Hello readers,
For those unaware of this, Amanda de Cadenet (Nick Valensi's wife) is quite the pro twitterer. It's awesome really, she tweets like 20 times a day.
Anyways, today, she received a tweet from a fan saying Quick question I hope you can answer. What does your husband's tattoo say? to which she replied good jewish boys dont have tattoos
I got such a kick out of that! Not sure why, I just found it very funny
Here's the link to an interview Albert Hammond Jr did at Peace and Love festival
Sadly readers, this is goodbye for a while. I'm going on a trip where I won't have access to internet, so this will be my last post until August 8. I'll miss you!
Sunday, 3 July 2011
Rosklide festival
Hello readers,
yesterday the Strokes played at Rosklide festival. Here's the setlist from the show
01 Is This It
02 Reptilia
03 Under Cover of Darkness
04 Hard To Explain
05 Last Nite
06 Life Is Simple In The Moonlight
07 Juicebox
08 Machu Picchu
09 The Modern Age
10 You Only Live Once
11 Under Control
12 Gratisfaction
13 Whatever Happened
14 New York City Cops
15 Automatic Stop
16 Taken For A Fool
17 Meet Me In The Bathroom
18 You’re So Right
19 Someday
20 Take It Or Leave It
Some very nice person recorded the entire live stream for the Hove festival show that wasn't available in North America.
Enjoy the show here. Looks like a good one :-)
yesterday the Strokes played at Rosklide festival. Here's the setlist from the show
01 Is This It
02 Reptilia
03 Under Cover of Darkness
04 Hard To Explain
05 Last Nite
06 Life Is Simple In The Moonlight
07 Juicebox
08 Machu Picchu
09 The Modern Age
10 You Only Live Once
11 Under Control
12 Gratisfaction
13 Whatever Happened
14 New York City Cops
15 Automatic Stop
16 Taken For A Fool
17 Meet Me In The Bathroom
18 You’re So Right
19 Someday
20 Take It Or Leave It
Some very nice person recorded the entire live stream for the Hove festival show that wasn't available in North America.
Enjoy the show here. Looks like a good one :-)
Saturday, 2 July 2011
Peace and Love Festival
Hello readers,
The Strokes played at Peace and Love Festival yesterday . Sorry I didn't update about this earlier but I've been very busy lately :( anyways,
They played Machu Picchu!!!! Im soooo jealous of everyone who was there!!!
Here's a video of Machu Picchu, the recording isn't great but you get the idea
View pictures from the show here, seems like Julian was in a very good mood. I especially enjoy the picture of his butt ;-)
Here's an interview Nikolai did with Expressen TV / MTV before going on stage.
Here's the whole setlist:
01 Is This It
02 Reptilia
03 Machu Picchu
04 Someday
05 Taken for a Fool
06 Hard to Explain
07 You’re So Right
08 What Ever Happened?
09 New York City Cops
10 Life Is Simple in the Moonlight
11 You Only Live Once
12 Gratisfaction
13 Trying Your Luck
14 Under Cover of Darkness
15 Juicebox
16 Under Control
17 Last Nite
18 Take It Or Leave It
Tonight the Strokes play Roskilde in Denmark. No luck with a stream :-(
The Strokes played at Peace and Love Festival yesterday . Sorry I didn't update about this earlier but I've been very busy lately :( anyways,
They played Machu Picchu!!!! Im soooo jealous of everyone who was there!!!
Here's a video of Machu Picchu, the recording isn't great but you get the idea
View pictures from the show here, seems like Julian was in a very good mood. I especially enjoy the picture of his butt ;-)
Here's an interview Nikolai did with Expressen TV / MTV before going on stage.
