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New thread as old thread is archived https://twitter.com/qotsa/status/1656640814943207427?s=20 quote:
In Times New Roman…: 01 Obscenery 02 Paper Machete 03 Negative Space 04 Time & Place 05 Made to Parade 06 Carnavoyeur 07 What the Peephole Say 08 Sicily 09 Emotion Sickness 10 Straight Jacket Fitting Edit: Apologies forgot to put a “the” in the title Mr Ice Cream Glove fucked around with this message at 16:33 on May 11, 2023 |
# ? May 11, 2023 16:30 |
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# ? May 5, 2024 13:47 |
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New single is good. Curious about when this got recorded, as I recall Pink Duck was sold a year or two back so it sounds like this one may have been done for a while.
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# ? May 11, 2023 16:49 |
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New single slaps. Exactly what I want out of QOTSA
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# ? May 11, 2023 18:18 |
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Honestly thought the single was pretty nondescript. I didn’t really love their last album tbh so my expectations are not super high. I’m glad his divorce and kid thing seems to be cleared up, tho
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# ? May 11, 2023 20:06 |
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Diggin the new tune.
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# ? May 11, 2023 21:16 |
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that's a good name for an album
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# ? May 11, 2023 21:20 |
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In Times New Roman…Like Clockwork
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# ? May 12, 2023 00:08 |
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Video for the single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkChW6WP0hU
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# ? May 13, 2023 03:51 |
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Edward Mass posted:In Times New Roman…Like Clockwork I think Homme has said he views the previous two albums and this new one as a loose trilogy, so it'd be ...Like Clockwork Villains In Times New Roman...
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# ? May 13, 2023 04:20 |
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I haven’t listened to the single as Queens is a band I would buy blind. However, is Josh still a piece of poo poo? Last I heard, he and his wife were in some kind of Johnny Depp divorce situation.
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# ? May 13, 2023 11:07 |
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Edit: Snipping this because below post covers it better but sheesh. New single's alright if not weirdly pathetic hearing him croon about how he had to let her go. Like Clockwork was amazing but Villains didn't really do much for me and this seems like a middle ground between the two? Sounds promising and I think Villains was just a rare misstep. SUNKOS fucked around with this message at 15:38 on May 13, 2023 |
# ? May 13, 2023 15:26 |
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IUG posted:I haven’t listened to the single as Queens is a band I would buy blind. However, is Josh still a piece of poo poo? Last I heard, he and his wife were in some kind of Johnny Depp divorce situation. Here's the last I've heard on the subject: https://pitchfork.com/news/joshua-homme-gets-new-restraining-order-against-brody-dalle-alleges-she-put-their-children-in-great-danger/ quote:Joshua Homme’s publicity team has issued a statement on the Queens of the Stone Age frontman’s behalf concerning his long-running custody dispute with his ex-wife, the Distillers’ Brody Dalle. The statement follows the Los Angeles Family Court’s decision earlier this month to grant the Homme family, including the couple’s three children and Homme’s parents, a restraining order against Dalle for one year and 11 months, court records viewed by Pitchfork confirm.
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# ? May 13, 2023 15:28 |
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Oh so this is where the discussion went. I love the new song, it's got almost everything I want out of them right up front. Killer bass tone, unhinged riffs, weirdly catchy chorus. I'm only cautious because I liked the singles from Villains wayyyyyy more than the rest of the album. As long as they didn't concentrate all the cool stuff into one song and slack off everywhere else, this sounds really promising. Re: the personal drama, currently it seems ambiguous enough that I'm content to ignore it, as long as the music affords me that ignorance. It sounds like two messed up people messing up together. Not trying to downplay the ramifications of it, but I guess my reasons for withholding support for an artist would typically be a clear pattern of unrepentant criminal behavior or the promotion of hateful ideas. Not just kind of failing at life. (I do hope the dude swallows his pride and gets rehab/therapy, he clearly needs it. Honestly I'm more worried about seeing a headline of him dying at this point.) Sir Lemming fucked around with this message at 04:33 on May 14, 2023 |
# ? May 14, 2023 04:31 |
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The family court system is an incredible piece of poo poo and honestly, I'd take anything either side says with a huge grain of salt. They've got lawyers who's best personal interest is to prolong this as long as possible so they can keep collecting fees. As far as the single goes, I like it a lot. I preordered the translucent blue vinyl. I'd fly just about anywhere in the states to see them ASAP but funny enough, the weekends fall on my time with my kids so I can't make either shows. I rather not see them at a festival and also, there's no mid-tier venue in Miami open right now for these guys. My best friends (all goons), haven't missed a tour show since the Era Vulgaris tour. I'm guessing Orlando or Tampa is where we'll have to catch them if we want local. Ideally? I'd go to Denver for a show at the Red Rocks if it was announced. gently caress I love that venue.
