anyone else see this article in The Guardian yesterday and think it's the band we've been waiting for?

"Is that Barry?" Albert asks. He means Barack Obama. The others jump on board: "Has he heard the album yet? Ask him what he thinks of our album."

That album, a long five years in coming, is from one of very few contemporary bands still able to elicit wild hyperbole: it may be that even the president is excited about the Strokes' return. If not, he should be. Angles is their most adventurous record yet, forays into new territory – 80s synth, funk, even the odd shade of reggae – scarcely lessening the sense of exhilaration. Skittish guitar breakdowns and bitterly euphoric choruses will thrill the old faithful.

Their number includes the likes of Conor McNicholas, appointed editor of the NME a year after the band's debut in 2001. He calls the Strokes "one of the most important rock'n'roll bands of all time, without a doubt". Like many, he remembers exactly where he was when he first heard them: in his car, listening to the radio, on London's Stroud Green Road. "'Last Nite' came on," he says, "and it was one of those moments where you go: 'Fuck. Popular culture will never be the same again.'"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/feb/27/the-strokes-angles-casablancas-interview

Quite a claim, but it's worth remembering how bleak the musical landscape was 10 years ago. Dance music was on a come-down and instead the charts were being battered by nu-metal.

this is so fraudulent it's almost impressive

nah man korn's got the life had a bryan adam'sesque chokehold on the top 40 for 16 weeks.

impressive that the strokes can still call on the services of every reet lifestyle journalist in 2k11

need some sort of enduring special mention for the enduring nultness of the new bands column

why do u have to mention brian eno in the odd future cribsheet