Little Joy

Little Joy — Little Joy

in
By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) November 3, 2008 12:31 pm
Little Joy is The Strokes' drummer Fabrizio Moretti's side-project and features a female singer named Binki Shapiro, who's Moretti's girlfriend. Based on these nuggets alone, one might develop some pre-conceived notions of what the band's eponymous debut sounds like: sloppy, hook-laden pop/rock with brief song lengths and cutesy vocals. Well, that...
More
Music Review
  • Read more
  • Share this
  • Comments

Devendra Banhart's Quirk Goes Over Well In Concert

in
By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 30, 2009 6:27 pm
Hippies get a bad rap these days, but you've got to hand it to them: They know how to have a good time at a show. As soon as Devendra Banhart and The Grogs — his back-up band that's not really a back-up band — took the stage at Toronto's Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Friday (Nov. 27) evening, everyone got up out of their seats and rushed to the...
More
Live Review
Devendra Banhart

Little Joy — "Next Time Around"

in
By CHARTattack Staff June 5, 2009 12:59 pm
The clip for Little Joy's "Next Time Around" looks like it was shot on the band's South American tour earlier this year. Singer/guitarist Rodrigo Amarante, Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti and his girlfriend, singer/keyboardist Binki Shapiro, were followed around by director Marcela Amarante, who shot the entire video on vintage Bolex...
More
Feature
Little Joy (Photo by Autumn De Wilde)

Now See Here!: Little Joy - "Next Time Around"

Submitted by Kate Harper on Thu, 11/13/2008 - 12:50pm
in
By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 13, 2008 12:50 pm
Little Joy is Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti's side project. He's accompanied by his girlfriend, Binki Shapiro, and Rodrigo Amarante in the band. The trio recently shot a video for "Next Time Around," which you can see below. It can be found on the band's self-titled debut. In the video, all three members play acoustic guitars,...
More
Riff
blog-kate.gif

Strokes Side Project News

in
By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 11, 2008 2:17 pm
Although members of The Strokes have said the band's hiatus will end in February, bassist Nikolai Fraiture and drummer Fabrizio Moretti seem to be taking their side projects a little more seriously lately. Moretti's Little Joy just released their self-titled debut album. Moretti plays drums, guitar, piano, bass and sings backing vocals in Little...
More
News
Nickel Eye

More Strokes Go Solo

in
By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 16, 2008 3:29 pm
Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture made his solo debut as Nickel Eye (get it?) at London, England's Borderline club on Wednesday night. Fraiture was joined by members of South, and he played some songs from his upcoming debut album, The Time Of The Assassins, which according to his MySpace page, will be out on Jan. 27 through Rykodisc. It doesn't...
More
News
The Strokes' Nikolai Fraiture
Syndicate content