Musings on the past and present state of music, film, and pop culture. Get off my lawn.
45 Best Summer Albums Of All Time Part 2: Counting down the ultimate albums for a rocking summer. Welcome back to Part 2 of our list of the best albums that captured the summers of yesterday and that continue to rock them today. Click here to read Part 1 for entries 45-29 and Click here for Part […]
Check out the full Webcast lineup for Coachella 2014 Tomorrow kicks off the first weekend of the 2014 Coachella Music Festival. For those who couldn’t make it down to the desert festival, you’re in luck; the official webcast schedule was just announced. The webcast will air on the festival’s three official YouTube Channels, all of […]
Queens Of The Stone Age Majestic Theatre Concert Review: Josh Homme and co deliver an incendiary set on a cold Texas night at the San Antonio Majestic Theater. [rating=6] Don’t get the wrong impression of Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme. Despite his recent (and past issues) with unruly concert-goers, he still wants […]
Dave Grohl, Nine Inch Nails and QOTSA To Perform Grammy Finale. Supergroup to be rounded out by Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsay Buckingham. I’ve bemoaned the lack of heavy rock groups at the Grammy’s for years now. But the 2014 Grammy ceremonies have a silver lining; Dave Grohl will lead a supergroup of alternative veterans, including […]
Top 10 Creepiest Music Videos: Augment your Halloween horror movie viewing with some creepy musical video interludes. So you’re have your stack of horror movies (or films in you DVR or Netflix queue) ready to go for Halloween, but you’re still craving more weird stuff to watch. Well, why not add some eerie music videos […]
Vista Chino ‘Peace’ Review: Former members of Kyuss rock on as Vista Chino. And they make a pretty good case for stoner rock minus Josh Homme. [rating=3] Unless your name is Josh Homme, being a member of stoner rock legends Kyuss hasn’t been easy lately. The band was continuing as Kyuss Lives, but Homme slapped them […]
Watch the Lollapalooza 2013 lineup on YouTube all weekend. It’s finally here; the 2013 Lollapalooza lineup kicked off last night at Chicago’s Grant Park. For those too broke or distant to check out the festival, I feel your pain. But all is not lost; YouTube will be streaming the entire festival all weekend long. Click […]
An intoxicating work that defies expectations, ‘Like Clockwork’ is the feel weird hit of the summer, showcasing Queens Of The Stone Age band leader Josh Homme’s dark side. [rating=4] When Dave Grohl confirmed his drumming on the new Queens Of The Stone Age album, fans got excited. But he tempered expectations: The Queens record’s pretty great, man. […]
Queens Of The Stone Age Stream ‘Like Clockwork’ before its release next week via Mammoth Records. UPDATED: Click here for my “…Like Clockwork”Review. Today Queens Of The Stone Age announced they’ll be streaming their new album “Like Clockwork,” in full on iTunes one week before it’s release on June Fourth. The stream will begin tomorrow, May 28th. Love Queens Of […]
The SLIS Best Alternative Rock Summer Playlist: We’ve compiled the best summer jams from classic alternative, punk, new wave, electronica, 70’s glam and more! Folks my age don’t get the same kick out of summer like we used to. Gone are (what seemed like) the endless summers of our high school and college years. But, […]
