Queens Of The Stone Age – Era Vulgaris (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl LP Genuinely moving

Genuinely moving

As with the earlier volumes in the series

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED –Gil Scott-Heron2

The tape artists were particularly invested in the DIY ethic -- as is often apparent in their sound aesthetics and the unbridled energy which has lost none of its intensity today

The group abandoned Changes and instead prepared the beguiling Gumboot Soup (the last of five albums the band released in 2017)

Queens Of The Stone Age – Era Vulgaris (Vinyl) Format:Vinyl LP Genuinely movingJosh Homme's fifth Queens Of The Stone Age album, Era Vulgaris, includes guest appearances by The Strokes' Julian Casablancas and returnee Mark Lanegan. Oddly, however, the disc does not include its title track collaboration with Trent Reznor, which was released separately. Homme's ever catchy formula remains, but the mood is uneasy and brooding, with tracks such as 'Sick, Sick, Sick' revealing a venomous new band that's finally learned to separate