Pitchfork

Wasn't this the very plot of Dave Matthews Band's "Too Much"? Apropos of its title, "Sick Sick Sick" presents a two-course metaphor. In one thread, Josh Homme and boys thrash their way through an Era Vulgaris standout. In the other, a lady eats to excess, the board of fare ever descending into madness. One cracks eardrums, one slices fingers from palms. One cranks it up, while the other somehow manages to keep it all down. One is "sick," the other, repulsive. Still, it's more palatable than Marilyn Manson's pork. Blame it on the tasty riffage.

[from Era Vulgaris, out 06/12/07 on Interscope]