The Strokes’ new single “Drag Queen†is a thrumming four-minute descent into the nocturnal nascence of New York in the 1980s. “Eighties people dancing,†Julian Casablancas croons, “Always get it right.†The new video has a VHS look, its vertical image festooned with tracking lines and neon lights flashing salaciously. You almost expect Max Headroom to make an appearance.
