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Strokes, The: The Strokes: Is This It (RCA)

Review by Ira Robbins, trouserpress.com, 2001

IS IT VU? IS IT TV? Is it Superband? Nope, it’s just the Strokes, for whom outsized – and musically misinformed – hype made media ...

Denim: Back in a Dream/Denim on Ice

Review by Ira Robbins, trouserpress.com, 2002

ENDING A LOW-KEY decade of Felt that produced a sizable catalogue of atmospheric pop in stylistic tribute to Tom Verlaine, Lou Reed and Bob Dylan, ...

Darkness, The: The Darkness: Permission to Land (Atlantic)

Review by Ira Robbins, trouserpress.com, 2003

TRUE AWFULNESS, a state as difficult to achieve with a straight face as greatness without arrogance, is truly something to behold. Behold the Darkness. ...

Ride: A Guide

Guide by Ira Robbins, trouserpress.com, 2007

INSPIRED BY THE Manchester rave scene, Oxford-to-London art-school quartet Ride – Mark Gardener (vocals/rhythm guitar), Andy Bell (vocals/lead guitar), Steve Queralt (bass) and Laurence 'Loz' ...