First published in Spectrum (Sydney Morning Herald, weekend, June 8-9) Bad boys of robot rock Queens of the Stone Age don’t fit the mainstream rock model. They’re not derivative and they don’t have family appeal. But mainstream they are. Singer and guitarist Joshua Homme appears often in celebrity gossip columns while his band dwells in one of popular music’s rare terra nullius outposts. No-one else ...
My name is Kate Hennessy. I am a freelance arts and travel writer and music critic. I contribute to Guardian Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age, The Saturday Paper, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, The Wire (UK), NME and more.