They were never really embraced by the east and west coast intelligentsia. Rolling Stone magazine wasn’t a friend to the band, nor was the hip alternative magazine from their home state, Cream. Their sound was a throbbing monolith, built on a pure, primitive drive that was closer to a voodoo ceremony than a peace happening. …
Weites Luftmeer – Siebenunddreißigachtundvierzig (2016)
The almost old-school hard rock riff of Isosceles just comes flashing out of my speaker like holy fury. The intensity of the music forces me to my knees- I swear, this move looks cool in my head, despite the pain shooting through the back of my leg and my general awkwardness with such a “Rock Star” move. …
The Record That Changed My Life: Josh Homme on Iggy Pop’s THE IDIOT (1977)
The Idiot is the most important album of my life, because it almost made me give up music forever. I have to explain this. It was 1994, I was 21 and still playing with Kyuss. Back then I almost completely refused to listen to anything else than Kyuss. I was young and stupid, and I …
Desert Sessions Vols. 11+ 12 (2019)
…And The Circus Is Back In Town And with it, endless joy and a big magical sack full of wonderful riffs and ideas paired with a rare playful masculinity and crude mischief is back in music. The new Desert Sessions Vols. 11+12 are pure adult fun pervaded by lunacy and sincerety, and it is like …