Here's the whole setlist:
01 Is This It
02 Reptilia
03 Machu Picchu
04 Someday
05 Taken for a Fool
06 Hard to Explain
07 You’re So Right
08 What Ever Happened?
09 New York City Cops
10 Life Is Simple in the Moonlight
11 You Only Live Once
12 Gratisfaction
13 Trying Your Luck
14 Under Cover of Darkness
15 Juicebox
16 Under Control
17 Last Nite
18 Take It Or Leave It
Tonight the Strokes play Roskilde in Denmark. No luck with a stream :-(
Taken For A Fool Single
Hello readers,
I'm sure many of you, as am I, are anxiously waiting for the realease of the Taken For A Fool single as well as the music video. Well, you can stop waiting. THE TAKEN FOR A FOOL SINGLE IS UP FOR PRE-ORDER ON THE STROKES WEBSITE!!!! If you pre-order, shipping begins on/before July 26. I'd recommend pre-order as usually a little bonus gift is included (a free download of the music video or something like that). The B-side is a live version of Taken for a Fool with Elvis Costello (from their MSG show). Detail here. Very exciting :-D
YAY!!!
I'm sure many of you, as am I, are anxiously waiting for the realease of the Taken For A Fool single as well as the music video. Well, you can stop waiting. THE TAKEN FOR A FOOL SINGLE IS UP FOR PRE-ORDER ON THE STROKES WEBSITE!!!! If you pre-order, shipping begins on/before July 26. I'd recommend pre-order as usually a little bonus gift is included (a free download of the music video or something like that). The B-side is a live version of Taken for a Fool with Elvis Costello (from their MSG show). Detail here. Very exciting :-D
YAY!!!
Friday, 1 July 2011
SO MUCH GREAT NEWS
Hello readers,
So there is a lot of news to tell today, lets begin with the minor (not that there is such thing as minor Strokes news) news and work our way up.
The Strokes played Hove Festival the day before yesterday and it appeared to be a big success. The setlist looked fairly familiar to other shows, excpet Trying My Luch and Meet me in the Bathroom were played. Here's the whole setlist
01. Is This It
02. Reptilia
03. Under Cover Of Darkness
04. Hard To Explain
05. Someday
06. Taken For A Fool
07. Trying Your Luck
08. You Only Live Once
09. You’re So Right
10. Whatever Happened
11. Gratisfication
12. Meet Me In The Bathroom
13. NYC Cops
14. Life Is Simple In The Moonlight
15. Juicebox
16. Last Nite
17. Under Control
18. Take It Or Leave It
Ok next, the song that shall be featured on Live From Nowhere Near You Vol.II has been revealed. It will be Mercy Mercy Me, a song with Julian Casablancas on vocals and Fab Moretti on drums aswell as Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam on vocals. Not a new song, or In Her Prime sadly, but still awesome. View more details about the whole album here
The Strokes made the spinner Best Songs of 2011 (So Far). Undercover of Darkness was listed as Number 12. View the whole list here. It's so cool and awesome that the band has been put on so many of these lists (best 2011 songs/albums so far) but of course not surprising ;-)
So there is a lot of news to tell today, lets begin with the minor (not that there is such thing as minor Strokes news) news and work our way up.
The Strokes played Hove Festival the day before yesterday and it appeared to be a big success. The setlist looked fairly familiar to other shows, excpet Trying My Luch and Meet me in the Bathroom were played. Here's the whole setlist
01. Is This It
02. Reptilia
03. Under Cover Of Darkness
04. Hard To Explain
05. Someday
06. Taken For A Fool
07. Trying Your Luck
08. You Only Live Once
09. You’re So Right
10. Whatever Happened
11. Gratisfication
12. Meet Me In The Bathroom
13. NYC Cops
14. Life Is Simple In The Moonlight
15. Juicebox
16. Last Nite
17. Under Control
18. Take It Or Leave It
Ok next, the song that shall be featured on Live From Nowhere Near You Vol.II has been revealed. It will be Mercy Mercy Me, a song with Julian Casablancas on vocals and Fab Moretti on drums aswell as Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam on vocals. Not a new song, or In Her Prime sadly, but still awesome. View more details about the whole album here
The Strokes made the spinner Best Songs of 2011 (So Far). Undercover of Darkness was listed as Number 12. View the whole list here. It's so cool and awesome that the band has been put on so many of these lists (best 2011 songs/albums so far) but of course not surprising ;-)
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
the Euro tour begins!
