This performance is right at the height of Strokes-mania, when they were the most buzzed about band on the planet and probably the most buzzed about band ever. Grunge, Alternative and Modern Rock had all lost their luster and the internet had quickly become an explosive new way to discover music and spread music. The Strokes basically capitalized on a fresh Garage Rock sound and a audience looking for something that wasn’t boy band Pop. The buzz was enormous, but luckily The Strokes had the songs to back it up. Their debut Is This It was one of the best albums of the decade and set the bar ridiculously high for everything that came after. This 2001 performance of “Last Nite” shows just how tight they were even back in the early days, and shows why the hype was justified in the first place. Now if only they could regain the heights of that first album…. continue reading...
The Hives are another one of those bands that are pretty reliable when it comes to videos, but I remember the first time I saw the clip for “Hate to say I told you so” and I thought to myself that these guys would never last… I’m glad I was wrong. The new single “Tick, tick, boom” is fantastic and the video might make it even better! The band members are some how humorous without even doing anything, and with them literally larger than life in this video the goofiness is nonstop. My favorite part is the simultaneous “raising” of the band members, it works to great effect. Check it out here:
The Hives - Tick Tick Boom
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