Hey, apparently The Strokes have a new album coming out. AND they have a single out as well:



It's not great... but it's alright! Better than the singles from their last album, at least, which turned me off from the album altogether.

Anyway... their first album still holds up after about 10 years. I heard and saw them first on Saturday Night Live (back when I was really into it). This was at a time when I was pretty much convinced that there was no hope for modern music, since everything I heard was from the radio--so when I heard them play... I was surprised at how good and fresh they sounded. Sure they sounded kind of derivative, but that was probably a plus in my book at the time since everything had to be from either the 60's or 70's in order to be enjoyable--in any case, it had something that wasn't in the music I'd been hearing. Then I dug further and I discovered that the fact that they apparently pretty much ripped everyone off--plus the reaction against the massive hype that resulted from their debut--made everyone hated them. Which probably clouded my enjoyment of the album a little bit--sure it was fun, but it was nothing new or life changing or whatever.

Years after that, I think I'm finally past all that. I don't care if it doesn't have an original bone in its body. It sounds great.