The Strokes (music group)

Review: Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' is robotic with heart

2013-05-18 08:00:00

For a sense of the random oddities that dot Daft Punk's strange, funky, cosmic new album, "Random Access Memories," consider a partial discography of the musicians employed by the two Frenchmen in service of its creation. The duo, Thomas Bangalter and...

Review: 'Mosquito' by Yeah Yeah Yeahs; 'Smokin Flames' by Hymn for Her

2013-04-27 09:00:00

Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Mosquito" (Interscope) When the Yeah Yeah Yeahs began making records in 2001, it would've been difficult to imagine the band someday doing a song as "Like a Prayer"-ish as "Sacrilege," the first track on its new album. "Falling...

Album review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs' biting 'Mosquito'

2013-04-19 06:00:00

When the Yeah Yeah Yeahs began making records in 2001, it would've been difficult to imagine the band someday doing a song as "Like a Prayer"-ish as "Sacrilege," the first track on its new album. "Falling for a guy, fell down from the sky," frontwoman...

Coachella 2013: Longing for Daft Punk and band teases new album

2013-04-13 14:00:00

Leave it to Daft Punk to bring excitement to Day One of Coachella – without even being present. The rumors were flowing fast and furious that the highly regarded (and amazingly mysterious) EDM duo would play a secret gig at Coachella, and it was...

Jennifer Nicholson's tips for going to Coachella

2013-04-12 14:47:00

“It’s an Instagram dream,” Jennifer Nicholson says of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which starts Friday for the first of two successive weekends. “When it comes to fashion, you see everything there first.”...

Review: The Strokes slide through 'The Comedown Machine'

2013-03-25 18:05:00

The Strokes "The Comedown Machine" RCA Records 1 star One of the key axioms of the acting trade is to never seem desperate for a role. To be a hot commodity, behave like you couldn't care less; those who appear to need a job are at a disadvantage....

The Strokes strike back with new single 'One Way Trigger'

2013-01-26 12:39:00

The reaction on Twitter to the new Strokes single has not been especially good. In fact, opinions of "One Way Trigger," which appeared on the band's website Friday, seem to be tending almost entirely toward the negative. "aaaaahhh!! just listened to new...

Drew Barrymore: Will Kopelman slips 4-carat ring on her finger

2012-01-06 21:38:53

The Pierces at the Hotel Cafe

2012-01-18 16:36:11

Coachella: Hives promise to be as 'Hives as humanly possible'

2012-04-06 16:37:15

Coachella: The Hives know better than to call it quits

2012-04-08 16:37:16

Sound Garden

2011-08-30 11:17:41

� Las Vegas has long been synonymous with world-class entertainment. Lavish theatrical productions and big-name resident headliners have been filling hotels for decades. Yet Sin City wasn’t always a top stop for touring bands — that is...

Musician Albert Hammond Jr., formerly of indie rock band the Strokes.

2012-11-25 00:00:00

Green Day, Soundgarden, The Strokes' Julian Casablancas

2011-08-01 15:04:37

US band The Strokes , from left, Fabrizio Moretti and Julian Casablancas perform during Canal Plus TV show "Le Grand Journal."

2011-05-20 00:00:00