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The NME were definitely going "OMG STROKES!" in early 2001, FWIW. I also think that's where some of the 'best real rock band since Oasis' stuff began (no, really, things like that were said).
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 June 2005 16:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Get thee behind me, New York Times!The LA Sunday Times today turned the subject of this thread into a grease spot with a story so big, the pictures alone take up more space than the column inches of Sanneh. The photos, of which there are four of Jack and Meg White, are all bigger than your head! Get the print version, cut them out and use them as masks!
Robert Hilburn travelled to Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, strike that, Detroit, MI, to interview Jack and a silent Meg White.
Excerpts, you'll swoon:
..."Get Behind Me Floyd" is a daring creative advance..."
"The White Stripes' Jack White is ready for a break as he slips behind the wheel of his vintage four-seat..."
"A new sound of independence..." (in 50-point pika, or whatever the designation is for lettering that's really big)
"The fifth album proves they've earned their stripes..."
"...the recording sessions left even the normally workaholic White drained..."
"Everything about Jack White's car, from the upholstery to the tinny radio -- is original - except for the supercharged engine features that make the car roar loud as a jet..."
"White makes his way back to the living room and sits in a chair by a picture of Rita Hayworth..."
"She was a metaphor for everything I could think of...the red hair, the innocence, the fact that she lost her memory to Alzheimer's..."
"I hate the celebrity stuff," [said White]. It trivializes everything..."
"Meg's so shy it's probably a relief Jack does all the talking..."
"Whatever his musical path, White is unlikely to temper his musical vision..."
http://www.latimes.com -- ya can't miss it. Subscription site, use
Bugmenot.
― Harry Klam, Sunday, 5 June 2005 18:15 (eighteen years ago) link
I think that, maybe since Suede but definitely since Britpop, the UK Press has had a devoted hype machine focused around the idea of resurrecting older variants of rock. The period between Oasis and The Strokes was a period of failed attempts - remember that quasi glam revival with bands like Ultrasound and Gay Dad.
I suspect that from a UK Press perspective, The Strokes weren't really a reaction against non-rock (though there were still a lot of "Rock is back!" taglines) so much as a reaction to not-so-rock rock that had had a lot of currency at that point in time - on the one hand US pansy-psych-pop like latter-day The Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev, and on the other hand the mournful MoR of Coldplay and Travis. The battlefield as such is more intra-rock (and only a small part of it) than rock vs [x].
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 5 June 2005 21:21 (eighteen years ago) link