The Strokes

[romantics]

I doubt we'll hear anything until 2010.

 

[Killer Queen]

Yeah probably early 2010 is what I'm thinking.

 

[shoreonthekafka]

Used to be really into the Strokes, but I guess I just grew out of it.

 

[romantics]

Yeah probably early 2010 is what I'm thinking.

They definitely won't be out there for festival season either, which is kind of sad. I want my boys back. You know what would be epic? If they paired up with the Kings again and went on a co-headlining tour. I would KILL for that.

 

[Killer Queen]

They definitely won't be out there for festival season either, which is kind of sad. I want my boys back. You know what would be epic? If they paired up with the Kings again and went on a co-headlining tour. I would KILL for that.

Oh man, ME TOO. That would be amazing. Let's cross our fingers.

 

[LegsXI]

They definitely won't be out there for festival season either, which is kind of sad. I want my boys back. You know what would be epic? If they paired up with the Kings again and went on a co-headlining tour. I would KILL for that.

yeah last year I thought they'd be around for this year's festival season maybe next year! B)

 

[romantics]

Oh man, ME TOO. That would be amazing. Let's cross our fingers.

Those shows would sell out so quickly. That's where the money is, boys! Schedule it now!

 

[HeatherAnne]

^ Seriously -- I would die!

 

[melisap]

It will be my dream come true. Althougt it'll be only in UU.SS. S**t.

 

[XxpinktinksxX]

2010...i was hoping for late this year . It's been forever!!

 

[xPedro]

Is Julian still married to Juliet??

 

[robotrock]

Is Julian still married to Juliet??

yes.

 

[HeatherAnne]

The Strokes Are Back In Action!

March 26, 2009 12:48 PM
For the first time in ages, the Strokes are back in New York, hard at work on album number four in their midtown studio. "We have three songs," Julian Casablancas tells the S.S., three weeks into the sessions. "I would say it's going great. We have a lot of work to do, though."

It's been more than three years since First Impressions of Earth, and what's helping the process is good vibes and honesty. "It feels like we're new," says Casablancas. "We didn't used to be honest — there would always be minifeuds over stupid ****. Now, if Nick [Valensi] and Fab [Moretti] or anyone are saying they like it fast or slow, we'll talk about it, as opposed to saying, 'Well, I never liked you sister.'"

Casablancas says that they've resisted jamming on old tunes; instead they're forging ahead. "Some of the new stuff has a Seventies vibe, like Thin Lizzy or Elvis Costello," he says. "But then some of it is bizarre music from the future that we're trying to tone down to sound catchy. So we're trapped between the future and the Seventies."

rollingstone.com

 

[mrsjamesdean]

^ooooh seventies vibe (L)

 

[Kolenka]

^I love julian but it's so lame whenever somebody compares their sound to the future...unless it's timbaland.

 

[XxpinktinksxX]

This is so exciting

 

[Chansons D'Amour]

The Strokes writing 'Thin Lizzy and Elvis Costello-inspired' album

The Strokes have given fans an update on the recording of their forth album.

Frontman Julian Casablancas said the band have written three new songs so far, while manager Ryan Gentles gave a more detailed breakdown of the new sessions in an email update to fans.

Speaking to Rolling Stone, Casablancas said rehearsals for the album have been successful so far.

"We have three songs," he said. "Some of the new stuff has a '70s vibe, like Thin Lizzy or Elvis Costello. But then some of it is bizarre music from the future that we're trying to tone down to sound catchy. So we're trapped between the future and the '70s."

Casablancas added that the band are now finding they are more comfortable with confronting each other in the studio over how their new music should be played.

He said: "We didn't used to be honest - there would always be mini feuds over stupid ****. Now, if Nick [Valensi] and Fab [Moretti] or anyone are saying they like it fast or slow, we'll talk about it, as opposed to saying, 'Well, I never liked you sister'."

Writing to fans on a mailout, their manager Gentles explained that "after a long and much needed hibernation period", the band are now hard at work on their new album in their New York rehearsal space.

"No recording studio time has been booked yet, as they sketch out the blueprints of new songs and fine-tune plans in their rehearsal space, but it will undoubtedly be all mapped out and etched in stone at some point in the not-too-distant future," he wrote.

Gentles added that fans should not expect to hearing new material in 2009, as the album is still some way from being completed.

"I wish I could tell you that this definitely meant we can expect an album release date before the end of 2009, but it's just too soon to speculate on that for sure yet," he wrote. "One way or another...suffice to say, the work has begun!"

nme.com

 

[XxpinktinksxX]

I so hope that the new album is out at the end of the year...

 

[Kolenka]

Are you kidding me? Trapped between the future and Thin Lizzy??? For real? What does that even mean? This is something a rock star who is out of ideas would say and whose best days are behind him.

 

[Killer Queen]

I highly doubt that^