His songs are better-known than his name: Albert Hammond is one of the most successful composers in the history of pop music, and he's also had considerable success as a singer. He sang his own top ...

The Strokes, both the band and its individual members, have had quite a busy 2019 — and it’s only getting busier. Earlier this month, they played a show for the first time in two years and debuted a ...

The first of the Strokes to wander away from the smoking klatch of woolen military jackets and scarves tied just so, Albert Hammond Jr. seems set on making music that has a more folk-pop, Beach ...

The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr surprised many of us by making the lead single and opening track from his new album a collaboration with DC rapper Goldlink and experimenting with Auto-Tune.

Strokes lead guitarist and solo artist Albert Hammond Jr. is the guest on the newest installment of the Lipps Service podcast, speaking with host Scott Lipps about meeting Julian Casablancas for the ...

Albert Hammond Jr. released a new single, “Far Away Truths,” from his upcoming fourth solo LP, Francis Trouble, out March 9th. The Strokes guitarist belts power-pop hooks anchored by distorted riffs ...

As the founding rhythm guitarist of New York garage legends the Strokes, Albert Hammond, Jr. has honed his mechanical brand of six-string virtuosity for the last decade and a half. Later this month he ...

As his band goes on hiatus again, Albert Hammond Jr. discusses the steps that led to his best solo work yet — the new EP, "AHJ." By Colin Stutz Albert Hammond Jr - P 2013 Sitting in his tour van as it ...

Last year, Albert Hammond Jr. learned some revelatory news about his childhood. It related to his twin brother, Francis, who died in 1979 after his mother prematurely gave birth to him six month ...

Most assessments of Yours to Keep, the first solo disc by Albert Hammond Jr., have focused more on the singer/guitarist’s main band, the Strokes, than on the recording itself. Hammond isn’t surprised, ...