Queens of the Stone Age have been a mainstay in my musical rotation for many years. When I heard a new album was on its way I was excited to say the least. Villains is the seventh full length studio album and was expelled on 08/25/17. Upon first listen the album is good, if not a little unremarkable in relation to other works of QOTSA. This isn’t a bad thing. I believe a good album…
One of the beautiful things about music is that it’s all about being in the moment. Many of our favourite songs are in reality just an example of being in the right place at the right time. Sure, sometimes the right time happens to be somewhere within 4 consecutive days of being in the studio doing the same thing over and over and over and over again until the stars align and some mythical force…
The blues have always been a mainstay for me throughout this musical journey. Something about that minor pentatonic scale, that little triad of notes which rings oh so inharmoniously enough to make some people (mostly of religious concerns) shudder in place, being used to create such music of the soul that has the power to lift people and bring a sense of awe. For me, this fascination of the genre started much like I imagine it does…
One of my earliest memories of really enjoying music is listening to my brothers Green Day’s Dookie on his CD player. I was around 4 or maybe 5 years old. I listened to Basket Case, When I Come Around and Welcome To Paradise enough to break the CD. This album was fun, focused and endlessly catchy. Green Day and other “punk” bands like Blink 182 and Weezer found immense success during the 90s, and with…