Unmerciful and hella catchy, Westside Connection, featuring hip-hop superstar Ice Cube and protégés Mack 10 and WC, arrived on the scene near the end of the gangsta rap era in 1996, a last gasp of fresh air before the tired genre weezed in a hail of bullets. Bow Down, the…

The kings of desert rock, Josh Homme and Nick Oliveri of Queens of the Stone Age, return with a third album that whips up a sandstorm of epic rock proportions. These dudes fuel themselves on alcohol and drugs, construct mighty psychedelic soundscapes, write some bitchin’ guitar riffs and handsome harmonies…