"HEART IN A CAGE"
The video for the second single from the new album First Impressions Of Earth by The Strokes is now out and can be viewed on The Strokes website and then entering the "music" section of the site (check out some other videos while you're there as well, I recommend "Someday", "The End Has No End" and "Hard To Explain"). I am a huge fan of The Strokes and have been ever since I first heard Is This It. While the new album wasn't quite as good as its predecessors it was still a good album (and it had a lot of great art in the inside booklet) and it was a lot better than many of the albums that have come out in the last year. Being the huge fan I am I went and purchased the collector's edition of the new album on January 3rd, the very first day, (it included a better looking packaging and cool photos of the band, plus it was only a few dollars more) and, since I was the second person to come in and buy the album at HMV, I received a free band t-shirt as a gift for being on the list of the top ten purchasers. As soon as I bought it I went straight home and listened to it in its entirety.

While "Heart In A Cage" wasn't my favorite song from the new album (it was "You Only Live Once") the song is still very good and the video is excellent. Mixing in shots of the band in the busy streets of New York City and throwing in the odd shot of various NYC landscape. The video is done in black and white which makes it look very cool. If you are a fan of The Strokes, or even if you aren't, I suggest you check out the video by clicking the link above, it will definently be worth the three minutes it takes to watch the clip. I thought that I'd leave you with the album covers from The Strokes' albums because they are really good covers. The Strokes always seem to throw in a lot of art into their albums which makes them really cool and causes them to stand out from the rest of the pack. So here they are, the first three albums by The Strokes. Enjoy...


-Alex




1) IS THIS IT
2) ROOM ON FIRE
3) FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF EARTH