Best Albums of the 2000s: #7 The Strokes – Is This It (2001)

Whereas fellow New Yorkers Interpol reawakened post-punk within the larger rock scene, The Strokes were largely responsible for this decade’s influx of garage-rock influenced bands. The Strokes’s debut album Is This It (2001) created a blueprint for what modern rock was to become in the following years after its release. Both simultaneously aggressive and laidback, Is This It develops a raw and minimalistic aesthetic that would be emulated by many others, but one that…Read More.