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I really hope they come to Michigan again. Preferably in a much better venue than last time they were here on the Era Vulgaris tour. The Orbit Room in Grand Rapids is such a poo poo hole. Plenty of nice and big venues in/around Detroit, guys 
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HairyNipple! posted:They've got a bunch of tour dates up now. No Australia yet, but I believe. Yeah Josh said on JJJ this morning they'd be down "in our fall" so I guess that means April next year or so. And he said they'd be skipping the festivals. Yaaaaaaay!
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May 30, 2013 01:38
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Holy poo poo, this album's sonic texture is like sand paper coated in syrup. This album is really solid.
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May 30, 2013 04:24
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Listening to this album for the first time. I think it's the first time I've opened itunes in like a decade.
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May 30, 2013 04:52
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Smooth Sailing is the coolest loving thing ever. I love this album.
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May 30, 2013 14:20
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"I got my own theme music, plays wherever I are" is my favourite lyric of the album.
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May 30, 2013 14:30
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I'm not a guitar nerd but I found this fascinating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJDUHq2mJx0
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Cheesus posted:I'm not a guitar nerd but I found this fascinating. Very cool - thanks for this!
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Matt Sweeney  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKr45j6S_qQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwmUMySSNQc edit: Bustin' out some Kyuss at the end. 
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nuncle jimbo posted:Sturgis is closest to me, that would be... different. I'm going to Council Bluffs 
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Cheesus posted:I'm not a guitar nerd but I found this fascinating. Seconding the love for this video. Fun to hear Josh talk about his influences like that, with a bit of playing thrown in between.
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So, I've been listening to the album a few times for the last two or three days, and I really like it, so much I've ordered the CD AND preordered the itunes album because apparently I won't receive the physical disc until June 6h, and that's UNACCEPTABLE. (what's wrong with me  so far : Not quite feeling them but still OK Keep your eyes peeled The vampyre of time and memory ... Like clockwork Awesome The whole rest Really loving Awesome My god is the sun Smooth sailing Smooth sailing is so funky, and that riff around the third of the track, I'd listen to that all day. You can feel Them Crooked Vultures and Eagles of Death Metal had some influence on the writing of this album, especially for some funky grooves straight from EoDM and that's cool for me. QOTSA is coming to Paris, France on June 19th, I'll sure as hell try to go see them if I manage to buy tickets. I've missed Tenacious loving D by a minute (ticket orders opened at 9am and were unavailable by 9:02), I hope it won't be the same for them. Can't wait.
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mkay0 posted:I'm going to Council Bluffs I grew up in Council Bluffs. The venue they're playing at is pretty cool. Sure, the city itself sucks, but if you get too disgusted by the people, just hop over to Omaha.
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On one hand I dig how Josh evolved as a singer, his falsetto felt a bit off on TCV but it really fits this album. I also like how expansive the album is, dark as poo poo with Keep Your Eyes Peeled and I Appear Missing (which reminds me of The Fun Machine..., one of my favorite songs) and quite groovy with If I Had A Tail & Smooth Sailing. Kalopsia is instantly amazing also and a new direction for them that I really appreciate. But this one lacks serious rockers, as a long time fan I'm desperately looking forward to finally seeing them live this tour but not really for these songs. Maybe My God Is The Sun & Fairweather Friends when it peaks are satisfying in that regard but that's it to me. That being said the NPR show already tells me this is probably the best his crew has ever sounded. I'd be loving amazed if they kept their setlist as long and gratifying as they did there for the rest of their coming shows.
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Was surprised to hear The Vampyre of Time and Memory played twice in two hours on 104.5 in Philly tonight. Here's hoping that keeps up though I doubt I'll ever hear any Queens on actual rock stations.
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7.3 out of 10 from Pitchforkquote:Queens haven’t fully abandoned brawn and ballast (combustible lead single “My God Is the Sun” is up to their usual paint-stripping standards), but those qualities are now being harnessed for greater emotional impact, particularly on the penultimate “I Appear Missing”. It's a power ballad that perfectly bridges the divide between Queens’ hard and soft extremes, pitting Homme’s crestfallen melody against a sleeping giant of a chorus that proves to be as raging as anything in the band’s repertoire; when Homme shifts to falsetto for the song’s calamitous closing minute, it’s less a show of cheekiness than vulnerability. Homme initially chose his band name to subvert the machismo inherent to hard rock and, more than any of their records before it, ...Like Clockwork feels like the ultimate realization of that mission. To invoke an old glam proverb, it kicks like a mule even when it dresses like a queen.