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# ? May 15, 2023 02:35 |
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Pre-ordered the CD as soon as I saw the announcement and heard the new track. The riffs make me miss driving, as I used to play this band while trying to avoid speeding tickets. Miss that car. The video for this is awesome, too.
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# ? May 15, 2023 06:40 |
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I didn’t like the sound mix of Villains much at all.. felt kind of sparse and tinny.. thou I enjoyed the riffs and such themselves. Hoping this one is mixed with a little more oompf.
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# ? May 16, 2023 16:44 |
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DuhSal posted:I didn’t like the sound mix of Villains much at all.. felt kind of sparse and tinny.. thou I enjoyed the riffs and such themselves. Hoping this one is mixed with a little more oompf. Yeah I also didn't like this album. I did like this new single though so hoping for the best.
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# ? May 16, 2023 19:34 |
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Villains ruled, I loved the songs and the production and the "dark side of David Bowie" vibes he was seemingly going for on at least some of the songs (Heroes, Villains, get it?) My favourite album by them is still Lullabies to Paralyse though. That album is a complete sonic journey, it's the darkest hosed up fairytale. I don't know how to put it, they just seized a concept and a vibe and produced a completely perfect opus around it I love everything else from Songs for the Deaf onwards too. Never really got into their earliest stuff, I like the way Josh took the band with SFTD and built on that sound. Over the last two decades it feels like he's been making music specifically for my tastes and I haven't disliked a thing ❤️ New song good
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# ? May 19, 2023 15:56 |
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If Josh Homme really wanted to reform his image, he'd make up with Kyuss.
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# ? May 22, 2023 00:13 |
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Real long interview with Homme found here: https://reddit.com/r/qotsa/comments/13nw9s4/interview_wjosh_visions_magazine/ And apparently a new single coming out the 31st? That’s the rumor anyway.
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# ? May 22, 2023 01:19 |
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diggin' the new single
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# ? May 23, 2023 06:35 |
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IG-88 posted:Real long interview with Homme found here: Thanks for sharing this interview! Been wondering what the heck's going on with that guy.
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# ? May 24, 2023 16:59 |
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Gmail likes to send me Reddit summaries of stuff I've looked up before I guess, so I'm seeing a thread there where apparently some record store got a bunch of early copies by mistake, and this person has the album and is listening to it right now. So, expect it to leak pretty drat soon, I'm guessing.
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# ? May 29, 2023 04:26 |
Saw them live at Boston Calling yesterday, they played two songs off In Times New Roman (“Emotion Sickness” and “Negative Space”.) Doubly jazzed for this new album now.
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# ? May 29, 2023 21:00 |
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# ? May 29, 2023 21:43 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9AstTu09-k (this is official audio for carnavoyuer, not sure why it isn't auto-parsing)
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# ? May 31, 2023 05:51 |
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Anyone that puts LC over Lullabies is wrong lol
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# ? May 31, 2023 18:29 |
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I love the back half of Lullabies but I don't know if the front half is strong enough for me to say it's top 3
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# ? May 31, 2023 18:39 |
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I do like Carnavoyeur, but it seems like an odd choice to put out 2 songs with fairly similar rhythms/tempos as the lead singles.IG-88 posted:Anyone that puts LC over Lullabies is wrong lol Same except SFTD. I would probably rank Lullabies 2nd-to-last TBH, just above Villains. Not that any QOTSA is exactly bad. But Like Clockwork always seemed like the fully-formed version of Lullabies to me. The more theatrical spooky vibe just came off a little forced to me. (This is mostly in hindsight -- I was raving over it when it first came out, but its appeal faded pretty quickly.)
