Don't let those sad people spoil it for you, it's great!
(still haven't listened to it)
Although I haven't listened to it either yet to be honest.
Music Queens of the Stone Age
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Although I haven't listened to it either yet to be honest.
It might be right up your alley in fairness Pogue. Very electronic/dance orientated.
(still haven't listened to it)
That said, I've no real dislike of the genre, the songs just never grabbed me.
For anyone going to Reading festival, they're doing a secret set tonight.
I'm a big fan of QOTSA, but this album hasn't hooked me after my first listen. I think it has 'grower' potential though.
I've listened to the first 4 tracks so far. It's put a proper smile on my face at times. Track 1 is absolute 
Isn't it just?!I've listened to the first 4 tracks so far. It's put a proper smile on my face at times. Track 1 is absolute
Listened to the album a couple of times now. I like it. A lot. Slinky little number.
Listened twice in full now. It's a banger. Unsure if it's better than ...Like Clockwork though. And I still think The Way You Used To Do is pretty crap.
Agree they released the worst song as a single... The album is very very good .
Its a grower, even The Way You Used To Do sounds better as part of the album.
Bit meh.
They did this with their last album, except the second part anyway.
What song was that?
My God Is The Sun. I mean it's alright, but it didn't hype me up for the record, which turned out to be pretty good.
It's brilliant. I might even grab the cd.
That's a great track!!!!
Opinions, I guess. They seem polarised on the new record.
Which is a good thing..
Is it? I don't see it as a good or a bad thing, it just is what it is.
If we were all the same it would be a bit boring right.. Normally the best stuff regarding music and arts in general divides opinions..
Well yeah I mean I agree with that, but I don't think it's particularly good or bad that some people love the new album and some hate it. That just means a lot more people disliked it than the rest of the albums they've done.
Everyone loved Songs For The Deaf, doesn't mean it's less good because there was a general consensus.
No that is not really what I meant.. Good art normally has the opinion that it´s either brilliant or very good or it´s rubbish. It normally hasn´t got many that just think it´s ok. I for one like this album very much think it´s on the slow tempo and easy listening side but like it any way.. And there are many who really don´t like it.. So for me that normally means something worth listening to as it isn´t anything middle of the park wishy washy stuff.
I sort of get what you mean. It means the album has provoked a reaction anyway, I normally see this in bands that put out something the core fan base wasn't expecting. In this case a bit more poppy, electronic album.
Exactly couldn't have put it better myself..
They are the most 'grower' band I think I've ever listened to. With the exception of Songs for the Deaf which I instantly loved (and still do), none of their other albums hit me straight away, not even Rated R or the last one.
Songs for the Deaf was definitely instantaneous for me too. Rated R does take a while to get into but mostly because each song sounds so different from the last.
Yeah Rated R took me a while as well. Didn't like it at all after the first listen, and was bummed since SFTD blew me away and left my expectations sky high.
I love it now though, probably their 2nd best.
So Josh Homme was apparently completely out of his mind and kicked a female reporter in the head. For no apparent reason at all.
http://variety.com/2017/music/news/...ive-1202635338/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
http://variety.com/2017/music/news/...ive-1202635338/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Having listened to it more Villains is a bit disappointing for me. Vastly preferred ...Like Clockwork.
Pretty shitty thing to do. I mean its not quite Nick holding his girlfriend captive with a loaded shotgun while a SWAT team wait outside but its up there.
Listened to Josh Homme take part in a longish podcast conversation recently (Adam Buxton) and was disappointed to gradually realise he’s a complete knob. Hence this news isn’t a huge surprise. A pity really. He always seemed like a cool bloke, without ever knowing much about him
I think the years of alcohol and drug abuse are catching up with him.
Agreed. Happens to us all!
He's a bellend.
I seem to remember his friends in Eagles of Death Metal coming across as knobs as well after the terror incidence at the concert in Paris a couple of years ago.
I watched the Vice documentary interviewing them straight after and felt nothing but sorry for them. I thought they handled themselves ok? Which is why realising he was a dick was kind of surprising.
Well, apart from saying Gun Control failed them and everyone in France should have guns.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...esse-hughes-gun-control-failed-paris-20160216
*The actual interview quite isn’t as bad as the headline though, tbf (as always) Still not a great look.
To be fair I didn't pay much attention, but I vaguely remember Hughes, or whatever he's called, trotting out the "if people had been armed"-line. I might be completely wrong though.
Hmm... only watched the interview with Vice. Missed that bit.
He's in the band, he just doesn't perform live with them.
It wasn't just in that particular interview he was rambling on about gun control. He's a bit of a gun nut and a Trump supporter... Awful what happened to them, but in the aftermath he said so many disturbing things. I used to be a big EODM fan, but that ship has sailed.