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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

The Guardian - UK

“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

Guitar World

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

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"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

Louder

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Louder

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

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‘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

The Independent UK

‘A genuine shambles’: All Points East attendees issue sound complaints over ‘quiet’ Strokes headline set

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

The Independent UK

What time are The Strokes on stage at All Points East?

The American rockers are set to take over Victoria Park this week

Evening Standard

This short film captures Celine’s high-wattage Hollywood show at The Wiltern

Celine creative director Hedi Slimane directs a new short film, which revisits his Winter 2023 show in Los Angeles last December – featuring appearances from Iggy Pop, The Strokes and Interpol

Wallpaper

The making of Harry Styles' As It Was: "Harry was sitting on the Moog One and I liked what he was playing, so I sat down and played as he started to write the melodies and the lyrics”

Songwriter/producer Tyler Johnson on the birth of a megahit

MusicRadar

Albert Hammond Jr: Melodies on Hiatus album review - this music veteran is still great company

There’s plenty here to prove that Hammond can still fire out sharp, melodious guitar lines with ease

Evening Standard

A beginner's guide to US indie in five essential records

From its punk-rock roots to its genre-bending modern wave, we trace the story of US indie in five key albums

Louder

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Guitar World

This week's essential guitar tracks: two of YouTube's biggest shred heroes team up and a slide titan pays tribute to a Southern rock guitar legend

This week has played host to some of 2023's most exciting tracks so far from Sophie Lloyd and Cole Rolland, Royal Blood, Starbenders, Evile, Mutoid Man, Duane Betts ft. Derek Trucks, Buck Meek and a whole lot more

The Independent UK

‘It was bewildering’: The Thrills on famous fans, flash-in-a-pan success and their Morrissey blunder

With fans in Bono and Rod Stewart, the Noughties group were going to be the biggest Irish band since U2 – then they vanished. On the 20th anniversary of their debut, Ed Power speaks with The Thrills and their former manager to chronicle the band’s staggering rise to the top…

The Independent UK

Karen O, self-destruction and rubber bones: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Fever to Tell, 20 years on

As ‘Fever to Tell’ celebrates its second decade, Mark Beaumont looks back at the glitter-stained, tequila-soaked origins of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s iconic debut record

The Independent UK

Karen O, self-destruction and rubber bones: Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Fever to Tell at 20 years old

As ‘Fever to Tell’ celebrates its second decade, Mark Beaumont looks back at the glitter-stained, tequila-soaked origins of Yeah Yeah Yeah’s iconic debut record

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London festivals 2023: Your guide to the best music festivals in the capital

From Junction 2 to All Points East, there’s plenty of festivals to keep you busy in the capital

ABC News

Meet Me in the Bathroom charts the rise of The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem and more in early 00s New York

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol and more populate Meet Me in the Bathroom, an archival documentary that sheers away the New York scene's ugliness, pettiness and ambiguity.

The Guardian - UK

Meet Me in the Bathroom review – pouting pomp from New York’s indie rockers

Unsentimental documentary looks back at 00s bands from the Strokes to Yeah Yeah Yeahs in the context of 9/11 and upheavals in the music industry

The Guardian - UK

One to watch: Jawny

The Californian TikTok sensation channels the Strokes, Beck and Kings of Leon on his super-slick debut album

The Guardian - UK

‘It was nuts what we got away with’: remembering the 00s UK indie explosion

As the film Meet Me in the Bathroom relives the glory days of the Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs, fans and musicians recall the sweat, swagger and skinny jeans that made the British scene they inspired even wilder

The Guardian - UK

The Strokes’ 20 greatest songs – ranked!

As the era-defining 00s indie-rock band release a singles collection – and the Meet Me in the Bathroom documentary traces their NYC heyday – we rate their best tracks

The Independent UK

Every single Coachella headliner and lineup poster since the California festival began

Throughout its 27 years, the desert festival has led with the biggest names in music. Inga Parkel runs through Coachella’s entire history of star-studded headliners since 1999 ahead of the 2026 event

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