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 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.

On July 30, 2001, – 15 years ago – The Strokes released their ... The band decided to leave the album title’s question mark off of the cover as they didn’t think it aesthetically looked ...

adding “exclusive – check out the new Strokes album cover.” While we’re guessing this is just Casablancas riffing on the tweeted album cover trend while simultaneously sharing with the ...

“I just wanted to be one of the Strokes,” begins Arctic Monkeys’ latest album, Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino. On Tuesday night, that admiration translated into a onstage cover of The ...

A little while ago, Stereogum compiled a tribute album for the critically acclaimed album by The Strokes, Is This It ... Hit the jump to listen to Cicero’s cover of “Barely Legal” and ...

The ’80s go to roost, hard, in “The New Abnormal,” with the album’s musical nods to Danceteria-era, glossy British dance-punk, not to mention its cover ... for the Strokes to create ...

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 ...

And it all made perfect sense when you consider that Arctic Monkeys’ latest album shouts out The Stokes in its opening lyrics. Watch Arctic Monkeys cover The Strokes’ “Is This It” above.

The first new album by The Strokes in five years can be streamed ... The lead single, "Under Cover of Darkness," which sounds as if it could have appeard on "Is This It" in 2001, was released ...