The Strokes - Classic or Duds?

Why are there other bands called the Strokes or JF*E that I'm not aware of?

Because I think they're fine but you definitely wont see me throwing my panties their way.

I just heard New York City Cops for the first time in a while, with it's lol metarock intro. God I hate this fucking band.

fun to listen to "Is This It" and pretend it was a really "experimental" Matthew Sweet album.

new song is kinda puzzling, possibly in a good way

reminds me of The Chipmunks doing A-Ha
http://pitchfork.com/news/49301-listen-the-strokes-new-song-one-way-trigger/

possibly in a good way

If by good you mean "it doesn't compel me to end my own life" then, yeah.

Dreadful

good to hear the strokes still suck. gives life a satisfying sense of order.

what's incredible is that these guys are still young enough to be the same age as most 2013 buzzband groups

That first album still stands up.

That was really, really, really terrible, redeemed only by the hilarious comments on the Soundcloud. I don't begrudge stylistic changes by bands I like, but for god's sake that was like MGMT for deaf people.

reminds me of that 'diff'rent strokes' britisher covers thing a while ago

back when mash-ups were a thing this would have spawned an "take on me" hybrid within 6 hours

This is growing on me

Room on Fire is secretly better than the first album

Good God that is fucking ATROCIOUS.

Not sure if anyone will care but the new album is available to stream here.

http://pitchfork.com/advance/48-comedown-machine/

I've been listening to it, but I didn't know which thread to revive.

It's remarkably okay, but I guess anything they recorded would be considered an improvement on Angles.

I'm over half way through and it sounds like a mixed bag but there are some really good moments.

When Angles came out I really liked it and defended it on one of the Strokes threads but listening to it again recently I didn't enjoy it that much at all. There were probably three or four songs that were decent.

Okay, Partners in Crime is like the best thing they've done since Room on Fire.

they should just keep making that one song from their first two albums over and over i mean why not

I reckon it'll be a grower like Angles was. When I first heard that album, it was all very "WTF?" to me but I grew to like it. Not quite as good as Is This It? or First Impressions Of Earth, but a good solid album all the same.

Room on Fire is my favourite these days. Is This It is a great album but I just overplayed it so much back in the day that I just don't play it that much anymore. First Impressions is a lot better than people say but it need need a lot of trimming, it would be a solid 10 track album.

New one sounds a lot more interesting than Angles. As I said I went from loving that album to really not rating it all. Machu Picchu, Under Cover of Darkness, Taken for a Fool and Gratisfaction are the only keepers.

"What kind of asshole drives a Lotus?" made me lol and was a great rhyme

surprised to be digging this! weird, seems so far that the 2 songs they released prior were the worst songs

Yeah the Lotus line is great.

This was the least excited I've ever been for one of their albums but I'm pleasantly surprised. I actually really liked All The Time, it's just a really simple song that always seems to gets stuck in my head. It does rip off it's chorus from All Mod Cons by The Jam though.

Room on Fire is my favourite these days. Is This It is a great album but I just overplayed it so much back in the day

I don't listen to them anymore but, yes, this.

Can't imagine ever actively listening to them

officially nearly loving this record

i felt sort of indifferent to it on the first two listens but on the third listen somehow the melodies appeared and they're all great

I need to give it another shot, on first listen it was very eh

Best one since Rooms on Fire undoubtedly. Maybe the best one period, because not every song is identical.

so, brmc vs the strokes for cover art shoot out ..
who wins ..

I'm not a Strokes partisan, though, so ymmv.

Yeah I have been playing this a lot, it's just really fun and a lot of the songs are quite addictive. Partners in Crime should have been the first single really. Easily their best since Room on Fire.

this is really growing on me

it's funny, albert hammond has quietly turned into this peculiar virtuoso guitar player, at first i was like damn this is kind of a synth album but the more i listen i think it's just hammond using shitloads of guitar effects (almost like some kinda elliot eason of the cars meets tom morello type thing)

so I've been listening to this a bit lately and it's surprisingly good (except for 2 or 3 horrible, horrible songs, including the 2nd single).
many nice melodies and hooks, good production that's both basic/DIY and 80s rock FM.
I'm not sure it adds anything but I enjoy it, especially with the spring mood at the moment.

I need to give this another go

Close to thinking this recent one is their best album actually, along with the second one. Julian should get rid of the others asap and do his own thing, letting them have any say in writing songs really seems like it was a mistake

Funny how the narrative means nobody really cares, I guess rock and roll can get saved another day

the (very good) JC track on the latest DP could have easily been on this album, actually.

Exactly!

call it fate call it karma from the new album is one of the best things theyve done. reminds me a bit of vincent gallos music (in a good way).

Yeah that song is fantastic, great way to end the album. Chances and Partners in Crime are my other two favourites on the album.

yeah, I really like it too. the lounge/bossa smooth feeling...

This album is totally slept on... I actually think it might be their best. And that Julian should jettison the band asap

an album from casablancas following the same direction as "karma" would be nice.

It's what I've always wanted! I just want him to be a lounge singer, always

suit&tie-up, julian !

As long as it's like, a really bad suit

that said, adam green did the same thing (lounge, 60s), more or less, didn't he ?