The Antiquiet Podcast
The Antiquiet Podcast
Johnny Firecloud
Music stories, industry insights and passion-driven culture vulturing from 25+ year music journalist + photographer Johnny Firecloud. Mostly music related, sometimes not. Always aggressively honest, often naming names. Safety last. AQ Podcast theme song written & recorded by Alain Johannes.
068: Queens of The Stone Age 'In Times New Roman' Review
Rock's most dangerous gang returns after 6 years with In Times New Roman, a brutally beautiful and highly complex 10-track collection packed with devastatingly delicious trap doors, richly lush production and musical blades sharpened in the friction of opposing forces. Mithridatism is the practice of ingesting small amounts of poison with consistent frequency over a long period of time, with the eventual goal of building immunity. After the tribulations of the last several years in the world ...
Jun 2, 2023
41 min
067: Foo Fighters Return, But Something is Missing
Foo Fighters have returned with "Rescued," the first single from their new album But Here We Are, out June 2 on Roswell Records/RCA Records. The only problem? The song is not very good, and there's something significant missing.We also dive into the Sonic Temple festival happening May 25-28 in Ohio, as well as the return of Queens of the Stone Age and more. And while not a single publication ran with the (highly exciting) Soundgarden lawsuit + new album story for 11 days after we broke the ne...
Apr 19, 2023
23 min
066: Exclusive - New Soundgarden Album Cleared For Release
Antiquiet Exclusive: A long-running lawsuit between Soundgarden and Vicky Cornell over the use of her late husband Chris Cornell's unreleased vocal tracks has been settled. This means the nearly-completed new Soundgarden album can now be finished and released, an enormously exciting development for fans.Full details in the episode!The as-yet-untitled album's song titles likely include:“Road Less Traveled” (Cornell/Cameron) “Orphans” (Cornell/Cameron)“At Ophians Door” (Cornell/Cameron)&nb...
Apr 6, 2023
10 min
065: Rock Nazi: Phil Anselmo & the American Cowardice Problem
When two German festivals kicked the 2023 version of Pantera off their summer lineups last week, due to frontman Phil Anselmo screaming "white power" repeatedly onstage and throwing Sieg Heil nazi victory salutes, there was a deafening reactionary silence from some of the most influential rock publications in America. The drastic rise of white supremacy and nazi ideology in our country has become a severe crisis of sociopolitical danger, but a conversation has yet to take place about how to e...
Jan 31, 2023
52 min
064: Taylor Hawkins Tribute in L.A.
The Taylor Hawkins tribute concert on Sept 27th at the Forum in Los Angeles was a massive, jaw-droppingly star-studded event to honor the fallen Foo Fighters drummer. Taylor's seat and beats were filled by a rotating cast of drummers including Travis Barker, Stewart Copeland, Danny Carey, Chad Smith, Lars Ulrich, Jon Theodore and more, including a tearjerker Foo Fighters performance with T's 16 year old son Shane Hawkins.With performances from Josh Homme, Pink, Brian May, members of Sou...
Sep 29, 2022
-1 hr
058: Foo Fighters ‘Medicine at Midnight’ Review, Phoebe Bridgers on SNL
A deep dive on the new Foo Fighters record ‘Medicine at Midnight’, and the evolution of Dave Grohl’s songwriting. Also: Phoebe Bridgers plays SNL and everybody loses their minds (for stupid reasons), new music from Death From Above, Genghis Tron, Bonnie Prince Billie & Bill Callahan and more.
Oct 30, 2021
25 min
047: Pearl Jam Fan Life Pt. 1 (1991-2003)
Stories, songs, observations and other weird wanderings about a band whose music has soundtracked every shifting frequency of my own life. Here is part one of a two-episode run on the path of Pearl Jam fandom, from teenage obsession through seasoned adoration.This is one PJ fan's blueprint to falling in love. Discovering musical passion. Catching a tambourine. Finding my heartsong. Traveling thousands of miles for shows, many times over, for three hours of heart-soaring release, catharsis and...
Oct 30, 2021
2 hr 3 min
060: Eric Johnson, Tour Manager to Metallica, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden & More
Eric Johnson is Metallica’s tour manager, and was the first-ever crew member and tour manager for both Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. He’s also worked with Neil Young over the last two decades as Neil's right-hand man. Eric has forgotten more stories than most people will ever be able to tell from the formative and pivotal years when Seattle's most notable bands were just scrappy kids putting together what would become some of the most classic albums and performances of our lifetimes. We dig...
Oct 30, 2021
1 hr 51 min
051: Thom Yorke in the Forest, RATM Reunion
On a chilly Devil's Night in Los Angeles, the pine-framed magic of the Greek Theater was a perfect setting for a tour-closing show from Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke. A trip to Pulp Fiction’s Big Kahuna Burger pop-up followed, along with rants/raves on the Rage Against The Machine reunion announcement.
Oct 30, 2021
28 min
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