The Brokes: The Strokes Experience (Is This It 25th anniversary tour)
About This Event
At the Bowery Ballroom, The Brokes present The Strokes Experience (Is This It 25th anniversary tour), a program that treats Is This It as a performance text. The band, long active on New York stages and having shared bills with The Strokes, rebuilds the album’s arrangements and pacing for a club room, favoring ensemble precision and tone over reinvention.
About Is This It
Is This It is the debut studio album by American rock band the Strokes. It was first released on July 30, 2001 in Australia, with RCA Records handling the release internationally and Rough Trade Records handling the United Kingdom release. It was recorded at Transporterraum in New York City with producer Gordon Raphael during March and April 2001. For their debut, the band strived to capture a simple sound that was not significantly enhanced in the studio. Building on their 2001 EP The Modern Age, the band members molded compositions largely through live takes during recording sessions, while lead singer and songwriter Julian Casablancas continued to detail the lives and relationships of urban youth in his lyrics.
About the Artists
The Brokes
The Brokes are a rock/pop group seen on New York City stages, including sets at The Bowery Ballroom. Their work centers on close study of early-2000s guitar rock, shaped in part by time sharing bills with The Strokes.
The Strokes
The Strokes are a New York City rock band that emerged in the late 1990s and helped define the early-2000s garage-leaning post‑punk revival. The lineup centers on Julian Casablancas with Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr.