Classic Album Sundays, Saturday Audio Exchange, CHIRP Radio, Dark Matter Coffee, and event organizer Sam Willett will be celebrating the raw rock legacy The Strokes' Is This It by listening to it in its entirety on vinyl.

Is This It was celebrated as a classic indie rockalbum weeks after its release in July 2001. Odd genres like nu-metal and boy band pop were kings of the radio when The Strokes dropped their debut, and their audience couldn't been more thankful. Its seamless 10-tracks are all-killer, no-filler and seen as a revival of the sounds of late 70s NYC rock pioneers, like Television, The Ramones, and The Velvet Underground. Is This It's nonchalant coolness continues to reverberate in modern music and influence artists like Arctic Monkeys, Phoenix, and Vampire Weekend.



Saturday Audio Exchange, a well-renowned Chicago independent music dealer, will be providing a custom-curated hi-fi audio system to make this experience come to life on vinyl. In attending the event, you will listen to the album as if you are watching a movie- no phones, no distractions, and complete focus on the beauty engrained in Is This It. Take a look at the sound equipment Classic Album Sundays typically uses at their events here.

Schedule-

5:30-6:30 pm- Sam will play a musical leadup playlist of artists that inspired or have been inspired by The Strokes, including Guided by Voices, The Velvet Underground, Arctic Monkeys, Interpol, Life Without Buildings, and The Cure. Free Sam-made Lemonade and Dark Matter Coffee coffee is available to attendees. It's also BYOB.



6:35 pm- Sam gives presentation on Is This It, detailing its recording process and lyrical content



6:45 pm- Sam drops the needle on Is This It