The Strokes’ Homecoming Concert in NYC with Beach House, TV on the Radio, and Fcukers Was Indie Music Heaven: Recap + Videos

The Strokes have spent their year playing a lot of shows. They’ve headlined (or subheadlined) upward of 8 festivals, including Coachella, Bonnaroo, Summer Sonic, Outside Lands, Shaky Knees, and Just Like Heaven. It’s surely been a loaded 12 months for the New York band, so for their homecoming show, they designed their own mini festival: Beach House, TV on the Radio, and Fcukers all joined The Strokes at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Friday, giving New Yorkers a legendary day of indie music. But both on paper and in reality, all four of these bands that I just lumped in under the banner of “indie music” are wildly different from one another. Fcukers are indie by label (they are signed to Ninja Tune) and, of course, vibes; the dance duo, which we CoSigned earlier this year, specialize in sleazed-up house, Y2K-era pop, and whatever Basement Jaxx were doing in 2002. As it had been in that same exact park (but 40 feet across the field) earlier this year for their Governors Ball set, Fcukers’ mid-afternoon show was absolutely bumping — how does vocalist Shanny Wise get so much volume out through such airy, feather-light melodies? — and set the tone for a great day of music. It was als...