[Album Review] The Strokes - Angles

An entire decade after the release of their debut album Is This It, The Strokes long overdue fourth LP Angles has finally been released to the masses of swooning girls (and guys) who have been waiting anxiously for this moment for five years. It's been made public that the process of making Angles was long, tiring, and ultimately a shitty experience for the entire band. After all the disagreements and delays, the band is back in the limelight with a new album in hand, once again living like fucking rock 'n' roll kings. So, why is it that we've had to wait five years for the five New Yorkers to finally come together and make their fourth album? And after all this time is it even worth listening to?

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[Watch] The Strokes - "Taken For A Fool" Live on Letterman

So as mentioned earlier in the week The Strokes made a roaring return to form last week when playing an awesome set in Austin for SXSW. Then, on Monday we got the announcement from Leeds and Reading Festival that they would be heading up a day at each too. With the release of their album Angles hitting the spot for most people, last night they kept the talk going by hitting up David Letterman and performing album track, "Taken For A Fool". Check it out  at the top courtesy of The Audio Perv, who else?!

The Strokes, Muse, My Chemical Romance head Reading and Leeds 2011

2011 is becoming a significant year for music festivals, with Coachella and Sasquatch! already boasting amazing lineups. Following suit, August 26th-28th marks the UK's massive annual music festival, Reading and Leeds. To say this years Reading and Leeds lineup is awesome would definitely be an understatement, with the festival being headed by Muse, The Strokes, My Chemical Romance, The National, and Jane's Addiction. The festival has also confirmed performances from two  of this years biggest reunited outfits, Death From Above 1979 and Pulp.

The festival will also include performances by Interpol, Deftones, 30 Seconds To Mars, Janes' Addiction,Friendly Fires, The Offspring, Elbow, Two Door Cinema Club, Beady Eyes, Jimmy Eat World, Crystal Castles, Rise Against, and Odd Future.

The rest of the bands performing at the festival include The Streets, Cage the Elephant, The Horrors, Bombay Bicycle Club, The Vaccines, Panic! At The Disco, The Kills, Everything Everything, Noah & The Whale, White Lies, The Naked and Famous, and many more bands that add up to a massive 150 acts spread out over six stages.

The festival takes place at two different locations during the same weekend, with bands alternating between the two. You can check out the Reading or Leeds website for more information. Festival tickets cost £192.50 and are on sale starting today on seetickets.com.

[Listen] The Strokes - Angles (Full Album Stream)

Okay, after much excitment and anticipation, here's what you all been waited for. Check out the full stream for the long awaited 4th LP Angles by NYC garage rockers The Strokes. The album is set for release on the 18th but most already know that the album caught the drips over the weekend. Check it out in the player below and expect our review for the album coming soon.

[Listen] Hear 2 New Tracks From The Strokes' Upcoming Album 'Angles'

After an awesome performance on SNL, the release of the classy music video for "Under Cover Of Darkness," and their "Making of Angles" video series, could there possibly be more Strokes news for us to salivate over? Of course there's more! With less than two weeks to go before The Strokes' long awaited fourth LP Angles drops, what better way to occupy your time than listen to two more tracks from the album. After the jump you can listen to two previously unheard tracks (via 107.7 The End), titled "Machu Picchu" and "Taken For A Fool." The two tracks are amazing to say the least, and if they, as well as "Under Cover Of Darkness" and "You're So Right," have shown us anything, it's that Angles is looking to be a solid comeback for the New York band.

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[Watch] The Strokes - Making of Angles: Episode 3

In the last few weeks, The Strokes have been giving us a behind the scenes look at the creation of their upcoming fourth LP Angles, set for release on March 22nd. Today, they've released the third and final episode in their "Making of Angles" video series, which you can watch above, and if you haven't seen the first or second episodes you can check them out here and here, respectively. And, if you haven't watched The Strokes' performance of "Under Cover of Darkness" and "Life Is Simple In The Moonlight" on SNL, head on over here right now and check it out.

[Watch] The Strokes Perform "Under Cover of Darkness" & "Life Is Simple In The Moonlight" on SNL

After being introduced by Miley Cyrus in her cut off Strokes tee, Julian Casablancas (raspy voice and all) and the boys hit the SNL stage to perform their latest single "Under Cover of Darkness" from their forthcoming 4th LP Angles. For their closing performance of the night, The Strokes came back to perform another new tune, which is the beautiful closing track off their upcoming album titled "Life Is Simple In The Moonlight". Check out the new tune down below. The Strokes long awaited 4th LP Angles hits shelves March 18th. Enjoy both video courtesy of the unofficial 5th member of SKoA, The Audio Perv.

[Watch] The Strokes - "Under Cover of Darkness" (Video)

They said they were going to release the video on March 1st and technically its still March 1st on the West Coast. Anyways, check out the video for the first single from The Strokes long awaited 4th LP Angles, "Under Cover of Darkness" in the player above.