Following the cryptic surfacing of the likeclockwork.tv and its hazy semi-clues and last night’s Adult Swim ad, Queens Of The Stone Age have unveiled a trailer scored by three minutes of the never-before-heard “I Appear Missing,” which appears in its entirety on the band’s upcoming ‘… Like Clockwork’, out June 4 on Matador Records.
Showcasing disturbingly beautiful (or beautifully disturbing?) images from the boundless imagination of … Like Clockwork visual visionary, enigmatic UK artist Boneface (brought to life by animator Liam Brazier), “I Appear Missing” is a hypnotic journey into a nightmare-scape that adds illustrative dimension to another audio glimpse of the coming storm that is … Like Clockwork. Keep Your Eyes peeled on likeclockwork.tv to see what happens next…
Described by Queens principal Joshua Homme as “an audio documentary of a manic year,” … Like Clockwork is the band’s first full length collection of all new material since 2007’s Era Vulgaris, as well as its debut release on new label partner Matador. The record can be pre-ordered on CD and vinyl now from and from iTunes . All pre-orders will immediately receive “My God Is The Sun,” which has been generating some early heat at:
“(FOUR STARS) the band’s most gloriously motorik chug since those early days… takes off like a trip to the Mushroom Planet as Homme croons about desert roads to nowhere and praises the sun like he never gets tired of staring at it… Breathe deep”–ROLLING STONE
“an appropriately gnarly 4/4 monster, recalling their hardest hitting early material. As Homme gazes in awe at the sun’s omnipresent embrace, rock die-hards have ample time to hail the Queens’ revival”–BILLBOARD
… Like Clockwork was produced by Joshua Homme and QOTSA, recorded by Mark Rankinwith additional engineering by Justin Smith, at Josh’s studio, Pink Duck, in Burbank, California.
Queens of the Stone Age are: Joshua Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen, Dean Fertita and Michael Shuman. Jon Theodore plays drums live (and on the new record’s title track). See below for tour dates and check back at the following for updates:
qotsa.com
06/13/13 – Interlaken, Swizerland – Greenfield Festival
06/14/13 – Landgraaf, Netherlands – Pinkpop
06/15/13 – Donington, UK – Download Festival
06/21/13 – Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany – Southside Festival
06/22/13 – Berlin, Germany – Zitadelle Spandau
06/23/13 – Scheesel, Germany – Hurricane Festival
06/26/13 – Helsinki, Finland – Rock The Beach Festival
06/28/13 – Borlange, Sweden – Peace & Love Festival
06/30/13 – Herchesfeld Roeser, Luxembourg – Rock a Field Festival
07/02/13 – Vienna, Austria – Wiener Stadthalle D
07/03/13 – Budapest, Hungary – Volt Festival
07/02-05/13 – Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic – Rock For People Festival
07/05/13 – Gdansk, Poland – Heineken Open’er Festival
08/02/13 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
08/03/13 – Bonner Springs, KS – Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
08/09/13 – Squamish, BC – Squamish Valley Music Festival
08/31/13 – Philadelphia, PA – Budweiser Made in America Festival
Today Kurt laced us with the first official music video from the getting-better-every-day (how does it DO that?) album Wakin On Pretty Daze (buy it here). NPR Music helped out, as did HARRYS, who directed (full video credits below).
Kurt is violating:
Sun-May-05 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival
Tue-May-07 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex ***SOLD OUT
Wed-May-08 – San Francisco, CA – Independent ***SOLD OUT
Fri-May-10 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir ***SOLD OUT
Sat-May-11 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore ***SOLD OUT
Sun-May-12 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
Tue-May-14 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall ***SOLD OUT
Thu-May-16 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom ***SOLD OUT
Fri-May-17 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair ***SOLD OUT
Sat-May-18 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
May 23rd – Kilbi festival – Düdingen, Switzerland
May 24th – Primavera Sound – Barcelona, Spain
May 25th – Field Day – London, UK
May 26th – AB-Box – Brussels, Belgium
May 27th – Paradiso – Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 28th – Knust – Hamburg, Germany
May 29th – Amager Bio – Copenhagen, Denmark
May 30th – Voxhall – Aarhus, Denmark
May 31st – Rockefeller – Oslo, Norway
June 5th – Beatpol – Dresden, Germany
June 6th – Bi Nuu – Berlin, Germany
June 7th – Gebäude 9 – Köln, Germany
June 8th – La Maroquinerie – Paris, France
June 15th – Hultsfred festival – Stockholm, Sweden
June 17th – Lucerna Music Bar – Prague, Czech Republic
June 18th – WuK – Vienna, Austria
June 19th – Ljubljana Castle – Ljubljana, Solvenia
June 20th – Culture Factory – Zagreb, Croatia
June 22nd – Body & Soul festival – Dublin, Ireland
June 23rd – Best Kept Secret Festival – Hilvarenbeek, Holland
Sat-Jun-29 New York, NY 4 Knots Festival
Sun-Jul-07 Toronto, ON Toronto Urban Roots Festival
Tue-Jul-09 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
Wed-Jul-10 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Thu-Jul-11 Chicago, IL Metro
Fri-Jul-12 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue
Sat-Jul-13 Louisville, KY Forcastle Music Festival
Sun-Jul-14 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
Mon-Jul-15 Birmingham, AL The Bottletree
Wed-Jul-17 Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle
Thu-Jul-18 Carrboro, NC Cats Cradle
Fri-Jul-19 Charlottesville, VA Jefferson Theatre
Sat-Jul-20 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Sat-Jul-27 Edmonton, AB Interstellar Rodeo
Sun-Jul-28 Calgary, AB Calgary Folk Music Festival
Fri-Aug-2 Happy Valley, OR Pickathon#
Sat-Aug-3 Happy Valley, OR Pickathon#
Sun-Aug-4 Happy Valley, OR Pickathon#
Fri-Aug-9 San Francisco, CA Outside Lands#
Sat-Aug-10 San Francisco, CA Outside Lands#
Sun-Aug-11 San Francisco, CA Outside Lands#
Thu-Sep-05 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Music Festival#
Fri-Sep-06 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Music Festival#
Sat-Sep-07 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Music Festival#
# = Performing on one of these dates (exact dates TBC)
The Fresh & Onlys supporting 5/7-5/12
Angel Olsen supporting 5/16-5/18
Steve Gunn supporting 5/7-5/18
Video credits:
Label: Matador Records
Production Co: Partizan
Dir: HARRYS
Producer: Brendan McHugh
DOP: Evan Prosofsky
1st AC: Jake Magee
2nd AC: Kris Chain-Harris
Steadicam Operator: Jon Beattie
PAs: Jimmy Magliozzi, Nathan Paul & Jackworth Smith
Editor: HARRYS
Video Commissioner: Nils Bernstein
Executive Producer: Jeff Pantaleo
Not to get hung up on the details, but Bob Boilen’s desk really isn’t that tiny. I mean, compared to the working conditions for anyone visiting Patrick & Robby’s office, it seems positively spacious (HINT, HINT). And yes, I do know where the reference comes from, but there’s a little thing called TRUTH IN ADVERTISING that you might not be familiar with.
These minor gripes aside, thanks so much to Mr. Boilen and National Public Radio for hosting Ira, Georgia and James for the above acoustic performances of “Fade”‘s “Is That Enough” and “Ohm”, and “Tears Are In Your Eyes”, from 2000′s ‘And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out’.
