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Grammys 2024 Nominations Announced: boygenius, Alvvays, Olivia Rodrigo, Lana Del Rey, and More

Arctic Monkeys, Paramore, Taylor Swift, Janelle Monáe, PJ Harvey, Gorillaz, and Others Also Nominated

Nov 10, 2023

The nominations for the 2024 Grammy Awards have been announced. Under the Radar favorites Alvvays, boygenius, PJ Harvey, Paramore, Arctic Monkeys, Lana Del Rey, Olivia Rodrigo, Janelle Monáe, Gorillaz, James Blake, and others are all up for awards. More

Jun 14, 2023

Queens of the Stone Age are releasing a new album, In Times New Roman… Now they have shared its third single, “Paper Machete,” as well as a music video for the album’s previously shared second single “Carnavoyeur.” More

Queens of the Stone Age Share New Song “Carnavoyeur”

In Times New Roman… Due Out June 16 via Matador

Jun 01, 2023

Queens of the Stone Age are releasing a new album, In Times New Roman…, on June 16 via Matador. Now they have shared its second single, “Carnavoyeur.” More

May 11, 2023

Queens of the Stone Age have announced a new album, In Times New Roman…, and shared its first single, “Emotion Sickness,” as well as a trailer for the album. More

Watch Sharon Van Etten and Josh Homme’s Video for Nick Lowe Cover

They Cover “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?” (Plus Tune in to Van Etten’s Livestream for because i was in love on May 29)

May 21, 2020

Last week, Sharon Van Etten and Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) premiered their cover of Nick Lowe’s “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?” Now, they’ve shared the quarantine-made music video for the track, which features their families. More

Shaky Knees Festival Lineup - The National, Jack White, The War on Drugs, Fleet Foxes, and More

Plus Queens of the Stone Age, Courtney Barnett, David Byrne, Franz Ferdinand, Alvvays, and Others

Jan 08, 2018

The lineup for the 2018 Shaky Knees Music Festival has been announced. The festival goes down in Atlanta, GA’s Central Park May 4-6. The headliners are The National, Jack White, and Queens of the Stone Age. More

Dec 11, 2017

At their performance at KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas show on Saturday night outside Los Angeles, Queens of the Stone Age‘s frontman kicked music photographer Chelsea Lauren in the face. She was in the photo pit shooting the show when Homme kicked her camera, which hit her face and sent her to the hospital. More

Grammys 2018 Nominations: Lorde, Father John Misty, The National, The War on Drugs, and More

Plus Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, JAY-Z, Bruno Mars, Arcade Fire, Leonard Cohen, LCD Soundsystem, and Others Get Nominations

Nov 28, 2017

The 2018 Grammy Awards nominations have been announced. Childish Gambino, JAY-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Lorde, and Bruno Mars are all vying for Album of the Year. Arcade Fire, Gorillaz, LCD Soundsystem, Father John Misty, and The National compete for Best Alternative Music Album. More

Watch: Queens of the Stone Age - “The Way You Used to Do” Video

Mark Ronson-Produced Villains Due Out August 25 via Matador

Aug 16, 2017

Queens of the Stone Age are releasing a new album, the Mark Ronson-produced Villains, on August 25 via Matador. Previously they shared the album’s “The Way You Used to Do” and “The Evil Has Landed.”Now “The Way You Used to Do” has a video. More

Listen: Queens of the Stone Age - “The Evil Has Landed”

Mark Ronson-Produced Villains Due Out August 25 via Matador

Aug 10, 2017

Queens of the Stone Age are releasing a new album, the Mark Ronson-produced Villains, on August 25 via Matador. Previously they shared the album’s first single, “The Way You Used to Do.” Now here’s another song from the album, “The Evil Has Landed.” More

Queens of the Stone Age Announce Album Details and Tour, Share “The Way You Used to Do”

Mark Ronson-Produced Villains Due Out August 25 via Matador

Jun 15, 2017

Yesterday Queens of the Stone Age announced Villains, a new album produced by Mark Ronson, via a funny video where the band was given a lie detector test. It had a cameo from Ronson and featured a snippet of a new song, “Feet Don’t Fail Me.” More

Queens of the Stone Age Announce New Mark Ronson-Produced Album via Funny Lie Detector Video

