If you like The Strokes
For the Is This It loyalists: wiry guitars, cool detachment and bands that make three chords sound like the best night of your life.
7 picks, none of them the obvious ones. Tell us what you think of each.
Start with: Marquee Moon
The 70s New York band The Strokes clearly studied. Two guitars weaving around each other for ten perfect minutes.
Start with: The Rat
Same New York scene, same years, angrier. A drummer going flat out and a singer shouting at an ex.
Start with: Wide Awake
Punky, funny and rhythmic. A Brooklyn band that makes you want to jump around a small, sweaty room.
Start with: Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
Lo-fi indie rock that builds into a huge singalong. For when you want the Strokes energy with more feelings.
Start with: Chaise Longue
Deadpan, catchy and very silly. The coolest-sounding song about being bored you will hear this year.
Start with: Cut Your Hair
Slacker 90s indie with an unforgettable hook. The lazy-cool attitude The Strokes perfected, a decade early.
Start with: Obstacle 1
Same city, same early-2000s moment, darker suits. Moody guitars and a bassline that does all the work.
Not sure where to start?