Without bothering to apologize for any perceived punning, never mind Dave Grohl and Pat Smear’s hardcore, noise-punk pedigrees any longer. Don’t bother with Kurt Cobain or Darby Crash. Those days are gone. On this, the ninth studio album from Foo Fighters, the guitarists (and whisper-to-screamo-singing Grohl) go whole hog for arena-sized rock, shiny punk, buoyant … Continue reading Essential New Music: Foo Fighters’ “Concrete And Gold”