Queens of the Stone Age Announce New Mark Ronson-Produced Album via Funny Lie Detector Video

Jun 14, 2017

Queens of the Stone Age have announced a new album produced by Mark Ronson. It was announced via a funny video in which Josh Homme and the band are given a lie detector test. More

Apr 26, 2016

Post Pop Depression also features Queens of the Stone Age/Dead Weather keyboardist/guitarist Dean Fertita and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders. Live the band is also joined by Queens of the Stone Age’s Troy Van Leeuwen (guitar) and Chavez’s Matt Sweeney (bass). More

Iggy Pop Announces Tour Dates featuring Josh Homme

Post Pop Depression Due Out March 18 via Loma Vista

Jan 27, 2016

Iggy Pop is releasing a new album, Post Pop Depression, on March 18 via Loma Vista. It’s produced by Josh Homme of Eagles of Death Metal and Queens of the Stone Age, who also plays on the album and co-wrote it with Pop. Two songs from the record have been shared thus far:“Gardenia” and “Break Into Your Heart.” Now Pop has announced a slew of tour dates this spring. More

Listen: Iggy Pop (feat. Josh Homme) - “Break Into Your Heart”

Post Pop Depression Due Out March 18 via Loma Vista

Jan 25, 2016

Iggy Pop is releasing a new album, Post Pop Depression, on March 18 via Loma Vista. It’s produced by Josh Homme of Eagles of Death Metal and Queens of the Stone Age, who also plays on the album. Previously the song “Gardenia” was shared. Below is another song from the record, “Break Into Your Heart.” More

Jan 22, 2016

Yesterday it was announced that Iggy Pop and Josh Homme of Eagles of Death Metal and Queens of the Stone Age had teamed up and are releasing an album together, Post Pop Depression, which is due out March 18 via Loma Vista. Now it’s been clarified that it’s technically an Iggy Pop album produced by Homme, rather than being labeled as an Iggy Pop and Josh Homme album. More

Iggy Pop and Josh Homme (Eagles of Death Metal/Queens of the Stone Age) to Release Album Together

Post Pop Depression Due Out March 18 via Loma Vista, To Perform on Colbert Tonight

Jan 21, 2016

Iggy Pop and Josh Homme of Eagles of Death Metal and Queens of the Stone Age have teamed up and are releasing an album together. Post Pop Depression is due out March 18 via Loma Vista. More

Watch Mark Ronson and Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker Cover Queens of the Stone Age

Kirin J. Callinan and Miike Snow's Andrew Wyatt also Help Cover "I Sat By the Ocean"

Jul 31, 2015

Mark Ronson took part in the “Like A Version” series for Australia’s Triple J radio station yesterday, where they have artists do exclusive cover songs live on the radio. More

Queens Of The Stone Age Announce “The End Of The Road”

Halloween Showcase To Finish World Tour

Jul 07, 2014

Queens of the Stone Age have big plans. First, they’re embarking on a blistering world tour that will take them all over North and South America and Europe over the coming months, and now they’ve announced their big finish. The hard rockers will wrap up their promotion of 2013’s ...Like Clockwork with a Halloween party in L.A. called “The End of the Road.” More

Under the Radar’s Top 50 Music Videos of 2013

Our Favorite Visuals of the Year

Jan 03, 2014

While the days of watching music videos on television are long gone, over the past several years the visual art form has certainly found second life (like so many other things) as an excellent online commodity. More

Nov 19, 2013

Following their excellent, Boneface-animated short film series showcasing tracks from their latest album ...Like Clockwork, Josh Homme and Queens of the Stone Age returned yesterday with a new proper music video for their new ballad single “The Vampyre of Time and Memory.” More

Watch: Queens of the Stone Age Stop by “Conan”

Band Performs “The Vampyre of Time and Memory”

Oct 31, 2013

Last night Queens of the Stone Age dropped by Conan to perform piano-driven track “The Vampyre of Time and Memory” from their new album Like Clockwork. More

Oct 10, 2013

On the newest edition of WTF, Marc Maron interviews Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme. More

Oct 09, 2013

Currently engrossed in their own separate support of their respective albums Hesitation Marks and ...Like Clockwork, Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age have announced that they will be pairing up next year for a special round of joint shows throughout Australia and New Zealand. More

