The Strokes’ Drummer Takes Little Joy On the Road

With The Strokes on hiatus until next year, members of the band have taken the opportunity to pursue other projects. Drummer Fab Moretti is the next to join the club.

Fab’s new band is called Little Joy and features his girlfriend Binki Shapiro and Brazilian guitarist and singer Rodrigo Amarante. The music is lighter than The Strokes, but the vocals are strikingly similar. The band’s self-titled debut album will be out on November 4 via Rough Trade Records.

Little Joy recently wrapped up a series of west coast dates with Megapuss and now have their sites set on the east. The band will kick off a new tour St. Paul, MN on November 7 and wrap the tour up in Austin, TX on November 29.

The Strokes are due to return to active life in early 2009.

Little Joy tour dates:

11.07.08 – Saint Paul, MN – Station Four
11.08.08 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean
11.09.08 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
11.11.08 – Pittsburgh, PA – Hard Rock
11.12.08 – Philadelphia, PA – Khyber Pass
11.13.08 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
11.14.08 – Hoboken, NJ – Maxwell’s
11.16.08 – Cambridge, MA – T.T. the Bear’s Place
11.18.08 – Washington, DC – Black Cat (Backstage)
11.20.08 – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Room at Smith’s Olde Bar
11.21.08 – Nashville, TN – Exit/In
11.22.08 – St. Louis, MO – Duck Room at Blueberry Hill
11.24.08 – Lawrence, KS – Jackpot Music Hall
11.26.08 – Dallas, TX – The Lounge on Elm Street
11.28.08 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
11.29.08 – Austin, TX – The Parish