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# ? May 31, 2023 21:39 |
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Sir Lemming posted:Like Clockwork always seemed like the fully-formed version of Lullabies to me. Hot take here but to me Like Clockwork sounded more like a lesser-formed version of Era Vulgaris imo, like taking some scraps and building a record around them. I think Era Vulgaris and Lullabies are both very underrated however and just my opinion but LC kinda continued the Era vibe with great tracks such as Smooth Sailing, I Appear Missing & Keep Your Eyes Peeled but aside from them the only other standout track to me is Vampyre (which is great) with the rest of the album just being kinda so-so. I think the run from Rated R to Era Vulgaris is incredible, though. I also think Lullabies is kinda tainted since it was following up SFTD which is a classic and also Nick's departure is noticeable. I think the record makes up for it in other ways and is very solid however, just looked upon harshly as a follow-up to a classic and lacking Nick's screamers despite still having plenty of bangers. Little Sister being chosen as the main single wasn't a very good idea either imo. Keeping an open mind for In Times New Roman but I'd much rather have another Them Crooked Vultures album at this point because holy poo poo was that incredible.
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# ? May 31, 2023 22:38 |
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https://reddit.com/r/qotsa/comments/13wlxy4/listening_parties_all_over_the_world/ Anyone wanna link up at We Got the Beats in Fort Lauderdale?
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# ? May 31, 2023 22:48 |
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SUNKOS posted:Hot take here but to me Like Clockwork sounded more like a lesser-formed version of Era Vulgaris imo, like taking some scraps and building a record around them. I think Era Vulgaris and Lullabies are both very underrated however and just my opinion but LC kinda continued the Era vibe with great tracks such as Smooth Sailing, I Appear Missing & Keep Your Eyes Peeled but aside from them the only other standout track to me is Vampyre (which is great) with the rest of the album just being kinda so-so. All fair points, I have a personal preference for clean mixes so I think that always hindered Era Vulgaris for me, even though I like it a lot. Probably sitting just a little below LC for me. I wish "The Fun Machine Took A poo poo & Died" had made the album, that may have put it over the top for me. I've never really cared for "Misfit Love" even though I know some people love it; I prefer "Smooth Sailing" when I'm looking for that sort of sleazy vibe. And "Make It Wit Chu" didn't necessarily improve on the Desert Sessions version. Similarly I preferred the "5:15ers" version of "Into The Hollow". These are honestly a lot of unfair things, really -- it's never fun when you get "demo-itis" falling in love with a draft of the song and then not liking the final version. Probably better to just not know. (For some reason I also couldn't shake the thought of "what if Mark Lanegan sang on Into The Hollow" even though I don't know where that idea came from.) It was also definitely super unfair having Lullabies follow SFTD, there was almost no way to recapture that magic especially with all the shake-ups. And "Little Sister" was definitely a dud single.
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# ? Jun 1, 2023 01:29 |
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It's funny you mention that because I think a good chunk of SFTD are old Desert Sessions songs Regarding both that and Lullabies however, this is just my own personal view based off comments made by Josh about SFTD but I view both albums as complimentary and kind of one. It stems from when Josh was talking about SFTD kinda being a concept album, wherein it just had a loose theme of being a desert drive (which prompted them to add the radio stuff in) and I think he mentioned somewhere that in his mind it's sort-of a soundtrack to a David Lynch movie that doesn't exist? I'm a huge Lost Highway fan and this combined with how Josh describes SFTD? I essentially view SFTD as the daytime screaming through the desert side and Lullabies as the night portion that follows on from that. It's just my own silly interpretation of the two records but it works for me and is fun given the tone of both albums (the crazed aggression seguing into dark manic sultry vibes) and Mosquito Song closing SFTD with This Lullaby opening LTP before Medication kicks in like the car is fired up again and now they're off into the night. I find it a fun way to view the albums, and even Nick's departure giving way to Billy Gibbons Odd way to view the albums I guess but it works really well for me thematically and audibly (again with the caveat that Little Sister is a dud) to put them together as a double album of day and night.
