...Like Clockwork
QOTSA's sixth studio album foregrounds an aspect that's been lingering in their music since the beginning: beneath all that volcanic riffage, Josh Homme has always been a sucker for a pretty pop song. He's abetted here by the likes of Sir Elton John, Alex Turner, and James Lavelle.
Queens Of The Stone Age began as a fire-breathing specimen of what so-called post-grunge should have sounded like. Accelerating the stoner grooves of Josh Homme’s prior band Kyuss into burly, stomping anthems, QOTSA’s early classics like 2000’s “Feel Good Hit Of The Summer” never feared veering into cheeky sarcasm or…
Queens of the Stone Age return from a six-year absence with a mature record that brims with new ideas.
When you think of Herculean bands in the post-Zeppelin age—rock bands that’ve not only satiated critics and conquered radio…
From Josh Homme’s youth as a prodigious stoner rock visionary in Kyuss to the slick, guitar pop skewing renaissance man we see at the helm of Queens today, the desert barons’ first LP in six years pauses like an anguished ‘Fuck, I’m 40!’ to stop and look around. Anyone still jonesing for another Feel Good Hit of the Summer might want to seriously start looking for another dealer.
More than a decade ago now, my best friend made me listen to Rated R and Songs For the Deaf, claiming they were musical life-changers.
Clash reviews '...Like Clockwork', the sixth studio set from Queens Of The Stone Age
<p>Josh Homme is back for a sixth Queens outing with a host of guest stars and a broody new mindset, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong></p>
Much like the retroactively canonized KYUSS (who, lest we forget, broke up in abject misery and neglect!),QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE started out as a well-kept secret amongst in-the-know fans of heavy underground music: the latest incarnation of guitarist Josh Homme's "Desert Sessions", it seemed, and...
Six years. I still can’t believe it has been six years since Era Vulgaris was released. In some ways, this wait didn’t seem that long because Josh Homme released Them Crooked Vultures with Dave Grohl and the bassist of some band called Led Zeppelin. He also pretty much toured non-stop with them and
Review - 'Queens of The Stone' Age new album. "Like Clockwork" the new album from Queens Of The Stone Age will be out June 4th on Matador Records
Dave Grohl's back, Elton John plays piano, and most importantly, Josh Homme's songs are razor sharp on QOTSA's latest, writes <strong>Dom Lawson</strong>
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork review: QOTSA return with a bang, delivering a solidly constructed record that's imbued with seductive quality.
Josh Homme's rockers are back - and they've brought their pals. CD review by Lisa-Marie Ferla