Oct 04, 2013

Currently on tour supporting their newly released record AM, earlier this week the Arctic Monkeys performed at The Wiltern in L.A. More

Sep 06, 2013

Yesterday Queens of the Stone Age stopped by BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge where frontman Josh Homme and his crew performed a cover of Arctic Monkeys’ new AM single “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?” More

Watch: Queens of the Stone Age on “Kimmel”

Perform "My God Is the Sun" and "I Sat By the Ocean"

Aug 01, 2013

Supporting their hard-hitting new record ...Like Clockwork, Queens of the Stone Age made a special appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night. More

Jul 09, 2013

Demonstrating that even tough rock bands have a sense of humor Queens of the Stone Age have enlisted comedian Fred Armisen for a very real infomercial announcing the release of their Billboard-topping album ...Like Clockwork in the form of an 8-GB flash drive. More

Queens of the Stone Age Announce North American Fall Tour

Supporting New Album ...Like Clockwork

Jun 10, 2013

In the wake of releasing their sixth studio album ...Like Clockwork Queens of the Stone Age have announced plans for a proper North American tour this fall. More

May 28, 2013

A full week ahead of its scheduled release Queens of the Stone Age have allowed their forthcoming new album ...Like Clockwork to stream in its entirety. More

May 24, 2013

Last night Queens of the Stone Age performed a sold out show at L.A.‘s Wiltern Theatre. More

May 17, 2013

Throughout the week Queens of the Stone Age have shared a unique series of music videos showcasing the distorted, grotesque imagination of UK artist Boneface. More

May 17, 2013

Like their own version of Frank Miller’s seminal comic series Sin City, Queens of the Stone Age and UK artist Boneface have created a fascinatingly warped world of murders, anti-heroes, and monsters in their ongoing music video series. More

May 15, 2013

Building up the curiosity of just how many of these twisted visuals we’ll see before the release of their new album ...Like Clockwork, Queens of the Stone Age have premiered another macabre music video, this time for their track “Keep Your Eyes Peeled.” More

May 14, 2013

Loosely continuing the story begun in the music video for “I Appear Missing,” Queens of the Stone Age have premiered a second for “Kalopsia,” featured on the band’s forthcoming record ...Like Clockwork. More

May 13, 2013

Last week Josh Homme and Queens of the Stone Age stopped by the Belgian radio station Studio Brussel where the band played a number of tracks live off their forthcoming new album ...Like Clockwork. More

May 09, 2013

Yesterday Queens of the Stone Age stopped by Belgian radio station Studio Brussel for a special studio session performance where frontman Josh Homme and the band debuted two new songs from their forthcoming LP ...Like Clockwork: “I Sat By the Ocean” and “If I Had A Tail.” More

May 06, 2013

Queens of the Stone Age, who will soon return with their new album ...Like Clockwork on June 4, have premiered a rather macabre music video for their single “I Appear Missing.” More

Listen: Queens of the Stone Age - “My God Is the Sun”

New Album ...Like Clockwork Out June 4

Apr 09, 2013

Recently premiering the track at this year’s Lollapalooza Brazil, Queens of the Stone Age have unearth the studio recording of their single “My God Is the Sun,” featured on the band’s forthcoming new record ...Like Clockwork. More

Apr 01, 2013

Last week Josh Homme recently announcing the return of Queens of the Stone Age and new album ...Like Clockwork. More

Mar 26, 2013

Queens of the Stone Age have announced that they will release ...Like Clockwork, their sixth studio album this coming June. More




Reviews

Aug 25, 2017

“The Way You Used to Do” marks maybe the darkest chapter for Josh Homme’s Queens of the Stone Age. The direct-input guitar, pumped full of pulpy funk is the sound of a band satisfied with themselvesand that’s dangerous. You can picture it now: Homme hip-slinging, leather jacket wrapped around his towering shoulders, cigarette hanging from his lips. More

Jun 24, 2013

More than a decade ago now, my best friend made me listen to Rated R and Songs For the Deaf, claiming they were musical life-changers. I listened to them plenty and liked them, even if they didn’t change my musical life (but, honestly, how often are such aural promises fulfilled?). More