Francis Trouble is the fourth solo album from The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr., who was the first of the band to pursue a separate career alongside The Strokes with the release of Yours to Keep back in 2006. Since then he has followed up with ¿Cómo Te Llama? and Momentary Masters, and Francis Trouble […]
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Album Review: The Strokes – Future Present Past EP
After announcing themselves onto the world stage in 2001 with their prosperous debut album Is This It, The Strokes have been on quite the musical journey. With a hard act to follow, the New York City quintet have never quite managed to hit the musical heights of their previous projects; often owing to attempts at switching […]
“It’s just music, it’s not brain surgery”: An Interview with Albert Hammond Jr.
“Don’t mention The Strokes”, reads the headline of the Sydney Telegraph’s 2008 interview with Albert Hammond Jr. You must be joking, I think to myself as I pick up the phone and dial the number of a member of one of the biggest rock bands on the planet. It’s not often an opportunity to chat […]