Abeano — The Strokes new album, ‘Angles’ is out today. Here’s what life long fan Fred Macpherson makes of it. 1. Machu Picchu To paraphrase late 60s prog rock also-rans The Nice, Angles “is pregnant with promises and anticipation, but is mu... more info

Topix — The Strokes' 'Angel' attempted to pick up where 'Is This It' left off, but instead, returned to the same old sound. more info

Gigwise — Includes The Strokes, My Chemical Romance... more info

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — The NME verdict on the singles released in the UK today, featuring The Strokes, Anna Calvi and Datarock. [...] Read more! more info

NME — The Strokes, Justin Bieber and MCR all have new music out more info

Guardian Music — Kanye West and the Vaccines played, but no-one was more rock'n'roll than a troupe of swan-diving rappers. Tim Jonze rounds up the best music of SXSW.A fan's nose had sprayed a trail of blood across the stage. To the left, balancing on the speaker s... more info

The Music Fix — Acute or obtuse? The Strokes return after a fair old break. more info

Guardian Music — The Strokes are not alone in trashing their own work, there's a tradition of artists disowning their creationsPoor old the Strokes. It appears that they've spent the last five years making an album, Angles, that they don't even like. "I won't do the ... more info

Stereogum — Here lies our documentation of Thursday in Austin. For more, check our list of 32 Must See Bands this week, and our coverage from Wednesday. Click on: The Strokes @ Auditorium Shores [Photo by Ryan Muir] Stereogum/Sacred Bones/Chaos In Tejas Unoffi... more info

VH1 Blog — At SXSW, we’ve learned that The Strokes are back (10,000 went to their set last night), Dave Grohl is the nicest guy in rock (according to the VH1 crew who interviewed him) and people can’t stop talking about Kanye West, who’s allegedly doing a... more info