Nialler9 — The best album I’ve heard in the last month or so is easily the just-released eponymous album by Little Joy. The band are notable for being a new project by the drummer of The Strokes, Fabrizio Moretti. Although he only provides backing vocals to... more info

NME — The Strokes would be up for doing the next James Bond theme, according to Fab Moretti. more info

NME — The Strokes bassist-turned-solo artist Nikolai Fraiture has described last night's win by Democrat Barack Obama as feeling like being freed from prison. more info

The Lemur Blog — BOREA is a three-piece band residing in Eastern France at the moment, with traces of Oasis in their light but tough alternative pop music. The band describes itself as a clash between britpop and baroque rock'n'roll, a description that also brings th... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Pete Doherty played a raucous Halloween gig in an east London flat last Friday (October 31).The gig, which was advertised on internet forums, saw Doherty return to the tiny Whitechapel flat he had played at last Monday (October 27).Taking to the make... more info

NME — The Strokes' drummer Fab Moretti's side project band Little Joy has announced the dates of a US tour this autumn. more info

NME — Nickel Eye, the solo project of The Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture, played their first-ever hometown show last night (October 22) as part of CMJ. more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — In the new issue of NME, on sale Wednesday October 22, we answer the following questions.Have Oasis assembled the ultimate line-up for their summer stadium shows?Is this really the end for The Last Shadow Puppets?Can Bloc Party regain the momentum th... more info

Clickmusic — Bassist Nikolai Fraiture confirms the band will return to the studio in February. more info

Paste Magazine — They say alone we stand, together we fall apart. Something tells us, though, that The Strokes are gonna be all right. The hiatus has officially ended: the New York-based quintet has a followup to First Impressions of Earth in the works. more info