Interpol: Astoria, London
Dorian Lynskey, The Guardian, 26 March 2003
IT SEEMS ALMOST QUAINT these days to protest that a band is derivative. Not so long ago bands would talk themselves hoarse in defence of their originality, but the current raft of post-Strokes up-and-comers, among them the Kills, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Radio 4, do not bother to deny their influences.
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