Queens Of The Stone Age’s new album Villains just dropped last week via Matador Records. As part of their press tour promoting the release, they performed live and unplugged in the studio on BBC Radio 6. You can watch the three tracks they played, ‘The Way You Used To Do’, ‘Domesticated Animals’, and ‘River In The Road’ below. Continue reading
It’s hard for established bands to take risks in the landscape that is 2017 in music. Especially when your band comes attached with a cultural cache like Queens Of The Stone Age, on album number seven, with love from the critics, indie cred, and what amounts to major label distro. Having conquered many frontiers as a headliner, but still looking for the challenge, QOTSA teamed up with hit-making pop and dance producer Mark Robson to create what would become Villains (Matador). Ronson’s name comes with little to no background in the greasy stoner rock the band is known for, but rather for putting Amy Winehouse, Adele, Lady Gaga and the ubiquitous (for better or worse) ‘Uptown Funk’ with Bruno Mars on the map to the tune of millions in sales. Continue reading
Queens Of The Stone Age will be releasing their highly anticipated new album, Villains, on August 25th, and they’ve just shared another new song online. Continue reading