Gordon Raphael’s favourite tracks from The Strokes’ ‘Is This It’
A career highlight for him.
The Strokes
Julian Casablancas on the influence of Velvet Underground: “They taught me just to be myself”
The art of stealing from your heroes.
The indie album Billie Eilish calls her favourite: “I love everything about it”
“I love the melodies, I love the lyrics, I love everything about it.”
What is The Strokes’ most popular song to perform live?
The track has been with The Strokes since the start.
Albert Hammond Jr on The Strokes song that will age better than any other
How to write a universal melody.
Which songs by The Strokes have been covered by Arctic Monkeys?
“I just wanted to be one of The Strokes…”
Albert Hammond Jr’s favourite song from every album by The Strokes
From ‘Someday’ to ‘Not The Same Anymore’.
The Strokes album Julian Casablancas prefers to ‘Is This It?’ and his four favourite records
“I’ve never worked on a song where the people were close to tears.”