With a rather late showing of support for their self-titled, 2009 release, Them Crooked Vultures graced the SNL state this past Saturday.  Could a few lackluster performances pull their “aging supergroup” status out of the gutter (at least in my mind)?  We’ll see.

I’ve always been a Josh Homme listener, a Dave Grohl fanatic and a Led Zeppelin lover.  Something about mixing these three stoner rock tones into a 2010 band just doesn’t sit right . . . like it should be headed straight for the classic rock section.  Josh Homme might have just doubled his productivity by hiring two guys instead of four to make the same sound as he does with Queens of the Stone Age.

New Fang

Mind Eraser, No Chaser

Perhaps the second of the two singles pulls it out of the dust a little bit . . . but I can still picture these guys hanging out with Ashton Kutcher at an after-show frat cast party.

While you're here, check out:

1. Them Crooked Vultures – "New Fang" (New album due out Nov. 2009)
2. Them Crooked Vultures: "Queens of the Stone Age with less calories"
3. [News] Josh Homme named Official Ambassador to Record Store Day
4. [MP3] Track of the Day: Fang Island – “Daisy”
5. Sights: Two Door Cinema Club – I Can Talk