QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE  - "Rubbed & Stripped" - Open'er Festival - Gdynia (PL) - 05-07-13

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE  - Open'er Festival - Gdynia - 05-07-13
1 - Feel Good Hit of the Summer
2 - You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire
3 - No One Knows
4 - My God Is the Sun
5 - Burn the Witch
6 - Sick, Sick, Sick
7 - First It Giveth
8 - The Vampyre of Time and Memory
9 - If I Had a Tail
10 - Little Sister
11 - Make It Wit Chu
12 - Smooth Sailing
13 - I Appear Missing
14 - I Think I Lost My Headache
15 - Go with the Flow
16 - A Song for the Dead

Technical info  :
DVD Full Pro-shot
Video : Mpeg - 720 X 576 (initially 1280 X 720) - 25 FPS - 16:9
Audio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Running Time : 83 mns
Size : 3,81 Go

Menu & Chapters - Artwork included

Dark have been the times for the Queens over the past few years, particularly for their frontman, Josh Homme. On the brink of breaking up and throw everything away "with the flow" and even if they worked  hard not to come to this, they couldn't manage but to leave their faithful and imposing drummer, Joey Castillo, off the track. Over this split, personal health problems and a subsequent new questionning, the future seemed quite dark and gloomy for the band. An indeed, the new album is breathing out a scent of dumps and introspection, a far cry from the long awaited expectattions of the fans. But Josh Homme is not the kind of man to give way to resignation and their last release has some kind of cracked consistency, a true rendering of the doubts and inner turmoil of the time. What remained unclear was how it would all come out on stage. Here we have some kind of answer with a good balance between intimate self-awareness expression ("The Vampyre of Time and Memory"") and vintage lifeblood deflagration ("Millionaire"). Josh even looks in a good mood, appreciating and being quite affable and grateful for the rousing welcome they're receiving. A nice mix between the old and the new Queens Of The Stone Age. And for the fans who still miss "Songs For The Deaf", well, who knows ... there may be hope, ... someday !! "Tah-daaah !!!" ;-)

Enjoy !

Cheers !

Chac

ARCHIVE - "Warm Frost" - DVD X2 - Le Transbordeur - Lyon (FR) - 20-11-12

ARCHIVE - Transbordeur - Lyon - 20-11-12

DVD 1 :

01. Intro (Bells)
02. Wiped Out
03. You Make Me Feel
04. Sane
05. Interlace
06. Stick Me in My Heart
07. Conflict
08. Violently
09. Build and Construct
10. Again
11. Fuck U
12. Pills 

DVD 2 :

13. Black and Blue
14. Dangervisit
15. Damage (+ Interlude / Bells)
16. Rise
17. Silent
18. Hatchet
19. Controlling Crowds (+ encore)
20. Bullets
21. Kings of Speed

Technical info  :
DVD Full Pro-shot
Video : Mpeg - 720 X 576 (initially 720 X 406) - 25 FPS - 16:9
Audio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Running Time : 126 mns
Size : 3,18 Go + 2,80 Go
Menu & Chapters - Artwork included

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It's been a while now the shapeshifting Archive has been spreading his delicate alchemy of lull and thunder over the world. The glossy magic is still operating here with this last concert of their 2012 French tour. As usual, the show is brilliantly orchestrated and the multi voiced performance is elegantly brightened up by their new singer, Holly Martin, who were only five where the band started playing in 1994. So, as shown in the extract below (pure beauty !), just enjoy this over 2 hour goose pimples thrill in front of a devoted audience, well aware of the precious moment they're living.

Cheers !

Chac