The Strokes
Is This It
back in stock on vinyl but now on 180 gm vinyl and on music on vinyl not rough trade arriving on a wave of wellearned hype rooted in tight chops and a confident swagger the strokes offer a rock and roll antidote to the plague of boy bands teen divas and petulant raprock outfits despite this quintet's prepschool background their sound comes from the same primordial ooze that spawned big apple legends like the new york dolls the modern lovers and the velvet underground clocking in at 36 minutes 'is this it' packs its perfect length with stellar songs that draw inspiration from all over the map among the many highlights are 'last nite' with its insistent motown backbeat and choppy johnny thunderslike guitar solo 'barely legal' sounding like 1980sera