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 ...

Turner has often cited his diehard Strokes fandom. “I remember I used to play that first album in college all the time, when our band was first starting,” he told NME in 2011. “Loads of ...

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.

“[When it ended up on The Strokes’ album cover] my ex-girlfriend was thrilled – she was a very rock ‘n’ roll girl so it’s a big feather in her cap to have her ass on The Strokes’ cover.