Following 2011's "Angles," a no nonsense, return-to-form rock record, the Strokes return with "Comedown Machine," an edgier effort that tests the band's musical boundaries. Billboard takes a… By Chris ...

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From the opening synth lines that could have been lifted from "Beverly Hill Cop," it's clear that this is a different kind of Strokes album. Stylistically, "Comedown Machine" is all over the place.

The Strokes are gearing up to release The New Abnormal, their first album since 2013’s Comedown Machine. There’s a reason it took so long for the band to drop a new record following Comedown Machine, ...

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A decidedly more ’80s version of The Strokes shows up for “Comedown Machine,” the New York outfit’s fifth major release. How ’80s is this record? It’s so ’80s that there’s actually a song called “’80s ...

Few who saw and heard the Strokes when they burst forth from the New York City music scene more than a decade ago would have predicted that the quintet still be around today, let alone releasing their ...

Nobody much asks what the Strokes will do next anymore. (“No search results found for ‘What will the Strokes do next?’” Evidence!) So when “One Way Trigger” electro-spasmed into earbuds in January, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The last Strokes album was described as “awful” to make by one of the band, with singer Julian Casablancas sending in ...

With a screech of escalating guitar, the Strokes announce the arrival of their fifth studio album, “Comedown Machine.” A departure from their previous album, “Angles,” the Strokes strike out in ...

Listen to “Call it Fate, Call it Karma” — the final song on the Strokes new album, “Comedown Machine” (RCA) — and it sounds planets removed from the leather-jacketed band of New York City upstarts ...