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I can't stop listening to "I Appear Missing", seriously think this replaces Songs for the Deaf as my favorite Queens album. I wasn't going to shell out $225 bucks for ACL, but I've pretty much talked myself into it now to see them (as well as a bunch of other bands I've already seen) live.
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After listening to this daily for a week, I am pretty sure that I am in love with this album. There's not a single track that I don't like.
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Can anyone tell me how the sound quality of this album on Spotify hulls up to other media? Been listening to that version today and it seems less 'clean' than others. But I'm not sure if I'm just imagining it or if the difference is real.
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Welp, I found my driving music for the rest of the summer. Anything with Homme on it tends to be best listened to with the windows down on a hot day and this is definitely no exception.
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I'm driving from LA to Vegas this weekend and this album is gonna own for that drive.
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My major beef with this album is the track order. SFtD had an excellent mix with some great heavy stretches, a few breaks to catch your breath, and some semblance of a narrative. I think the problem with the last few QotSA albums is that they just sound like a mish-mash of songs with no coherency. I think "If I had a Tail" would have made a great opening track and "Fairweather Friends" for the closer. I also feel the past few albums, this included, are top heavy. a lot of the radio friendly stuff up front. Just my opinion.
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Tuff Ghost posted:My major beef with this album is the track order. SFtD had an excellent mix with some great heavy stretches, a few breaks to catch your breath, and some semblance of a narrative. I think the problem with the last few QotSA albums is that they just sound like a mish-mash of songs with no coherency. I think "If I had a Tail" would have made a great opening track and "Fairweather Friends" for the closer. I also feel the past few albums, this included, are top heavy. a lot of the radio friendly stuff up front. Just my opinion. I think the track order is spot on to be honest. If I Had A Tail would be a random song to have as an opener. KYEP is perfect.
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Tychtrip posted:I think the track order is spot on to be honest. If I Had A Tail would be a random song to have as an opener. KYEP is perfect.
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http://www.theskinny.co.uk/latest/304899-i_was_lost_in_dark_queens_the_stone_ages_joshquote:Although determined to hit the road (“It all starts next week”), Homme hints that another Queens album might arrive sooner than we think, referencing the dark before the dawn of Iggy Pop’s first two ‘Berlin period’ solo albums, written, recorded and released in swift succession within the same year. “Part of me thinks it would be great if this was the point-counterpoint that The Idiot and Lust For Life are, y’know? I love those records so much; they came out in a quick period of time. The Idiot is very dark and Lust For Life is sorta like ‘Tah-daaah!’ I would love to answer this album with a ‘Tah-dah!’ at some point.” Some point soon? “Yeah, absolutely,” he assures. “I think six years is far too long...” EDIT: Also: quote:Guest INTERROGATOR: Chris Goss (Masters of Reality) Cheesus fucked around with this message at 13:47 on Jun 4, 2013 |
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Tuff Ghost posted:My major beef with this album is the track order. SFtD had an excellent mix with some great heavy stretches, a few breaks to catch your breath, and some semblance of a narrative. I think the problem with the last few QotSA albums is that they just sound like a mish-mash of songs with no coherency. I think "If I had a Tail" would have made a great opening track and "Fairweather Friends" for the closer. I also feel the past few albums, this included, are top heavy. a lot of the radio friendly stuff up front. Just my opinion. This one feels a LOT less top-heavy than SFtD or Lullabies- on either of those albums, My God Is The Sun would have been track number one or two. Even Rated R started with a big, loud, catchy song before it moved to the slow burns. The track order for this one is really balanced well, in my opinion. The flow is almost more Desert Sessions-y, at least on my first impression. Also god drat I can't stop listening to My God Is The Sun. One of my all-time favorite Queens songs for sure. Edit: Am I crazy, or does Kalopsia REALLY have a Them Crooked Vultures vibe to it? The more I've been listening, the more this album sort of feels like a synthesis of all of Homme's projects. Ugly In The Morning fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Jun 4, 2013 |
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Kalopsia and Fairweather Friends sound like some grandly hosed-up QotSA rock opera. They go so well together too.
