Don't accuse Albert Hammond Jr. of standing still. The Strokes go on extended hiatus? Count on Hammond to throw together a modest solo album and tour behind it. That's essentially the pattern of both ...

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WHILE The Strokes were making slipshod albums and umming and ahhing over making a fourth album, the band's guitarist Albert Hammond Jr decided to embark on a solo career. What started out as a quick ...

Album: Albert Hammond Jr, Como Te Llama (Rough Trade) Reviewed Sunday 06 July 2008 00:00 BST Comments Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This ...

¿Cómo Te Llama? proves that there’s more to Albert Hammond Jr than just a curly mane of hair and a closet of old clothes» ...

Hammond seems to be on a one-man mission to demonstrate to his seemingly indefinitely-in-limbo Strokes bandmates that’s it’s really not so hard to make a pretty good powerpop record. Take a bow!

In the time it's taken the Strokes to even think about recording a new album, Albert Hammond Jr has released two. The first, 'Yours to Keep', was better than anything his band had done in ages, and ...