Subject: Queens of the Stone Age

• Terrorists Attack US Power Plant

  Israeli terrorists have caused significant damage to a power plant in Palestine, insured by the U.S. government for up to $48 million dollars. READ THE STORY ON ALJAZEERA.COM Tony Snow, White House Chief of Verbal Diarrhea, previously described Israel's current assault on the Palestinians as legitimate self-defence, precipitated by "the hostage-taking and attacks by Hamas last weekend." Funny, I don't think he would consider the Iraqi insurgency a legitimate self-defence, precipitated by pris

  July 2, 2006

• Queens of the Stone Age Rock the Boys and Girls of Summer

  July 23, 2007

• The best albums of 2007 - as told by David Downs

  VVM Web Music Editor David Downs calls 2007 the year of rehab. "For LiLo, Britney, Amy, and America as a whole. It'll be remembered as the year we hit rock bottom, and the getting up wasn't going to be easy. Here's how it sounded." Queens of the Stone Age Era Vulgaris "Turning on the Screw" Because no one rocks harder while still pulling in the girls. This album has at least five epic, shredder songs that kept me awake during several 2 a.m. burns down the pitch-black California Interstate 5

  December 27, 2007

• The Police, Daft Punk, and DethKlok Among The Top National Concerts of '07

  Village Voice Media presents the Top Concerts of 2007 featuring: Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Interpol, Mavado, Rage Against the Machine, Queens of the Stone Age, Jah Cure, Arcade Fire, the Good, the Bad and the Queen, and other not as famous bands! (Compiled from national Village Voice Media staff by Web Music Editor David Downs) Click the photo (or this!) for some slides.

  January 2, 2008

• Last Night: The Cult @ The Grove in Anaheim

  Better Than: Watching the Lakers lose to the Spurs. Download: "Illuminated" from The Cult's website The combination of roaring guitars, pummeling drums, driving bass and distinctive vocals is winning formula that has made The Cult successful for nearly thirty years. Ian Astbury (vocals) has one of the most characteristic voices in the rock world and still sounds as good as ever. Making it was no surprise that the Grove was packed last night. Year Long Disaster sufficiently warmed up the crow

  May 26, 2008

• Hella Coachella

  May 8, 2003

• Get Out!

  June 22, 2006

• Always Be Wary of MySpace Bulletins

  "FREE MORAL AGENTS TONIGHT! QUEENS OF STONE AGE TOMORROW FREE"That was the subject of a MySpace bulletin posted last night on Detroit Bar's account; now, I don't think they actually thought anyone would be fooled into think that the Queens of the Stone Age would be playing there free tonight, but it is kind of funny. Some would say false advertising, but those people should probably seriously lighten up.What that subject did refer to, though, was the show tonight with Sweethead, featuring Troy V

  February 3, 2009

• [Summer Guide] Twenty Summer Shows That Should Be Fun (Or Fun to Make Fun Of)

  June 4, 2009

• Friends: Lend Us Your Coachella Stories!

  Exactly one month from now we'll be in the midst of Coachella, that annual sweaty, magical musical festival in the brutal yet glorious desert of Indio. It's also the 10th anniversary of the thing (well, kind of--the 1999 one took place in October).In the spirit of getting ready for this glorious event, we're curious to hear the best Coachella tales from our local Orange County/Long Beach readers: were you mesmerized by the Pixies return show in 2004? The Rage reunion in 2007? Did you meet your f

  March 19, 2009

• [Sound Guy] The Disorienting Power of Coachella Can Make Strange Bedfellows (and Beds)

  April 9, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  February 19, 2009

• [Locals Only] Wag the Vessel Tongue

  February 12, 2009

• [CD Review] Eagles of Death Metal, 'Heart On' (Downtown Records)

  October 30, 2008

• How (Not) to Name Your Band

  WEB EXCLUSIVE! Your Moniker Can Mean Big Money. Choose Wisely with These Tips

  November 8, 2007

• Hits!