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God drat! http://www.nerdist.com/2013/06/nerdist-podcast-josh-homme/
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I don't know how well they're doing on iTunes but Like Clockwork is the #1 overall music bestseller on Amazon.com.
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This is such a cool album but man it sure isn't a happy one. I feel like I need to queue up their self titled album or Rated R or Era Vulgaris right afterwards to pep myself up a bit.
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Yodzilla posted:This is such a cool album but man it sure isn't a happy one. I feel like I need to queue up their self titled album or Rated R or Era Vulgaris right afterwards to pep myself up a bit. Yeah, the album has grown on me a ton and I totally like it a lot, but as someone who really never listens to somber music, I'm still in the realm of "disappointed" that there's no major rockin' here.
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I really hope that double-album thing is true, that would be loving amazing. Also liking how he outright says "we ain't gonna make the same album over and over, don't hold your breath." loving stoked for what's next because this overall is probably my favorite album of theirs as a whole.
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Rocco posted:Yeah, the album has grown on me a ton and I totally like it a lot, but as someone who really never listens to somber music, I'm still in the realm of "disappointed" that there's no major rockin' here. Not one chugger. Even Era Vulgaris had Sick, Sick, Sick. Not that I mind, I mean, we've got Parasol, half the first album, Millionaire etc etc. But still, would have been nice.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Edit: Am I crazy, or does Kalopsia REALLY have a Them Crooked Vultures vibe to it? The more I've been listening, the more this album sort of feels like a synthesis of all of Homme's projects. I thought the second half of Keep Your Eyes Peeled and I Sat By the Ocean sounded really Vutlures-y. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing in my eyes. But yeah, I'm loving having more QotSA, this album didn't disappoint. In semi-related news, apparently Nick Oliveri is playing a couple shows in Alaska. It's in a different town than I live in, but will be the closest I've ever been to a member of Queens. I've never listened to any of his solo stuff or Mondo Generator, so I don't think I'm interested in making the drive to see him. The only thing I might be able to recognize is if he played "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar but I Feel Like a Millionaire".
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falconry posted:The only thing I might be able to recognize is if he played "You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar but I Feel Like a Millionaire". I believe all other songs that he sings on R and SFTD are his though. Mondo Generator is pretty good too, so check those albums out too if you haven't already. I suspect the most attachable (especially coming from SFTD) is "Cocaine Rodeo".
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This is wonderful.  Edit: The Steve Perry story is awesome. Dirt fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Jun 5, 2013 |
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Man I loving love The Vampyre of Time and Memories. I was wondering why they chose it as the single but hearing it in context with the rest of the album makes absolute sense. Also I can't help but smile whenever I hear "I'm alive, hooray!" And I know people are comparing this album to Lullabies to Paralyze but now I realize they really couldn't be more different. Lullabies was dark in a fun fairy tale kinda way and Like Clockwork is dark in a, well, I just died on an operating table and am re-evaluating my life way. Here's hoping another album comes out soonish though. I'd rather get that than have to hunt down all of the B-sides that Queens scatters all over the drat globe like they did with Era Vulgaris. I'm still finding songs from that album's recording sessions I haven't heard before.
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Somehow didn't realize a new Qotsa album was coming out until my drive home from work yesterday. Got it right away and have put in 4 or 5 listens so far - I think it's my second favorite "collection of songs" (Lullabies is my first) by them, but my favorite overall album. It's such a great change up from EV, two totally different feelings that still sound like Queens. And to be honest I prefer this darker and slower direction they've gone - they have an amazing back catalog of heavier faster stuff so it's not like I can't put on self-titled or whatever if I want to rock out.
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QotSA performing tonight and tomorrow night on Letterman. Seems that it will be some kind of streamed concert beginning tonight at 9pm Eastern. http://www.cbs.com/shows/liveonletterman/artist/221728/queens-of-the-stone-age/ cbs.com posted:CBS Interactive’s award-winning webcast concert series, LIVE ON LETTERMAN, will feature four-time GRAMMY® Award nominees Queens of the Stone Age in a live webcast concert from the world-famous Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, available on CBS.com and VEVO, Wednesday, June 5 (9:00 PM, ET/6:00 PM, PT).
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