![]() ![]() The Strokes first broke in the U.K., and they remain huge here, which may be one reason London gets to hear them perform the new tunes before the hometown crowd in New York does. Actually, no matter what the monitors might sound like onstage, it’s a pretty tight performance, a testament to hundreds of hours of rehearsal the Strokes have put in over the last couple of months. She waited in line for 26 hours in subfreezing weather to be one of the lucky 800 or so packed into London University’s student union to hear the band preview their new album, First Impressions of Earth. ![]() And damned if those aren’t the boys from Franz Ferdinand standing right out front witnessing this debacle.įifteen yards out from the edge of the stage, the drunk girl with the bleached-out Jane Fonda–in– Klute shag thinks the performance is absolutely brilliant. For the five guys onstage, the performance seems to be spinning out of control. is exchanging worried looks with bassist Nikolai Fraiture, and even the unflappable drummer Fab Moretti seems to lose the beat for a moment. Hiding behind a pair of big aviator shades and clutching the mike stand, Julian Casablancas can hardly tell if he’s singing or not, the monitors are so murky, and lead guitarist Nick Valensi feels like the bass is some kind of malignant force swallowing all the music rhythm guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. ![]()
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