Hello readers,
The Stroke's European tour has begun! The band landed in Oslo (Norway) yesterday and were very twitterish. I'm not sure that's a word, but there were a lot of tweets from N_Fraiture, alberthammondjr, WizKidMgmt and even alberthammond!! (special guest appearance :) I definitely have some new favorite tweets as of yesterday, including Ryan's "it SHOULD be ready to go in about a week... lot of post-production to do." in reply to PaolaADL's "When the Taken For A Fool music video comes out?" :D :D :D
Anyways, the band will be playing at the Hove Festival today. There doesn't appear to be a stream for people outside of Norway (you can try this if you're in Norway), but I'll keep you posted.
In other Strokes news, the lyrics to Two Kinds of Happiness has been posted on Julian Casablancas' website! AWESOME!!!! Check them out here. Is this a sign we can expect TKOH at today's show?
Here's a funny picture of Albert and Fab on the tourbus from Ryan via twitter
The Stroke's European tour has begun! The band landed in Oslo (Norway) yesterday and were very twitterish. I'm not sure that's a word, but there were a lot of tweets from N_Fraiture, alberthammondjr, WizKidMgmt and even alberthammond!! (special guest appearance :) I definitely have some new favorite tweets as of yesterday, including Ryan's "it SHOULD be ready to go in about a week... lot of post-production to do." in reply to PaolaADL's "When the Taken For A Fool music video comes out?" :D :D :D
Anyways, the band will be playing at the Hove Festival today. There doesn't appear to be a stream for people outside of Norway (you can try this if you're in Norway), but I'll keep you posted.
In other Strokes news, the lyrics to Two Kinds of Happiness has been posted on Julian Casablancas' website! AWESOME!!!! Check them out here. Is this a sign we can expect TKOH at today's show?
Here's a funny picture of Albert and Fab on the tourbus from Ryan via twitter
Monday, 27 June 2011
The Strokes make the top 50 best American Rock Bands of all Time List. DUH!
Hello readers,
It comes as no surprise that Gibson.com would pick the Strokes on their 'Top 50 best American Rock Bands of All Time' list. They made #43, impressive (I would've put them down as #1 but I didn't make the list.)
See the whole list here
They included a nice little description too:
If the music biz had a machine to manufacture millennial boho NYC guitar hipsters, it would undoubtedly spit out The Strokes. Yet the quintet are definitely for real: Fab Moretti has played drums since he was five, Albert Hammond Jr.’s father was a songwriter of note, Nick Valensi can be a dazzling soloist. Their debut Is This It (2001) is the must-have album, but The Strokes’ new wave smarts and intricate guitar interplay still seduce – with the eclectic brew of 2011’s Angles hitting dizzy heights. – Michael Leonard
I couldn't agree more Michael.
It comes as no surprise that Gibson.com would pick the Strokes on their 'Top 50 best American Rock Bands of All Time' list. They made #43, impressive (I would've put them down as #1 but I didn't make the list.)
See the whole list here
They included a nice little description too:
If the music biz had a machine to manufacture millennial boho NYC guitar hipsters, it would undoubtedly spit out The Strokes. Yet the quintet are definitely for real: Fab Moretti has played drums since he was five, Albert Hammond Jr.’s father was a songwriter of note, Nick Valensi can be a dazzling soloist. Their debut Is This It (2001) is the must-have album, but The Strokes’ new wave smarts and intricate guitar interplay still seduce – with the eclectic brew of 2011’s Angles hitting dizzy heights. – Michael Leonard
I couldn't agree more Michael.
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