The Strokes

[*ana*]

James with a G on Conan O'Brien.



I will not comment on Julian's cap and sneakers.

*edit* I do have to make a comment on Fabrizio, though:

 

[eli marie]

^I know, what's with the hats Julian???

 

[mousyy]

What's wrong with Julian? .. but I agree with *ana* Fabrizio looks amazingly

 

[*ana*]

Things are not good between them... Mostly between Julian, Nick and Nikolai, it seems... I was so excited when I saw this, especially Julian's "puppy" shot but now I'm sad after reading it.

Q #299 - April 2011



shesfixingherhair.co.uk

 

[eli marie]

^I'm sad after looking at the pictures...whoever took them seemed to go out of their way to make them look super haggard.

 

[sundaymorning]

thanks for those Q Magazine shots! new desktop background i think haha

 

[ckgirlbr]

I also get sad whenever I read things like that, but I think the interview is from the beginning of the year, and they seem to be recording again, so I'm not that worried about it.

 

[*ana*]

Are they?? That's good news.
I think I'll have to print that closeup shot of Julian on a t-shirt. It's too good. The group shot is really bad though. This magazine really wanted to portray them as a band falling apart, they all look and sound tired and unhappy... Except for Julian on page 49, where he doesn't look sad at all, just a bit ridiculous.

 

[ckgirlbr]

Well, Julian said: "I only cancelled the writing sessions because I told him I wanted to be done with this record first. We had a plan for a writing session but we hadn't finished this record by then. I stuck to my story on that one." So the interview was given before they finished recording Angles, right? Plus someone said it's from January, Nikolai tweeted they were in studios so I don't know.

And a vid with Nikolai and Albert.
http://video.teamcoco.com/video/conan.jsp?oid=250038&eref=sharethisUrl

 

[*ana*]

For me it sounded like, by the time Julian cancelled the sessions, the recorded wasn't finished yet, that is, a time before the interview, as he said "hadn't finished [...] by then"... But if it's from january, yeah, I guess things might have gotten better now. I hope so! And hope they're working on something indeed!

 

[mousyy]

thecobrasnake.com

 

[ckgirlbr]

The Strokes are playing now at Sweet Life Festival (oh Someday )
http://live.sweetlifefestival.com/

 

[LolaSvelt]

zimbio

B)

 

[ckgirlbr]

They all look good, but Nick & Fab are definitely the most stylish Strokes there
Julian would look 10 times better without his highlighter colored sneakers.

 

[*ana*]

Yeah, take off Julian's sneakers and they are the coolest gang in the world in that picture.
I hope Nick won't have his hair cut, I've been looving him since he let it grow.

 

[HeatherAnne]

I actually really love Julian's kicks! I think he pulls them off well, and it's always fun to see what pair he's going to wear next. Albert is usually one of the best dressed, but he looks like a tool here, too try hard, put on one of your immaculately tailored suits please sir!

 

[eli marie]

^I was going to say the same thing about Albert! where are your suits, bud?

 

[Jared]

They're playing live right now on Radio 1's Big Weekend. You can watch a live stream here (might be UK only though)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bigweekend/2011/#stream6

 

[*ana*]

Julian and Zane Lowe @ Radio 1

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@ Jools Holland

 

[ckgirlbr]

time travelling right to 2006
Julian's voice is not sounding the best, but I can't blame him since they've been playing a lot lately.

You can download their performance at BBC here.