Welcome to Music That Matters with 3, 2, 1 New Music Monday.
This week: Queens of the Stone Age finds perfection in the imperfect, Dominic Fike tries to quit smoking, and Nickelback brings basically everybody along.
Plus, new Gracie Abrams, Ryan Gosling resurrects Dead Man’s Bones, and Thriller gets a new spin on vinyl.
(Countdown Video)
3 major album drops.
Kicking it off – Queens of the Stone Age with their ninth studio album, Perfecth (flash a blue card – used in a past episode)
(“Insignificant Other” clip)
And yes, Perfecth (looking at the blue card) is spelled that way on purpose.
Josh Homme says nothing in this world is perfect, but everything can somehow seem “perfecth.”
(“Where The Goth Girls At?” clip)
Next up – Dominic Fike with with his 3rd studio album How to Quit Smoking.
(“Wallflower” clip)
At 30 years old, newly sober and now a father, Dominic seems to have put on his big boy pants and grown up.
But don’t worry – the album still bounces between rap, rock, garage and those laid-back Florida vibes he does so well.
(“Pangea” clip)
And now – the band that everybody likes to hate on, but then keeps listening to
(“Rattle the Cage” clip)
Yes – it’s Nickelback with Everything Under the Sun
And that album – title pretty much sums up the guest list.
John 5. Sammy Hagar. Tommy Lee. Brent Smith.
They even have Ryan Reynolds introducing a song.
That’s certainly… everything under the sun.
(“Lift Somebody Up” clip)
2 new singles.
This is Gracie Abrams with “Here You Come, There You Go.”
(“Here You Come, There You Go” clip)
This is one of five new songs from the deluxe edition of Daughter From Hell coming out later this month.
Next – Dead Man’s Bones with “Lost in the Night.”
(“Lost in the Night” clip)
You know what that means – Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields are making music together again.
This is their first new song since 2009.
Welcome back, gentlemen.
(Record Scratch video)
And finally, one vinyl pick.
Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
(“Thriller” clip)
For the first time, the biggest-selling album of all time is available on red-and-black marble vinyl.
Nine songs. Seven Top 10 hits. Eight Grammys in one night.
Yeah, the album was named correctly: Thriller
(“Billie Jean” clip)
That’s your 3 albums, 2 singles, and 1 vinyl for the week.
This has been 3, 2, 1 New Music Monday
Until next time.
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Welcome to Movies That Matter, where we look at three movies worth knowing about before the weekend begins.
Liam Neeson is leading a cross-country chase, a pickpocket is trying to survive the cashless economy, and, yes, it’s Halloween weekend – so naturally, the Kringles are here.”
(Countdown Video)
What’s new? Liam Neeson is on the run in The Mongoose.
(The Mongoose clip – “I can’t do that”)
Neeson plays a war hero accused of a crime he didn’t commit, leading police on a televised cross-country car chase while the public watches it all unfold.
(The Mongoose clip – “Bring it on”)
And while Liam Neeson is running from the law, John Turturro is just trying to stay in business.
(The Only Living Pickpocket in New York clip – “You gotta take it day by day.”)
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York follows an aging thief discovering that credit cards and a cashless world are really bad for business.
But then… he steals the wrong thing.
(The Only Living Pickpocket in New York clip – “This is serious”)
And finally… it’s Halloween weekend.
So, of course…
We’ve got Christmas.
(Christmas at the Kringles clip – “What is happening?”)
Ron Livingston and Rachel Bilson star in Christmas at the Kringles as a couple who move next door to a family that celebrates Christmas all year long.
(Christmas at the Kringles clip – “Spoiler Alert – it’s me”)
That sounds festive… not at all.
That’s this weekend’s Movies That Matter. From cross-country car chases to old-school pickpockets to one disturbing Christmas celebration, there should be something waiting for you at the movies.
Until next time – keep on popping the corn.
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