The Strokes and Angel Olsen played Forest Hills Stadium

New York's very own The Strokes brought Angel Olsen to Queens for the a hometown show at Forest Hills Stadium on a perfect summer evening and delivered a set of the hits.

The Strokes played Barclays Center

The Strokes were set to play Barclays Center on New Year's Eve, but postponed the show when Omicron swept through the city. They rescheduled the show to a Wednesday in April and while the occasion felt a bit flat, the band was in rather fine form.

The Strokes played Irving Plaza

Live music is back in New York City! As part of a rally supporting Maya Wiley for the next Mayor of NYC, the city's very own The Strokes played the first full-capacity, vaccine-required concert to happen in the five boroughs since March 2020.

The Strokes - "Brooklyn Bridge to Chorus"

This Friday, the Strokes will release their first new record in seven years. Today, they've shared the latest single.

The Strokes - "At the Door"

The Strokes have announced a new record! The New Abnormal is out April 10 and was produced by Rick Rubin. The band has also shared the record's first single, "At the Door."

The Strokes played Barclays Center

The Strokes made up for their cancelled Governor's Ball headlining slot on New Year's Eve with a midnight performance at Barclays Center with help from Mac DeMarco and Hinds.

Governor's Ball | 2016

In recent years, Governor's Ball has become a great low-key festival for New Yorkers and the surrounding North Eastern region. Far enough from the major league status of Coachella or Bonnaroo, Gov Ball has gained a reputation for attracting top-talent headliners and a great mix of undercards together for a fun fueled weekend to help kick-off the summer. This year, fellow festival Panorama entered the mix as NYC's premier festival. It'll be interesting to see how this shapes up in the years that follow.

The Strokes played Madison Square Garden

For their first proper NYC show in way too fucking long, the Strokes took things to the next level by headlining the world's most famous arena, a modern day roman coliseum, or a really good place to see a game as put by Julian Casablancas. Despite some harsh claims on the band's most recent work, the Strokes plowed through hit after hit showcasing that they are still the crowned princes of New York City rock. Anthems of the aughts blasted through the speakers as the band proved that they still posses the power to hold a crowd in the palm of their hands. The spiraling Television style guitar work of Valensi and Hammond had the same raw intensity and power as when I first saw the band in 2003, and Julian's growls were as rough and tough as ever. Though just as cool as ever, they did not let the arena's boundaries prohibit them from connecting with the crowd. Julian sang "Juicebox" from the middle of the floor and was impressed that everyone else knew the words to "Under Cover of Darkness" better than him. Despite their still too cool for anything swagger and Julian's occasional slip up, the band still nailed every number like they've been playing these songs for the past five years. As the main set came to a close Julian thanked Elvis Costello for performing a three song opening set and claimed it would have been a much better idea to have him sing the last song, which Julian explained was intended to capture his influential sound, and apologized for not having that idea earlier. Well, we were all taken for fools as the band broke into one of the best moments of Angles and Costello did actually turn up to sing the rocking chorus. The band knew how to play to the hometown crowd powering through early favorites "Hard to Explain" "Last Nite" and "Someday" along with Room on Fire stand outs "Automatic Stop" and "Reptilia". As they hopefully kick start a true come back, the Strokes have picked off right where they left off. They will forever be rock and roll's kings of cool.

Setlist
1. Is This It?
2. Reptilia
3. Under Cover of Darkness
4. Hard to Explain
5. Last Night
6. Life Is Simple In the Moonlight
7. Juicebox
8. Someday
9. You're So Right
10. Under Control
11. You Only Live Once
12. New York City Cops
13. Games
14. What Ever Happened?
15. Taken For a Fool (feat. Elvis Costello)
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16. Ask Me Anything
17. The Modern Age
18. Gratisfaction
19. I Can't Win
20. Take It or Leave It

The Strokes - "Under Cover of Darkness"

New York City's kings of rock n roll have returned with the first single from their highly anticipated new album Angels. For the next 48 hours "Under Cover of Darkness" will be available as a free download via the band's website and the album drops March 22nd. So far their claim to return to their 'classic' sound is holding true. And the wait has been worth it.