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Poll Results: The 10 Greatest Stoner Rock Records
A couple weeks ago, I asked the question above: “What are the 10 greatest stoner rock records?” It was kind of just something I was throwing out there to see what came back. Nothing scientific, pretty...
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Visual Evidence: Dave Grohl Has Rejoined Queens of the Stone Age
The mixing board don’t lie (unless, of course, it does): Dave Grohl is back alongside Josh Homme in Queens of the Stone Age. Only took a decade. New album in 2013. Now just tell me who’s playing bass....
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Dave Grohl Shares Clips from Sound City Documentary
If Probot taught us anything, it’s that when Dave Grohl decides to take on a passion project, the results have the potential to kick some serious ass. And just about a week after it was subtly...
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Queens of the Stone Age Post In-Studio Footage with Matt Berry and Steve Agee
Some awesome people involved in this faux behind-the-scenes clip of Queens of the Stone Age working on their new album, due in the first half of 2013. Talking with frontman Josh Homme for most of the...
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Looking for Today: 20 Albums to Watch for in 2013
Last year was a monster. You might say I’m still catching up on reviews for records that came out in October. Yet here we stand in 2013. It’s a whole new year and that means instead of looking back at...
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Here’s that New Queens of the Stone Age Song all the Kids are Talking About
Yeah sure, the video of Queens of the Stone Age doing new song “My God is the Sun” at Lollapalooza in Brazil got like 300,000-plus views in a span of about 30 hours. Sure. It’s kind of a big deal....
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Queens of the Stone Age Appear to be a Zombie Mummy in the Desert
I’ve been through this clip for Queens of the Stone Age‘s “I Appear Missing” a couple times now — a three-minute sample of what the interwebs tells me is a six-minute song. As someone who’s done...
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Queens of the Stone Age, …Like Clockwork: Forget the Rat and the Race
There is an impressive slew of narratives surrounding the release of …Like Clockwork, the first studio album from Queens of the Stone Age in the six years since 2007′s Era Vulgaris and first for new...
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The Top 10 of the First Half of 2013
This is always fun, and because the year’s only (just about) half over, you always know there’s more to come. The last six months have brought a host of really stellar releases, and the whole time,...
View ArticleFriday Full-Length: Kyuss & Queens of the Stone Age, Split
Kyuss & Queens of the Stone Age, Split CD (1997) If Man’s Ruin Records had never put anything else out, the 1997 Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age split would still make them legendary. The end of...
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The Obelisk Presents: The Top 20 of 2013
Please note: These are my picks, not the results of the Readers Poll, which is still going on. If you haven’t added your list yet, please do. It’s always strange to think of something so utterly...
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Live Review: Queens of the Stone Age in Boston, 12.13.13
I’d never seen Queens of the Stone Age before. Had plenty of chances to, for sure, but I was always worried that going to a show would make me like the band less. It wasn’t until earlier this year...
View ArticleFriday Full-Length: Queens of the Stone Age, Queens of the Stone Age
Queens of the Stone Age, Queens of the Stone Age (1998/2011) I try not to write about Queens of the Stone Age too often. They’re kind of a given. But every now and then I break out their 1998...
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Nick Oliveri Announces Acoustic European Tour Dates
As he continues to support the solo album Leave Me Alone (streamed here) released under the moniker of Nick Oliveri and the Uncontrollable, the persistently raucous Oliveri is set to embark in July on...
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Tomorrow’s Dream: 200+ of 2017’s Most Anticipated Releases
Looks like it’s going to be another busy 12 months ahead. It’s been a busy better-part-of-a-month already, so that stands to reason, but you should know that of the several years now that I’ve done...
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Queens of the Stone Age Announce New Album Villains
Yesterday, Queens of the Stone Age started the process of teasing the release of their next album by putting up a minute-long YouTube clip in which a manipulated version of frontman Josh Homme‘s voice...
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Queens of the Stone Age Post Video for “The Way You Used to Do”
As a people, a collective and a universe constantly in flux, we’re inching closer to the Aug. 25 official release date of Queens of the Stone Age‘s new album, Villains, on Matador Records. The record,...
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Queens of the Stone Age, Villains: Casting Roles
Who are the rockstars of our age? Whither thou the dearly departed Bowies, the Lemmys, the Frank Zappas and the Led Zeppelins of modernity who might otherwise be teaching the next up and coming...
View ArticleFriday Full-Length: Kyuss & Queens of the Stone Age, Split
Kyuss & Queens of the Stone Age, Split CD (1997) If Man’s Ruin Records had never put anything else out, the 1997 Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age split would still make them legendary. The end of...
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The Obelisk Presents: The Top 20 of 2013
Please note: These are my picks, not the results of the Readers Poll, which is still going on. If you haven’t added your list yet, please do. It’s always strange to think of something so utterly...
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