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# ? Jun 1, 2023 19:00 |
I will always have a soft spot for Lullabies even though it’s not in my top three because it came out around the time I started dating my now-husband in college. Our first conversation ever was about QOTSA and how much we both loved the band. Lullabies brings back memories of riding around in his car at night with the windows down (because he had no AC) and blasting QOTSA because we were poor and had no money to go on actual dates. 17 years later and we are in a vastly different point in our lives and can easily afford to drop some money on a trip to go see them live (as we did last weekend) but I still look back on those early days fondly. I do think a lot of the Desert Sessions transplant tracks benefit from the extra polish. Like “In My Head” absolutely needed a real bridge so the Lullabies version is a huge improvement imo.
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# ? Jun 3, 2023 13:26 |
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pastor of muppets posted:I do think a lot of the Desert Sessions transplant tracks benefit from the extra polish. Like “In My Head” absolutely needed a real bridge so the Lullabies version is a huge improvement imo. I think I prefer the sound and overall vibe of the DS version, but it does repeat the chorus way too many times toward the end.
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# ? Jun 3, 2023 20:29 |
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I couldn't fathom not having Rated R in my own top 3.
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# ? Jun 5, 2023 23:47 |
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US tour dates are up: https://qotsa.com/tour/ The pre-sale begins TODAY at 10am local time. Use code: NERO All tickets on sale Friday, June 9th at 10am local. with support from * Phantogram & The Armed ^ Viagra Boys & Jehnny Beth 8/3 Sterling Heights, MI * Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill 8/4 Toronto, ON * Budweiser Stage 8/5 Pittsburgh, PA * Stage AE Outdoors 8/7 Bridgeport, CT * Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater 8/8 Philadelphia, PA * TD Pavilion at the Mann 8/9 Washington, DC * The Anthem 8/11 Portland, ME * Cross Insurance Arena 8/12 Queens, NY * Forest Hills Stadium 8/15 Raleigh, NC * Red Hat Amphitheater 8/16 Asheville, NC * Rabbit Rabbit 8/18 Atlanta, GA * Fox Theatre 8/19 Nashville, TN * Ascend Amphitheater 9/17 Minneapolis, MN ^ The Armory 9/19 Omaha, NE ^ Steelhouse 9/20 Kansas City, MO ^ Starlight Theatre 9/22 Indianapolis, IN ^ TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park 9/23 St. Louis, MO ^ Saint Louis Music Park 9/26 Rogers, AR ^ Walmart AMP 9/27 Oklahoma City, OK ^ The Criterion 9/29 Denver, CO ^ Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre 9/30 Salt Lake City, UT ^ The Great Saltair 10/2 Portland, OR ^ Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10/3 Vancouver, BC ^ Pacific Coliseum 10/4 Seattle, WA ^ Climate Pledge Arena 10/6 San Francisco, CA ^ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
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# ? Jun 6, 2023 14:42 |
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Extending our trip to see Beyoncé in DC so I can catch QOTSA there a few days later since the closest to Miami they’re coming is Atlanta
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# ? Jun 7, 2023 15:40 |
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AFewBricksShy posted:US tour dates are up: Guess I'm going. Gonna order tickets right now. I'm shocked, most bands I like seem to skip Michigan/Detroit dates
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# ? Jun 8, 2023 14:28 |
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# ? May 5, 2024 13:47 |
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New Revolver interview talks about the new album and the various stuff going on in Josh's life, including a previously unrevealed bout of cancer. Apparently it was able to be surgically removed, but he doesn't want to get into details.
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# ? Jun 13, 2023 03:08 |