Queens Of The Stone Age
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Queens Of The Stone Age
Story by David Searle - Photos by Joel Faurote -August 3rd @ Murat
At one point during the Queens of the Stone Age set at the Murat last Saturday, Josh Homme made a plea to the audience. A sexy, sexy plea.
“I wanna go out to the parking lot after the show and see the cars going [makes creaking noise while moving hands up and down] wee-ee wee-ee wee-ee.”That’s the way he introduced “Make It Wit Chu”, one of many cuts the Queens played off of their new record, Era Vulgaris. It was good to see a band have enough confidence in their fourth record (five if you include their self-titled, independently released debut) to make new material the focus of the night.Playing under gigantic elevated lamp shades meant to invoke a street corner, QOTSA produced a mostly tight set. They had a bit of trouble with the more rhythmically challenging passages of their new material (mostly caused by their drummer rushing the faster parts), but they were spot on elsewhere.
“Little Sister” elicited the biggest response from the crowd, while extended encore closer “No One Knows” highlighted Homme’s solo guitar work.
But the highlight of the night was “Misfit Love.” Starting slow, they layered in each sound piece by piece as the light show flashed in time with the beat. When the drums finally came in, they hit their sweetest groove of the night. By the way each band member exaggerated their movements, it was apparent that they were feeling it, too.
Their new material represents a slight change of course for the Queens. The songs have a more lo-fi appeal hinted at by Homme’s work in Eagles of Death Metal. The guitars are dirty rather than heavy, and the drums are more driving than pounding. The means have changed, but the ends are the same - you can’t decide whether to bang your head or shake your ass.
I would suggest choosing the latter if Josh Homme’s words prove correct.
“You know what they say: You dance like you fuck.”
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