mess of ideas that result in a very loud, very weird transition from The Strokes’ most recent record, Comedown Machine. Casablancas and com... more info