Posts Tagged: Queens of the Stone Age

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14
Dec 09

SOTD: Them Crooked Vultures – No One Loves Me & Neither Do I

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If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been building up a “Song of the Day” (or SOTD) playlist on lala.com and embedding it on the sidebar there to your right. I’ve been doing this for a few weeks now, silently. It’s time to break that silence.

Today’s (12/14/09 – I know, its late) Song of the Day is Them Crooked Vulture’s “No One Leaves Me & Neither Do I” of their recently released self-titled debut. Them Crooked Vultures is a rock “super group” made up of bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin), drummer Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age), and vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal).

I’m not entirely into their album, but “No One Loves Me & Neither Do I” is a song I haven’t been able to shake off my “recently played” playlist on iTunes. Listen to the song on the player at the top of the right sidebar, or right under this text: Continue reading →

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29
Aug 09

Best Album of 2002 Poll

Best Albums of 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09

Continuing in our quest to find the best albums of the 2000s, we look at the greatest albums released in 2002. A very fine year in music. As always, we depend on your votes to help us come closer to our verdict of the best album of the last 10 years, in the mean time, we will outline your favorite and our favorite albums of each year.

For 2002’s list, I turned to the Village Voice and their righteous Pazz & Jop Poll, surveying nearly 700 critics. I also went through a few Year-end lists presented by The Onion’s AV Club.

Please vote for the album you think was the best in 2002. If your choice isn’t on here, we’d love to see it in the comments section (though, we’d appreciate if you’d vote for your favorite on the list anyway). Here are 2002’s finalists:

A. The Streets: Original Pirate Material
B. Coldplay: A Rush Of Blood To The Head
C. Missy Elliott: Under Construction
D. Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
E. Beck: Sea Change
F. Sigur Rós: ()
G. The Roots: Phrenology
H. Queens of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf
I. Spoon: Kill The Moonlight
J. Iron & Wine: The Creek Drank The Cradle

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6
Jul 09

Arctic Monkeys – Crying Lightning

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Mere hours before British radio was supposed to premiere the Arctic Monkeys’ new first single for their forthcoming Humbug, “Crying Lightning” hit the internet. I love when that happens.

The Arctic Monkeys opted to stray from their traditional, straightforward approach and have crafted a song far more complex than say, “I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor.”

The hook isn’t as hook-y as the aforementioned song, but signature Alex Turner melody and lyric is spot on. The guitar work on “Crying Lightning” is especially great. Guitarists Turner, Cook, and Bass Guitarist Nick O’Malley are spinning a web rather than rushing into a raw explosion of sound that has become common in Arctic Monkey records. Listen to “Crying Lightning” here Continue reading →