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Latin for "common era," Era Vulgaris holds a pair of common threads with the four Queens of the Stone Age records that preceded it. One, it crosses colossal guitar chords with the most volatile of hard rock melodies. And second, it's as LOUD as loud gets, thanks to Josh Homme, the impatient instigator behind the ever-evolving cast of personalities that make up the band. Detonation comes with track one, as the jagged riffs of "Turning on the Screw" lead the listener into "Sick, Sick, Sick," where Julian Casablancas spews his vocals beneath a wall of multi-guitar catcalls. Although the head Stroke will likely garner the most attention, perpetual Queener Mark Lanegan's velvety pipes earmark two of Era's most booming selections: the funky "Make It Wit Chu" (complete with Temptations-like backing vocals) and the heart-racing three minutes of "River in the Road." Add the garage rock of Homme's "3's & 7's" and "Suture Up Your Future," easy pickings for most likely crossover hit, and Era Vulgaris-- hypnotically and explosively common--holds its own with any in the QoTSA discography. --Scott Holter
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AWSOME (2007-07-29)  exactly what you would expect from QOTSA. A likeable album, but some songs are lacking something.Best songs (in my opinion): - river in the road-run pig run-into the hollow-3s & 7s-suture up your future
This album is horrible (2007-07-24)  Listen to this album back to back with Rated-R or QOTSA, or even Songs for the Deaf. You'll see what I mean, this is QOTSAs weakest album to date. I can't tell you why because I listened to it a few times in the car, first quietly, then loudly, didn't make a difference either way. I haven't put it back on. Bring back Nick Oliveri and get QOTSA back to the great music they used to make. Sorry this a bad, bad, bad album.
new qotsa (2007-07-22) The opening track "turn on the screw" sounds like a clash of a zeppelin riff with a vocal phrasing not far from the beatles "tax man" The start of this the fifth studio album by Joshua Homme and the queens former keyboardist Natasha Shneider's Russian influence may very well be in play on the infectious gypsy gallop and sound on the standout later track "river in the road" different and could be my favorite trackother favorite tracks is the catchy "3's and 7's" with it's "little sister" catchy sensibilities"Misfit love" is a winding epic starting with a creeping dark openingtill it meanders through some slow changes till it reaches it's end choruswould of preferred "dead in love" if they were to pull something from desert sessionsbut they still do a great job with there actual pick the quirky "wanna make it chu"lead single "Sick, Sick, Sick" is almost lugheadish but it grew on me"I'm designer" is crafty and not without a sense of humorit's chorus is remeniscent of the foo fighters"Into the Hollow" is very moody Queens through in througheven with Joshua's trademark falsettoand some tasty slide playing No weak tracks on this one, perhaps the bands most consistent album well maybe since Rated R also another album where one should practice patienceThe queens can be awkward to get your head around at firstbut that makes it all interesting once you come round to ita great album once again
The single most important band in rock today (2007-07-05) QOTSA doesn't go for cliched riffs or song structures, they push the envelope but intelligently (take note Radiohead). I thoroughly enjoyed the album, like all QOTSA work I think it needs several listens to appreciate the layering of guitars and bass - headphones are a must. My fave is Run Pig Run, but I am a sucker for that twisted break in the song. Josh Homme rules, Mark Lanegan is a wicked singer and may QOTSA continue to produce many many more great albums like this one.
I can't lose this feeling inside of my head (2007-06-12)  Queens of the Stone Age smash and roar through some of the best, most influential hard rock out there, even with a lineup that never seems to be the same twice. And while their latest, "Era Vulgaris," starts off with a whimper, it quickly works itself up into a bang that can be heard right through the end. Their music here is grimy, rough and raw, but it tries out some new sounds and quirkier edges, without losing the grimy, brooding feeling. It opens rather limply -- "Turning on the Screw," a jumbled tangle of clashing cymbals, drums and almost mute basslines, which just sort of meanders around in circles. Josh Homme sings mournfully that "You got a question?/Please don't ask it/It puts the lotion in the basket." Fortunately things perk up in the next song -- dark, rapid riffs and twisting melodies are all over "Sick Sick Sick," a creepily rapid song that gets more tantalizing as it continues. And it leads in to more good music of various types -- the sinuous desert-rock, "Misfit Love's" weirdly plaintive lament, creepy industral grinds, tightly-woven rock'n'roll with a catchy edge, fuzzy blasts of muscular metal, and finally the shifting, layered finale "Run Pig Run." "Era Vulgaris" is something of a contradiction -- it's a very polished album, but it also has grime, sweat and rough edges. That is to say, the band is expert at spinning some really tight songs with few weaknesses, but it's got the raw power you usually associate with young bands. Bless their dark little hearts. Homme's rapid, nimble guitar goes overtime with fast, sharp riffs. And that guitar is woven with some dark murky bass, rapid drums, darkly curling keyboard and occasionally some samples (a rattlesnake?), all played with rapid-fire energy. The music twists itself either into a hard-rock rope, or a thunderstorm of brooding, shifting musical layers. And they're not afraid to throw in something quirky and weird, like "Misfit Love." Homme's jagged lyrics all center on his life near Hollywood -- selling out ("How many times must I sell myself before my pieces are gone?"), sex, taking risks and leaving the past behind all come into play. Homme sings them in a rough, enthusiastic voice, although he also gets to roar and groan some spoken lines -- and even gets accompanied by the smooth-voiced Mark Lanegan and mournful Julian Casablancas. Hollywood never seemed so alarming and enticing as in "Era Vulgaris," which starts rather weakly, but soon blossoms into a dark, dirty little gem. Vibrant.
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