This take, recorded on an electric guitar, is much more upbeat than the acoustic version that originally appeared on his ‘Either/Or’ album. [Death + Taxes] -- Few classic rock bands have ...

The likes of Peter, Bjorn and John, Owen Pallett and Austra have contributed tracks to a covers album celebrating the tenth anniversary of The Strokes‘ ‘Is This It’. ‘Stroked: A Tribute To ...

The Strokes, steered musically ... art directors at RCA that were handling the album and they were freaking out that the guys hadn’t picked a cover shot yet. At lunchtime we were on the RV ...

In 2001 Manhattan band The Strokes burst onto the scene with their debut LP Is This It. The album cover featured a tightly cropped shot of a nude model wearing (presumably) only a black glove.

It’s right there in the first line of “Star Treatment” from the Arctic Monkeys‘ latest album, Tranquility ... N.Y. by busting out a cover of The Strokes’ 2001 breakthrough hit “Is ...