New music this week from: Rosanne Cash, Last Dinner Party, Slowdive, Jenny Lewis, Modern English, Everclear, Van Morrison, Charlie Mars, New Kids On The Block, Van Halen, Bully, Queens of The Stone Age, Vagabon, Bruce Hornsby, ZZ Ward, and more . . . .
In Times New Roman… is the eighth studio album by American rock band Queens of the Stone Age, released on June 16, 2023, through Matador Records. It was announced in a video teaser on May 11, 2023, and is the band’s first album since Villains (2017). The announcement occurred alongside the release of the lead single, “Emotion Sickness”. The band will tour North America and Europe in support of the record. In Times New Roman… marks the conclusion of the band’s trilogy of albums released through Matador that began with …Like Clockwork (2013).
Josh Homme – performance, production, engineering
Dean Fertita – performance
Michael Shuman – performance
Jon Theodore – performance
Troy Van Leeuwen – performance
Richard Dodd – cello (tracks 1, 6, 8, 10)
Leah Katz – viola (1, 6, 8, 10)
Daphne Chen – violin (1, 6, 8, 10)
Eric Gorfain – violin (1, 6, 8, 10)
Nina McCoy – additional vocals (1)
Sharetta Morgan-Harmon – additional vocals (1)
Tenderlie Lavender – additional vocals (1)
Matt Helders – additional vocals (9)
Queens of the Stone Age (commonly abbreviated QOTSA) is an American rock band formed in 1996 in Palm Desert, California. The band was founded by vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme, who has been the only constant member throughout multiple line-up changes. The current line-up consists of Homme alongside Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar, lap steel, keyboard, percussion, backing vocals), Michael Shuman (bass guitar, keyboard, backing vocals), Dean Fertita (keyboards, guitar, percussion, backing vocals), and Jon Theodore (drums, percussion). The band also have a large pool of contributors and collaborators. Queens of the Stone Age are known for their blues, Krautrock and electronica-influenced style of riff-oriented and rhythmic hard rock music, coupled with Homme’s distinct falsetto vocals and unorthodox guitar scales.
Formed after the dissolution of Homme’s previous band Kyuss, the band originated from the Palm Desert music scene. Their self-titled debut album was recorded with former Kyuss members Alfredo Hernández on drums and Homme on all other instruments. It was well received by critics for its stoner rock sound which Homme has described as “robot rock”. Nick Oliveri and Mark Lanegan joined as additional vocalists for Rated R, which was commercially and critically successful. Rated R diversified their musical palette with forays into psychedelic rock, punk rock and heavy metal, and featured their breakout single “Feel Good Hit of the Summer”. Songs for the Deaf was released in 2002 to universal acclaim and commercial success, and featured Dave Grohl on drums and contributions from Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider. By this time, the band had achieved considerable international recognition, and have since embarked on successive world tours. Following Oliveri and Lanegan’s departures, Homme was the primary singer for 2005’s Lullabies to Paralyze and 2007’s electronic-influenced Era Vulgaris.
After a few years of inactivity, the more sombre and introspective …Like Clockwork was released in 2013 to critical acclaim. The band released Villains in 2017 with Mark Ronson as producer.
The band have been nominated for Grammy Awards seven times; four times for Best Hard Rock Performance, twice for Best Rock Album, and once for Best Rock Performance.
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