New Music From The Strokes and WU LYF, plus: The 2026 Q2 Fantasy Albums Draft

About this episode

The episode discusses new music from The Strokes and WU LYF, along with a Fantasy Albums Draft for Q2 2026.

Our first episode since December of 2025 opens with a quick conversation about "Mad Men" star Christina Hendricks' viral indie-music DJ set in San Diego (1:09). The guys then talk about the return of the show (5:00) and muse on topics they missed while they were away (12:13). After that, they discuss the announcement of the first new Strokes album in six years (24:31) and review the first WU LYF record in 15 years (33:42). From there, they conduct a Fantasy Albums Draft for the year's Q2 (44:46). Finally, in Recommendation Corner they discuss new music from Underscores and Wendy Eisenberg (1:09:20). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Topics covered

• new music
• album reviews
• Fantasy Albums Draft
• indie music
• return of the show

Keywords

• The Strokes
• WU LYF
• Fantasy Albums Draft
• indie music
• Christina Hendricks
• album reviews
• new music

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Strokes, WU LYF

Books & works: Mad Men, Underscores, Wendy Eisenberg

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