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Nickel Eye — The Time Of The Assassins

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By Matt Littlefair (CHARTattack) January 26, 2009 4:42 pm
Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture has used his band's significant hiatus to follow the lead of every one of its members — form a band that still sounds vaguely Strokes-ish. In this case, the act is called Nickel Eye. Fraiture's laid-back, nearly lackadaisical delivery swims with eyes half-closed over roughed-up acoustic guitar riffs and terse...
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Nickel Eye Is A Side Project

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By Matt Littlefair (CHARTattack) April 29, 2009 1:03 pm
Strokes bassist Nikolai Fraiture got a bit impatient with his once-prolific and hard touring band that's currently on a prolonged hiatus, though you'd never be able to tell. On the phone from his native New York, the man responsible for so many infectious melodies associated with the garage rock revivalists talks about his first foray into...
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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) December 22, 2008 11:17 am
The new album from Strokes member Nikolai Fraiture isn't as exciting as I would have hoped. It just blended in with the walls, although I remember hearing some profanity in one of the songs. The album ends with a sub-standard cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye." At least it wasn't "Hallelujah."
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Strokes Side Project News

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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...
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More Strokes Go Solo

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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...
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