"I just wanted to be one of the Strokes, now look at the mess you made me make," Alex Turner sings on the first line of Arctic Monkeys' new album Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. They backed up that claim tonight at Queens' Forest Hills Stadium, covering the Strokes' "Is This It." Turner introduced the…

"I just wanted to be one of The Strokes". Arctic Monkeys' Alex TurnerArctic Monkeys played the Royal Albert Hall last night, and used the occasion to play ‘Star Treatment’ live for the …Continue reading »The post Watch Arctic Monkeys play ‘Star Treatment’ live for the first time at epic Royal Albert Hal...

Albert Hammond Jr. says that he auditioned for a role in the second season of Stranger Things. The Strokes member revealed this information in a new video interview with The Fader: "I did a taped audition for Stranger Things 2 and I got a callback and I had to do that same audition, two scenes,…

I worry about the Yeah Yeah Yeahs sometimes. I'm not saying it's fair, but I do. I'm also not saying they have gone the way of the NYC Rock Revival (TM) peers the Strokes and aged from era-defining life force to "nostalgia act that sticks around to do the hits for the festival checks." But…

'Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino' has also topped the official UK album chartArctic Monkeys' Alex TurnerArctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has admitted the arrival of The Strokes in 2001 changed his life. The lyric – I just wanted …Continue reading »The post ‘I borrowed my mum’s blazer’ ...