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Little Joy — Little Joy

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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...
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Albert Hammond, Jr. — Como Te Llama?

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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) July 15, 2008 8:22 am
Albert Hammond, Jr. continues to distance himself from The Strokes and moves closer to his dad on his sophomore release, which has a Spanish moniker and a peppy, poppy sound. There's still some grit beneath Hammond's fingernails with the fuzzed-out guitars on "In My Room" and "Rocket." But there seems to be a deference to Cheap...
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The Strokes Sober Up And Fly Straight

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) May 11, 2006 5:30 pm
Much has been made of The Strokes' major facelift on First Impressions Of Earth. The band sound markedly different on their third LP, which has both gained and lost them fans. But the biggest changes for the New York quartet took place before the record was released in January. Julian Casablancas sobered up after a long battle with alcoholism...
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The Strokes — First Impressions Of Earth

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) January 3, 2006 4:11 pm
First Impressions Of Earth is obviously The Strokes' response to the lacklustre performance of (the vastly underrated) Room On Fire. Sure, this LP could afford a three-track cut, but guitar monsters like "Vision Of Division" and "Electricityscape" are more adventurous and dynamic than anything The Strokes have done before. Hell...
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I Read The News Today... For July 27, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 27, 2011 3:01 pm
Stereogum's released a compilation of artists doing songs from The Strokes' Is This It album to celebrate the LP's 10th anniversary. And you know what? It's a thousand times better than Spin's Nirvana Nevermind covers disc. Montreal's The New Cities are set to release a new album dubbed Kill The Lights on Sept. 13. Some of its songs were co-...
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I Read The News Today... For May 20, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 20, 2011 4:09 pm
C'mon are touring Canada! You can see Ian Blurton's massive beard in the flesh! Former Thunderheist frontwoman Isis, Misteur Valaire, Coeur De Pirate, Damien Robitaille, Luke Doucet and Esthero are among those who'll play the Hot Spot Summer festivals and events at Toronto's Harbourfront Centre this summer. You have no excuse to sit inside on your...
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I Read The News Today... For May 5, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 5, 2011 3:32 pm
Ron Sexsmith's songs will be tackled by the likes of the Barenaked Ladies, soprano Measha Brueggergosman, Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew, The Band's Garth Hudson, Andy Kim and country band Ladies Of The Canyon during this year's Luminato festival in Toronto, which runs June 10 to 19 throughout the city. The Sexsmith tribute will be held June 15...
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I Read The News Today... For April 28, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 28, 2011 2:29 pm
Missed the Foo Fighters' Back And Forth documentary when it screened in theatres recently? No biggie; you can get it on DVD and BluRay on June 14. Halifax's Rebekah Higgs will release her as-yet-untitled sophomore album sometime this summer, and she's heading out on tour next week to play songs from it. It might not be Halloween, but that's no...
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Video Of The Day: The Strokes' "Call Me Back"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 29, 2011 4:33 pm
What are all those mysterious spheres in The Strokes' new video for Angles' "Call Me Back"? Turns out they're water droplets. That blur in the background eventually is shown to be a woman walking through some kind of waterfall or massive sheet of water. The clip was created by guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr., who probably fantasizes a lot about...
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I Read The News Today... For March 28, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 28, 2011 3:25 pm
Guided By Voices, Neko Case, No Age, Kurt Vile and a bunch of other Pitchfork types got added to... the Pitchfork Music Festival. The Strokes are going to start working on yet another Strokes record that sounds like Is This It next month. —Consequence Of Sound You can add Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner to the list of people who dislike...
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I Read The News Today... For March 16, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 16, 2011 2:59 pm
In case you've been wondering what Feist has been doing, she showed up randomly at Chilly Gonzales' show in Los Angeles on Saturday, covered a Tweet song and then dunked Peaches in a pool. Good for her. —The Hollywood Reporter Turns out Ezra Levant doesn't like Matthew Good very much. —Toronto Sun Hamilton, Ont.'s Sandman Viper Command are...
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I Read The News Today... For March 15, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 15, 2011 3:53 pm
Halifax's Quiet Parade are heading out on the road this April to support their Please Come Home (We Hate It Here Without You) album. —Acadian Embassy If "I want my band to be the next Nickelback" is running through your head on a constant basis and you feel absolutely no shame whatsoever for thinking that, you should enter 99.3 The Fox FM...
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Video Of The Day: The Strokes' "Under Cover Of Darkness"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 3, 2011 2:23 pm
This has to be the cleanest any member of The Strokes has been in years. They're all wearing suits (except Julian Casablancas, who'd prefer to still say "Fuck the man" and wear a leather jacket until he changes halfway through) in the new clip for "Under Cover Of Darkness."It's unnerving to see them in suits, not just because IT'S THE STROKES IN...
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I Read The News Today... For March 1, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 1, 2011 3:54 pm
Toronto alt.country singer/songwriter Royal Wood was nominated for a Juno Award last month, and to celebrate he's announced a Canadian tour that'll take place this month, April and May. He's out in support of last year's The Waiting, and will find out if he wins the songwriter of the year Juno later this month. —royalwood.ca Regina indie rockers...
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Strokes Single Available For Free Download Tomorrow

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 8, 2011 12:22 pm
If you're itching to hear material from The Strokes' upcoming Angles album, it looks like you're about to get that chance. The New York rockers will release "Under Cover Of Darkness," its first single, as a free download on their website beginning tomorrow at 2:35 p.m. ET. You'll be able to get it there for a full 48 hours. "Under Cover Of...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 12, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 12, 2011 4:26 pm
M.I.A. has released a surprise EP of remixes of "Internet Connection," which was a bonus track on last year's /\/\ /\ Y /\. —Pitchfork The Kills are releasing a new album titled Blood Pressures on April 5. It's the follow-up to 2008's Midnight Boom and was recorded at Michigan's Key Club Studios. Guitarist Jamie Hince produced it. Gorillaz have...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 5, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 5, 2011 2:44 pm
City And Colour's Dallas Green and Shad will release a collaborative EP, Two Songs, on Jan. 11. It features, yes, two songs: a new track and a remix. You can preorder it here and here. All the proceeds will be donated to Skate4Cancer. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will hit the road with Surfer Blood this spring. Trail Of Dead will...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 17, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 17, 2010 3:43 pm
Do you have a beef you'd like to air publicly? Can you not get through a single day without kvetching? Do you have a grudge against someone and you're tired of carrying it around? Good! Composer Bryce Kulak's World Stage 2010-2011 Complaints Choir is for you. It goes down at various locations from March 21 to 26, and if you're interested in...
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I Read The News Today... For June 10, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff June 10, 2010 11:24 am
Pete (Yawn) Yorn will release a new album that he recorded with Pixies' Frank Black on Sept. 28. That means it has 20 per cent less chance of putting you to sleep. —Paste Ryan Adams now says his new album is not Dio-inspired. Apparently he got some flack from Dio fans over that, saying he was using someone's death for his own benefit. —Paste...
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Strokes Playing Lollapalooza, Album Out In September

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 11, 2010 2:54 pm
It looks like it's going to be even more difficult to get tickets to this year's Lollapalooza (as if it isn't already hard enough). That's because The Strokes have confirmed they'll headline the Chicago festival this summer. Singer Julian Casablancas told the Chicago Tribune the New York rockers would top the bill on one of the dates. Lady Gaga,...
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