Queens of the Stone Age

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE have returned with a stunning new single, "Easy Street". Debuted live last year during the band's lauded "The Catacombs Tour" and eagerly awaited by fans, it's the band's first new song since 2023's "In Times New Roman". The music is serene and perfectly imperfect — acoustic...

Complete with a juggalo.

It’s been a long, hard road for the members Queens of the Stone Age in various ways — from near-death experiences to cancer surgeries to on-stage drama — but the band have opted to take a stroll through “Easy Street” with their latest single. “Easy Street” is Queens’ first piece of new music since the release of 2023’s In Times New Roman… album. Though the studio version hit streamers today (July 14th), folks who caught the band through their acoustic-bolstered run of “Catacombs” tour dates over the past couple of years will be familiar with the gently-strummed song — it was premiered on-stage in 2025. Up front, the track pairs unplugged plucks and echo-slathered, rhumba-like clapping with Homme’s famously honeyed croon. It also finds him duetting alongside country singer Nikki Law — a reunion, as the Queens leader produced the latter’s 2022 full-length, Denim & Diamonds. They sing of off-kilter relationship dynamics (“You drive me crazy for sure, but I can do that myself”), mellowing out from your younger days’ wildest tendencies (“I’m not like that anymore, been dead a long time”), and striving to finding a calmer path along “Easy Street.” Their duet is complemented by a back-end bliss-out of eBow guitarmonizing. “It’s kind of a funny song. It’s like hitting your funny bone, where it’s funny because it hurts and it hurts because it’s funny. You’re serious, but it’s funny,” Homme explains in a statement. “We made it the way you’d make a demo. No click track, mistakes left in. It speeds up, it slows down, the claps aren’t great, but they’re not bad, and a bad clap adds this human thing you can’t fake.” He adds: “It’s not just about silliness. It’s about understanding the imperfection of your life. The song, like your life, is in the mistakes. Its imperfections are unbeatable.” A video for the song, which features Homme being chased along said “Easy Street” by a cowboy, a Juggalo, a mall santa and more (who may or may not look like the other members of QOTSA) is streaming up above, while the song itself is on streamers via Matador Records. Queens of the Stone Age have been touring Europe with System of a Down, and will amp things up later this summer on their North American tour with Foo Fighters. The first show is August 4th at Toronto, Ontario’s Rogers Stadium. You’ll find more date details here. In related news, Homme also provided back-ups on Mastodon’s new Marrow Deep single, “Snakes for Dinner.” The QOTSA member had previously sung on the band’s Blood Mountain epic “Colony of Birchmen” in 2006. He also popped up on Shania Twain’s latest single, “Faded Blue Jeans.”

In the mid-'90s, Josh Homme embarked on a mission to create music “heavy enough for the boys and sweet enough for the girls”

Hot on the heels of June’s “Your Ghost Again” — one of Revolver readers’ top 5 songs of 2026 so far — Mastodon have announced their highly anticipated ninth album, Marrow Deep. The prog-metal titans heralded the news with a blistering single, “Snakes for Dinner,” featuring Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, who previously joined Mastodon on their classic 2006 song “Colony of Birchmen.” Blast “Snakes for Dinner” above via its official music video. Marrow Deep marks Mastodon’s first album without co-founding guitarist-vocalist Brent Hinds, who passed away last summer. The remaining original band members — Troy Sanders, Bill Kelliher and Brann Dailor remembered Hinds in a recently released documentary titled The Mastodon in the Room. Marrow Deep is also notably the group’s first full-length to feature guitarist Nick Johnston alongside significant contributions from keyboardist João Nogueira. “Bill, Brann, and myself are thrilled that we still have the opportunity to do this, and we’ve got other members who are just over the moon to be in the band with us,” Sanders commented. “That’s a magical feeling that makes us keep wanting to go to band practice. It’s reminiscent of the very beginning of our band, where all members are hungry, we’re united, and excited to get to work. And we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to do this record.” Marrow Deep is due out August 28 release via Loma Vista Recordings and is available for pre-order in an array of collectible formats including two Revolver-exclusive vinyl variants — on “eco-friendly green blend” and “eco-friendly magenta blend” wax — and an exclusive picture-disc CD. You can order yours, plus an exclusive shirt, from the Revolver shop. Mastodon will celebrate the release with the upcoming The Poisonous Weapons Tour, which is set to kick off September 16th in Orlando. Check out the full itinerary here.

Atlanta progressive metallers MASTODON will release their long-awaited new album, "Marrow Deep", on August 28 via Loma Vista Recordings. The news is paired with the release of blistering new single "Snakes For Dinner" featuring a guest vocal appearance by QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE frontman Josh Homme,...

Following the releasing of "Your Ghost Again" earlier this month, Mastodon have officially announced the progressive sludge metal group's ninth studio, Marrow Deep. The effort will be available on August 28 via Loma...

US progressive stoner metal band Mastodon have announced the release of their new album, Marrow Deep, set for August 28th, 2026. They have also released a new single called "Snakes For Dinner" which features Josh Homme from Queens Of The Stone Age.

Metal News: Mastodon Premiere 'Snakes For Dinner' Video Featuring Josh Homme - Announce Ninth Album 'Marrow Deep'

You can also snake yourself a copy of that record now.

QOTSA man Josh Homme sings on Twain’s new single Faded Blue Jeans

Queens Of The Stone Age performed the studio version of "Easy Street," ahead of the scheduled release date.

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The studio version of that recent live staple will be arriving online next week.

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