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“I turned into a Strat player. I never thought I would”: Danielle Haim on her guitarist-for-hire days with Julian Casablancas, I Quit energy and Haim’s historic Grammy nomination

From their first gig at a Jewish deli to selling out arenas, Haim have been on quite a journey since their 2013 debut album – and made history as the first all-female band ever to be nominated in the Grammys’ Best Rock Album category

Guitar World

5 Seconds of Summer - Everyone's a Star! album review

3/5 The Aussie band reinvent themselves as The Prodigy meet The Strokes... and it works

Evening Standard

“I’m sure Carlos and I got in a full-blown fight that day”: How Interpol fought for success and lit a fire in indie rock with their best single

Interpol’s blistering breakthrough soon became a pulse-pounding indie staple

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“We just wanted someone to pay attention. We didn’t care why”: How Interpol sparked a fire in 2000s indie with the thrilling mania of Obstacle 1

Interpol’s blistering breakthrough soon became a pulse-pounding indie staple

MusicRadar

Six reasons to get excited about music in 2026 from the Coachella line-up

Starring a new mash-up collaboration from Nine Inch Nails, a mysterious Radiohead project, the return of Dave Grohl’s favourite band and more…

Louder

Coachella 2026: Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, Karol G set to headline

Other acts for North America’s largest music festival include the Strokes, Young Thug, Addison Rae, the xx, Nine Inch Noize and FKA twigs

The Guardian - US

“Julian pushes the boundaries on the guitar. He’s got a specific sound and message he’s going for”: Meet the virtuoso axe-slingers from the Voidz – Strokes singer Julian Casablancas’ inventive other band

Amir Yaghmai and Jeramy “Beardo” Gritter on how Julian Casablancas’ high standards and vision for the Voidz is letting them stretch out and express themselves – hand fatigue be damned

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The Strokes stayed together 'for financial reasons'

The Strokes stayed together "for financial reasons", which singer Julian Casablancas admitted meant they lost "creativity".

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Travelers Championship 2025 Expert Picks, Odds And All You Need To Know

The final Signature Event of 2025 gets underway at TPC River Highlands, where World No.1 Scottie Scheffler returns to defend his Travelers Championship title

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“He was a master of the cryptic instruction. He’d say, ‘This song, can you loosen its tie a little?’”: How The Strokes created the most influential rock song of the early 21st Century

It inspired The Killers, Arctic Monkeys and countless other bands

MusicRadar

The Book of Goldikus Vol 1 review: a treasure trove for the British raver

If you look back over the decades, it is easy to pick out seminal record labels that set the tone for the music they championed. From the infamous 1960s Motown RB and Soul label, to punk rock and new waves Stiff in the 70s; followed by London’s own Rough Trade…

Evening Standard

The 2010s are glorified by gen Z. But the ‘indie music’ of that era was unoriginal

So much of early 2000s ‘indie’ music was nothing but a backward-looking rerun of movements past

The Guardian - US

“It’s kind of scary to go through these…like, ‘Oh I’m going to take that back!’”: Albert Hammond Jr of the Strokes is (reluctantly) selling a heap of his stage-played gear on Reverb, including a Guild acoustic from the Yours To Keep tour

Too bad his Bigsby-equipped SG has already been sold but that Mastery-equipped Jazzmaster looks pretty sweet, as does his Custom Shop Strat – and his father's Jupiter-6 synth is up for grabs too

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Julian Casablancas hates The Strokes hit Last Nite

The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas has revealed that the band's hit 'Last Nite' is "pretty dead to me" as he has grown tired of performing it.

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Julian Casablancas praises Charli XCX for remaining 'humble' amid Brat's 'huge social moment'

Julian Casablancas says Charli XCX "handles" her new level of "fame" really well and doesn't take herself "too seriously".

The Guardian - UK

‘Tom Petty heard it and said: “Wow!”’ Jet on how they made Are You Gonna Be My Girl

Written in a garden shed, the song that soundtracked Apple’s iPod ad has survived comparisons with Lust for Life – and a shonky performance with nonsense lyrics

The Independent UK

What to Stream: Keith Urban, 'The Golden Bachelorette,' Zack Snyder series and 'WandaVision' spinoff

Keith Urban's 12th studio album and Kathryn Hahn starring in the “WandaVision” spinoff “Agatha All Along” are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases

The Guardian - UK

One to watch: the Belair Lip Bombs

The Australian quartet’s punchy, hook-packed songs combine immediacy and complexity in a way that recalls the Strokes

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“When I look back, The Strokes were like this tentpole. They led me to learn how to accompany myself and made me want to start my own band”: Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield found her country voice via indie and riot grrrl

The Alabama-born songwriter recalls her formative punk years, graduating to a Thinline Tele, and embracing banjo and dobro on latest album Tigers Blood

The Guardian - UK

Vampire Weekend: Only God Was Above Us review – their most adventurous set yet

Indian raga, hip-hop and scuzzy, Strokes-like rock replace the west African guitar sounds of old on Ezra Koenig and co’s dazzling fifth album

Louder

"My dad said, 'Turn off the demo, just play me it on acoustic guitar and sing it'": Inhaler's Eli Hewson on the advice he got from his dad, Bono

The Inhaler frontman also recalls the famous faces who visited the family home when he was a kid

The Guardian - UK

Roberto De Zerbi brings beauty to Brighton but where can elite football go next?

This stylish, charismatic manager has taken the possession game to its natural end point: in front of your own goal

Louder

The Strokes at All Points East: mediocre, charisma-free, indie rock mumblings which make you wonder what all the hype and fuss was about

All Points East's indie day ends with a barely audible whimper from Julian Casablancas and co.

Evening Standard

The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more at All Points East review: we’re gonna party like it’s 2005

Julian Casablancas’ band topped the bill at this unashamed nostalgia fest, but it was Yeah Yeah Yeahs who shone brightest

The Independent UK

‘A genuine shambles’: The Strokes fans leave All Points East festival early due to ‘sound issues’

It’s not the first time the London festival has been accused of poor sound quality

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