Queens of the Stone Age performs during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Oct. 8, 2023. Courtesy. SAN FRANCISCO — As Bay Area temperatures soared, Queens of the Stone Age brought their own heat to Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Friday night. Josh Homme, the band’s frontman,…

Queens of the Stone Age, “In Times New Roman…” The music Joshua Homme’s band Queens of the Stage makes has often built around a combination of a very specific sonic intensity and clever wordplay meant to jostle listeners out of their seats. While the lineup has changed and the…

Mark Lanegan of the Screaming Trees and Queens Of The Stone Age performs at Koko in London on June 22, 2017. Photo by Alberto Pezzali/NurPhoto. Mark Lanegan died at his home in Killarney, Ireland on Tuesday. As vocalist for The Screaming Trees, Lanegan was part of the grunge explosion…

By Mason Meyers Royal Blood had managed to gain some bass line fatigue in its fanbase with 2017 sophomore album How Did We Get So Dark?. But with their newest effort, Typhoons, the Brighton boys are back. With a more complex and synth-led sound, the album is sure to revitalize…

The Road: Part I in 2017 saw James LaVelle take full control of the legendary trip-hop outfit Unkle. His combination of moody art rock and spacious beat music reached new levels of atmosphere and bombast, which the second installment aims to push farther. LaVelle approached The Road: Part II…

Arctic Monkeys perform at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on Oct. 20, 2018. Photos: Joaquin Cabello. SAN FRANCISCO — Rock icons Arctic Monkeys, on tour supporting new album Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino, made a stop at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Saturday for the first of two…

Queens of the Stone Age, “Villains.” If there is one thing you can count on from Queens of the Stone Age, it’s not to count on anything staying the same. Their new album, Villains, continues that trend and even adds some synthesizers to the group’s normal heavy guitar-driven rock. Villains…