Stroke me some news
It has been very quiet on stroke related news lately, but do not fear as most of them have been putting out some very cool tunes.
Guitarist Albert Hammond Jnr has released his solo stuff for a while now, but it’s the tunes that the rhythm section of The Strokes that have been getting some attention.
Bass player Nickolai Fraiture has a new band with Yeah Yeah Yeah’s guitarist Nick Zinner named Nickel Eye, which comes accross like a folkie/reggae Strokes.
Next is all the girls fave stroke, Fabrizio Moretti and his new band, Little Joy. This consists of more tropical flavours and calypso sounds but also sounding very much like Adam Green, which is a very good thing.
Little Joy contains Fab’s current flame Binki Shaparo and Brazlian musician Rodrigo Amarante. He is also busy playing drums with everyone’s fave hippie, Devendra Banhart. His side project goes by the very cool name of Megapuss.
Check them all out now!
