Little Joy

Little Joy make their TV debut playing “No One’s Better Sake” off their wonderful self-titled album. If you didn’t catch the uber-retro official video, here you go.

Well posting this was a no-brainer. If you don’t know by now, Little Joy is the Strokes’ drummer’s side project featuring the singer from Los Hermanos, and their debut album is simply a charmer. Along with the “’60s-styled TV production” as Stereogum fittingly calls it are some cool scene-shifting effects that add to the vintage [...]

I would say ‘for whatever reason’, but for every reason, Little Joy’s album just does it for me. Nice and relaxed, meaningful and contemplative, Fabrizio Moretti of The Strokes along with girlfriend Binki Shapiro and Los Hermanos singer/guitarist Rodrigo Amarante have put together one of the most listenable albums of the year. We compiled loads [...]

The first single off of Little Joy’s debut album is “The Next Time Around”. The album was released on November 4th via Rough Trade Records. You can listen to a few of the songs on the band’s myspace. The video for the single has band members Binki Shapiro, Rodrigo Amarante, and Fabrizio Moretti playing acoustic, [...]

We’ve all been anxious to hear what the Strokes’ drummer Fabrizio Moretti has in store for us with his Little Joy side project. According to Gorilla vs. Bear, we have nothing to worry about. Although the album clocks in just over 30 minutes, it “feels like an authentic, pretense-free effort” and is easily the best [...]

Fabrizio Moretti reports he is working on a side project with his girlfriend, Binki Shapir, and Los Hermanos guitarist/vocalist/flutist Rodrigo Amarante. The group is tentatively named “Little Joy”. Moretti is the second Stroke to start a solo career, following his buddy Albert Hammond, Jr.. The album is due this fall on Rough Trade. Rolling Stone [...]