  Borders Books Music & Cafe
  

  October 11, 2007

• Voodoo Boogie

  May 18, 2006

• Devil's Music

  Sin Serenade

  August 9, 2007

• Hits!

  Bionic Records
  

  August 9, 2007

• CD Review

  UNKLE, War Stories (Surrender All)

  July 19, 2007

• Homme, Bittersweet Homme

  Queens of the Stone Age spearhead a network of hard-rock badassery

  July 19, 2007

• Disaster and What Comes After

  October 7, 2004

• Cherub Rock

  A toddler and her dad road-test alt-lullabies

  March 29, 2007

• Locals Only

  Fu Manchu as loud and proud as ever
  

  March 15, 2007

• Who Cares?

  Heres hoping the Who dont die before you get old

  November 16, 2006

• Shameless Plug

  October 5, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  Dec. 14-20

  December 22, 2005

• Get Out!

  December 15, 2005

• HiTS!

  July 7, 2005

• HOT AS IN GOD

  July 7, 2005

• Virgin Megastore Costa Mesa

  April 7, 2005

• Make the Music Go Bang

  December 2, 2004

• Live Previews

  October 14, 2004

• What We Do Is Not Normal

  March 11, 2004

• Mondo Generator

  November 13, 2003

• Stoned and Dethroned

  March 13, 2003

• Goth Not

  February 20, 2003

• Good and Drunk

  February 6, 2003

• Movies and Metal

  January 30, 2003

• Resolved

  January 9, 2003

• Pimpin Aint Easy

  November 7, 2002

• Queens of the Stone Age

  September 19, 2002

• High Colonic for the Eardrums

  January 24, 2002

• One More Dose of Thunder

  April 27, 2000

• Incoming: Cake, Band of Horses, Coming to Fox Theater, Dead Weather at Glass House

  Back in 1996, it seemed like a pretty good bit that, post-"The Distance," Cake would wind up as a one-hit wonder. Yet the Sacramento band became one of the most reliable commodities in modern rock, which resulted in a ton of slightly amusing novelty hits: "Never There." "Sheep Go To Heaven." "Short Skirt/Long Jacket." "Love You Madly." An instrumental version of "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" is even the theme song to NBC's (which was just renewed, a rare victory for fans of nerdy network TV shows).

  May 15, 2009

• Album Review: The Dead Weather, 'Horehound'

  The Dead WeatherHorehound(Third Man)Jack White is a really good guitar player. In the White Stripes and the Raconteurs, he's shown off his proficiency in a variety of styles and genres (six years later, the faux-bassline of "Seven Nation Army" is still stuck in a lot of heads). He's a focus of upcoming documentary It Might Get Loud, where he joins certified six-string icons Jimmy Page and the Edge in gabbing about the history of the electric guitar.So it's perplexing that in the Dead Weather, hi

  July 20, 2009

• [CD Review] The Dead Weather, 'Horsehound' (Third Man)

  July 23, 2009

• [CD Review] Various Artists, 'New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets' (Arsenal/Justice Records)

  August 13, 2009

• Free Crap That Came In The Mail: Lullaby Renditions of Aerosmith

  ​A lot of times "Free Crap That Came In The Mail" is just taking shots at easy targets. Why not? It's, you know, easy. But this installment is actually something sort of cool, that I probably would have otherwise ignored if not for the fact that it (you guessed it) came in the mail.

  August 18, 2009

• Last Night: U2 at the Rose Bowl

  Andrew Youssef​Last Night: U2, at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena; October 25, 2009. (More photos here!) Better Than: Any other stadium tour I have witnessed.Historic. Epic. Magical. These are just a few of the words that come to mind in describing U2's performance at the Rose Bowl. Even as I watch the rebroadcast of the concert streaming on Youtube, nothing will be able to convey the spine tingling and electric moments of being in a stadium with close to a 100,000 people.Is U2 the biggest band in the

  October 26, 2009