Blog: Mp3 Medication

In honor of the 10th anniversary of The Strokes ’ debut album  Is This It , Stereogum  got some of their favorite artists together to cover each track: Stroked: A Tribute To Is This It . Contributing artists include Peter Bjorn & John, the morning benders, Deradoorian and others, but my favorite track comes from Owen Pallett , who reimagines “Hard To Explain” as a classical piano quintet, dressing up The Strokes’ signature drive with elegant poise fit for a concert hall. In Pallett’s description of the cover he references an interesting quote from [...]