Is This It

The Strokes · 2001 · Punk / Indie

Is This It by The Strokes (2001), № 100 in The Lead-In’s 100 greatest albums. Gordon Raphael in a Manhattan basement with five kids in skinny jeans. New York rock comes back for a decade because of this record.

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