The Strokes
Hometown: New York
Tags: rock, indie, alternative, indie rock, alternative rock
Rock band The Strokes recently released fourth studio album, Angles, has debuted at number 4 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. The band sold over 88,000 copies of Angles in its first week. Angles debuted at #3 in the UK, #4 in Canada, and #1 in Australia. The album is about to enter the top 10 on Billboard’s Modern rock chart as well.
Angles has received lots of praise from critics as well, with Rolling Stone magazine calling it “the best album that [The Strokes] have made since 2001’s Is This It” in their 4 star review. Other critics lauded Angles as a welcome reinvention for the band, with NME noting that “‘Angles’ lives up to its name by coming at you from some very obtuse places indeed.” TIME called Angles “a 10 song exercise in rock precision,” and SPIN magazine proclaiming that Angles “reminds you why they were so irresistible in the first place” in their 8 out of 10 review.
Angles is the band’s first new release since 2006’s First Impressions of Earth and marks the ambition of that album with the immediacy of the band’s earlier albums Is This It (2001) and Room On Fire (2003). In 2010, the band returned to the road, playing and headlining major festivals in the United States and UK, including the Isle of Wight Festival, Lollapalooza, Hurricane Festival, Splendour In The Grass, Rockness, Outside Lands, and Austin City Limits. Time Out Chicago hailed the Lollapalooza performance as “the best set I’ve seen since covering Lollapalooza. Better than Radiohead in 2008. Better than… who headlined last year? …The crowd…was euphoric
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Buzz Bands LA on The Strokes
4 months agoIs it me, or does this song barely sound like the Strokes ? "One Way Trigger" was just posted on the band's website, ostensibly a song from the New Yorkers' forthcoming fifth album. Maybe they got in a wrestling match with a New Wave band and lost? Maybe they're becoming a New Wave band? Maybe I'm missing something. Too many questions. Like, is this it? ||| Download: "One Way Trigger" (email required) more here
TheOwlMag on The Strokes
4 months agoThe Strokes Angles [RCA Records]
Sometimes when a band tries to evolve, they fail miserably. I can count a few times when I was beyond excited to get a hold of a band’s latest, just to feel like someone stomped on my dog. Let-down, hurt, even feeling abandoned, I am generally no longer a fan of these groups. I felt this way when The Strokes released their First Impressions of Earth album. “Sell-outs that lost what made them awesome!” I proclaimed. But alas, here I am 5 years later listening to their latest, Angles and I’m really torn.
The Strokes were rad when they hit the scene because they were different. Simplicity combined with a raw sound made something that was quite unique at the time. Angles isn’t as raw or unpolished as their early stuff, but they crank the creativity up and it pays dividends if you’re into different sounds. “Two Kinds of Happiness”, for example, has a decidedly 80’s vibe echoed drum beat, whiny vocals and all. The next track, “You’re So Right” would fit in with a new Radiohead album, and “Gratisfaction” is a straight feel-good yearly 70’s Classic-Rock tune.
As you might expect, the whole experience is a bit scattered. If you like cohesive flowing albums, as I do, this one may not be for you. However, if you have varying musical thirsts that only many sounds can quench, The Strokes’ Angles does the trick. That is if you can forget about what made The Strokes great and embrace their new, albeit pretty fun, sound.
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