The Strokes vs. Ryan Adams

Two Music Nerds Revisit The Strokes’ Is This It—Does It Still Hit? Good morning! Today we’re taking a look at Is This It? as it faces off against Ryan Adams’ Gold. In early fall 2024 Sam Colt and both took one look at Apple’s Best Records engagement bait and had, um, some “strong thoughts.” We also decided that if we were gonna talk shit we should at least put our money where out months were. Distilled down, it was two avowed music nerds each making their case for a record, and the other one sharing their take. That itself was worth the price of admission, but we’re from different generations and grew up on opposite coasts. I wanted to see where our tastes would converge, and where they’d be miles apart. The Tl; dr is each of us wound up hearing a ton of records for the first time. This was some real fish out of water type stuff for me, and I loved it. Check ‘em out if you get some time. You can laud our great taste, or yell at us in the comments. Dealer’s choice! At any rate, coming…