Guardian Music — August 2000: Number 42 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicThe noughties phenomenon of blog-rock wasn't born with a bang – for certain, no Strokes-style changing of the guard took place. Yet it was unquestionably one of ... more info

Guardian Music — 29 January 2001: Number 43 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicAfter a couple of disappointing albums, it's tempting to be sniffy about the Strokes' influence on pop culture. Cast your mind back, however, to the scruffy st... more info

Guardian Music — Isle of Wight festival is set to kick off the UK festival season this weekend. Find where they are and who's headlining, download the data for yourselfGet the dataIsle of Wight festival kicks off today, ensuring three days of music-heavy festival spi... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bonnaroo kicks off in Manchester, Tennessee today (6/9) and continues through Sunday (6/12). The lineup includes Beirut, The Strokes, Buffalo Springfield (including Stephen Stills and Neil Young), Big Boi, Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, Deerhunter, a... more info

Totally Fuzzy — While we were kept busy with Rock Am Ring last week-end there were several other festivals happening, one of those, a wee bit smaller than RaR of course, in Los Angeles, California. Watch full performances of: Foster The People, The Strokes, Foo Fi... more info

Stereogum — The Strokes played Ellen for today’s broadcast. The episode will be on TV this afternoon — 4 p.m. in most areas — but Ellen put the band’s performance of Angles‘ “Gratisfaction” on the show’s website early. There’s no intro and no E... more info

NME — Jamie Cook talks through how the band put their setlist together more info

Gigwise — Guitarist Jamie Cook reveals their secrets... more info

Guardian Music — Information and lineups for the best European festivalsBerlin FestivalWhen: 9–10 SeptemberWhere: Flughafen Tempelhof, and throughout BerlinWho: Suede, Primal Scream, Beirut, Mogwai, Battles, The Drums, Hercules And Love Affair, Wire, SantigoldHow m... more info

Guardian Music — Fear not all those who saw their out-of-tune performance at Radio 1's Big Weekend – this remix makes the Strokes sound revitalisedWhile Lady Gaga clambered into her coffin and kept everyone waiting for half an hour at Radio 1's Big Weekend, those w... more info