The Velvet Underground lives! Borrowing heavily from the New York / CBGB's / Andy Warhol sound of the Velvet Underground, The Ramones, and Iggy Popp, The Stokes put enough of their own energy, attitude, and hipper-than-thou lyrics into their debut cd to re-invent the genre for a new audience. Recorded in a Manhattan basement studio on a shoestring budget, The Strokes have created a modern rock-n-roll 'Tour De Force'.

The Stokes have so far survived the intense media hype surrounding their big label debut, even going so far as to name their album “Is This It” as a sly jab at the ready-to-be cynical press. The last song on the cd continues this “screw you” attitude with a song entitled “Take It Or Leave It”.

Despite the now ravenous media praise surrounding the band (the cd won Time Magazine’s coveted “CD of the Year” for 2001”), the music ultimately wins. It is difficult, if not impossible, to listen to this disc and not get sucked in by the garage band production, punk guitar riffs and reverb, pop hooks and melody, and sing along choruses. Clocking in at a brisk 35 minutes in length, all songs are short, loud and catchy, demanding to be replayed again and again.

Track list:

01. Is This It

02. The Modern Age

03. Soma

04. Barely Legal

05. Someday

06. Alone, Together

07. Last Nite

08. Hard To Explain

09. When It Started

10. Trying Your Luck

11. Take It Or Leave It

Sliceboy Rating: 4 soup cans, er, Planets


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