The Strokes at MSG Re-Cap

April Fools Day has never been so spontaneous! The Strokes played without doing any of the typical cliche moves that usually happen at MSG. Julian had his funny drunken comments while the rest of the boys looked perfect. Despite the many interviews about not getting along as a band, the 5 of them were synced for every song. Everyone was completely shocked when Elvis Costello came out and played 'Taken for A Fool' which is one of my favorites off the new record 'Angles'. Strokes fans everywhere are re-capping the show and collecting their media to try to re-tell the story...but it is impossible. You had to be there.





Set List:
'Is This It'
'Reptilia'
'Under Cover Of Darkness'
'Hard To Explain'
'Last Nite'
'Life Is Simple In The Moonlight'
'Juicebox'
'Someday'
'You’re So Right'
'Under Control'
'You Only Live Once'
'New York City Cops'
'Games'
'What Ever Happened?'
'Taken For A Fool'
'Ask Me Anything'
'The Modern Age'
'Gratisfaction'
'I Can’t Win'
'Take It Or Leave It'
via NME





Under Control:



Taken For a Fool featuring Elvis Costello:


Take It or Leave It (Julian + the fans!!):


True Fan Blog: She's Fixing Her Hair

This is how it starts...

This is how it starts! ;;--)) @alberthammondjr






Late Night Fallon 3/31

Where are they going?
TONIGHT The Strokes in New York, NY Madison Square Garden
04/17/11 The Strokes in Indio, CA Coachella
05/01/11 The Strokes in Columbia, MD Sweetlife Festival
05/07/11 The Strokes in New Orleans, LA New Orleans Jazz Festival
06/09/11 - 06/12/11 The Strokes in Manchester, TN Bonnaroo
07/10/11 The Strokes in County Kildare Oxygen Festival Ireland
07/14/11 - 07/17/11 The Strokes in Benicassim Benicassim Festival Spain
07/16/11 The Strokes in Lisbon Super Bock, Super Rock Portugal
08/13/11 The Strokes in Tokyo Summer Sonic Japan
08/14/11 The Strokes in Osaka Summer Sonic Japan
08/27/11 - 08/28/11 The Strokes in UK Reading and Leeds United Kingdom

The Strokes

Am I really seeing my favorite band on Friday? I think I am going to do a series of posts about this STARTING NOW.








FILTER Five: Our Top 5 Songs By The Strokes

"In honor of The Strokes' first album in five years, Angles—released yesterday—we at the FILTER HQ took a look back through the band's discography to revisit our favorite individual songs across their catalog and compile a list of our top Strokes offerings from 2001 to the present. The jury's still in deliberation on Angles, but if our polled results below are any signifier, The Strokes' debut LP, Is This It, has already become a landmark of the new millennium."



""Reptilia" from Room on Fire (2003)
Why: It's so simple but sounds so challenging, with its multi-guitar parts and blazing solo, plus Julian's indifferent howls... that the wait's not over and pleas to not slow him down. When everything drops out and the guitar comes in with that lead that sticks to you like duct tape on paper, it gets you amped. Classic Strokes; in some ways, they've never topped it."

David Letterman Presents...

"Check out The Strokes performance of “Taken For A Fool” from last night’s Late Show with David Letterman… (no promises on how long this video will be available before it gets pulled down)" -THESTROKES.COM

Mix Tapes

The Strokes talk Mix Tapes

What a beautiful thing.