Death By Sexy : Eagles Of Death Metal : Review : Rolling Stone

Eagles of Death Metal are a party-rock band led by journalist-turned-singer Jesse Hughes and Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, who handles drums and production duties. Like their slightly hookier 2004 debut, Death by Sexy . . . tosses together garage jams, slinky classic-rock riffs, sunbaked harmonies and falsetto-laden come-ons like "I'll touch you there because I know the spot" (from the fine Stooges rip "I Gotta Feeling"). The album sounds plenty sleazy but not always fully cooked: Murkier cuts like "Eagles Goth" suffer from fuzzy production and tossed-off melodies, and the Hughes-penned "Ballad of Queen B and Baby Duck" -- about Homme's rocky courtship of Distillers singer Brody Dalle, who appears on the song -- sounds like a four-track demo. But when the Eagles channel their inner golden god on bluesy rave-ups like "I Want You So Hard" (which features Jack Black in a small cameo), the sexy propulsion could light up a bar, or a strip club.