Jane's Addiction

Killing Joke Starts a Frenzy at the Fillmore, 5/3/13

Killing Joke Friday, May 3, 2013 The Fillmore Better than: Seeing New Order, the Cure, or any other British post-punk contemporaries of Killing Joke still in operation. In terms of sheer breadth of influence, few bands from the post-punk era can approach the reach of Killing Joke. The brooding, a ... More >>

Coachella Cruise: Let's Imagine What Other Music Festivals' Cruises Could Be Like

Our sea legs are still a little shaky from the news earlier this week that Coachella, the annual bare midriff convention of Indio, Calif., is going on a cruise. But then we thought the Bruise Cruise was totally weird. And actually, a cruise boat where Pulp plays and you get to go wine-tasting with J ... More >>

Live 105's BFD: Jane's Addiction, Fun., and Garbage Get the Sun-Drenched Masses Moving

Live 105's BFD, with Jane's Addiction, Garbage, Cake, fun., Neon Trees, and more Saturday, June 2, 2012 Shoreline Amphitheater Better than: Listening to Live 105 for 12 consecutive hours. True to its name, Live 105's BFD was a big fucking deal yet again this year. We're talking more than three doz ... More >>

S.F. Psych Outfit Sleepy Sun Talks Touring with White Hills, Losing a Singer, and Recording its Latest Album

One of the more celebrated bands to emerge in the past few years as part of San Francisco's new psychedelic-rock underground, Sleepy Sun made waves globally in 2009 with the release of its acclaimed debut album, Embrace. Shifting easily from epic Zeppelin-esque riff workouts to soulful, gospel-tinge ... More >>

Awkward! The Top Five Most Uncomfortable Grammy Moments

​This Sunday, Rihanna and Chris Brown are both going to be present at the always-prestigious Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. It's been just three years since they both were forced to drop out of the show last minute, due to Brown having beaten the crap out of Ri-Ri on their way over. We kno ... More >>

Snoop Dogg, The Killers, and Jane's Addiction Soundtrack the Opulence at a Facebook/Spotify Party (Photos)

Snoop Dogg. Photographs courtesy of Julie Schugard for Spotify​ Open bars of oysters, sushi, wine and cheese, and lots booze. Sound too good to be true? How about adding surprise musical entertainment by the Killers, Jane's Addiction, Snoop Dogg, and Kaskade? Yep, it happened. Last night's p ... More >>

The Killers, Jane's Addiction, and Snoop Dogg Are Playing a "Secret Show" for the Gods of Tech Tonight

​After hearing rumors all day, it appears this is finally actually confirmed: Snoop Dogg, Jane's Addiction, Kaskade, and the Killers are playing a "secret" show after today's Facebook conference, hosted by Napster founder Sean Parker, according to SFist. So after spending the day hearing abou ... More >>

The Coup's Boots Riley on His Next Record, Hip-Hop for White Kids, and Loving Battlestar Galactia

The Coup's Boots Riley​ It's been almost a decade since 9/11 -- which means (among other things) that it's been 10 years since Boots Riley was seemingly everywhere, coolly responding to outrage over some extremely ill-timed album art depicting explosions at World Trade Center. It's also been f ... More >>

Please, Ban Video at Concerts -- It Will Improve the Experience

Jane's Addiction at Google I/O: Look familiar?​ So Apple may be developing a technology that automatically turns off an iPhone's video camera when it's shooting a concert. The idea, reporters have surmised, would be to protect copyright holders (artists and show promoters) by limiting the free ... More >>

Jane's Addiction to Release New Album, World Covers Ears in Anticipation

There's a funny thing that happens to a lot of old rock stars. Maybe it's because they're surrounded by sycophants who never say no. Or because all that fan adoration goes to their heads. Or because too much critical acclaim can irreversibly inflate the ego. Whatever it is, quite frequently they jus ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Jane's Addiction at Google: The Revolution Will Be Ruined by People with Smartphones

Jane's Addiction, on ten million screens.​ Pretty much every concert is a forest of cellphone videography these days, but this one especially: Jane's Addiction, performing at Google's I/O developer conference last night. Check out the full official video of the band's 40-minute set below -- it ... More >>

Catch Jane's Addiction Streaming Live from San Francisco Tonight

Jane's Addiction​Google's I/O developer conference is in town, which means all sorts of magical things are happening -- like brand-new cloud-locker music services appearing right out of thin air! Er, well -- a possibly more magical occurrence: A live performance from Jane's Addiction perfor ... More >>

Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasies: Raunchy Album Covers That Didn't Make It

(Complete scene here.)All-around entertainer Kanye West announced the other day that his forthcoming album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, would come bundled with five different album covers. The only one we've seen so far is a painting by New York-based art-weirdo George Condo that depicts a n ... More >>

NIN/Jane's Addiction

Darfur Downtown: National Darfur Exhibit to Make Bay Area Debut Wednesday

Okay, deep breath. There are a string of community minded organizations in the following sentence, not to mention the repeated use of the proper names "Bay Area" and "Darfur." Here we go: The SF Bay Area Darfur Coalition is partnering with SF State, the Holocaust Center of Northern California, the J ... More >>

Death Cab for Cojones

Dildo Dave Navarro Tells SF Weekly His Top Music Faves of 2007

Clipd Beaks, Hoarse Lords

LastNight: Sonic Youth Proves Ageless at the Berkeley Community Theater

The Sounds of Violence

Triclops! Acid-damaged punk noise!

Encore Performance

Don't fret. Guitar Hero II kills the opening act.

Chow Time

Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle breaks all the rules

Hear This

Funeral for a Friend carries the torch for U.K. emo; Banyan explores the intersection of punk, rock, and free jazz.

BeatBox

What Perry Farrell's up to now that Lollapalooza's kaput, and two very different daytime dance options

2003: Year of the Wonka Record

For the year's 10 best records, go somewhere else. For the year's 10 best "Wonka Records," you've come to the right place.

Soul Rebel

Steffen Franz is quite the optimist. First he took the "slack" out of dancehall, now he's crusading to help heal the wounds of a country.

"Crappy Records"

Zagat's new "music guide" is absurd, but its "format" offers a "nice way" to review "lame albums."

Accidental Tourists

Is the Music the next big thing or just a bunch of very lucky guys?

Love Plus One

Or five ways to make existing groups that much more super

Land of the Lost

After 13 years, Savage Republic returns to find its Middle Eastern post-punk world largely intact

What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

Can Live 105 become a kool thing again?

House Of Tudor

Eerie soundtrack monsters, rancorous punk Feederz, and a fervent hurdy-gurdy man

Noise Pop Tip Sheet

Noise Pop Festival; Pound-SF club opening

Pop Philosophy

Riffage.com riffs its last, so the Great American Music Hall’s for sale. Again.

Two Ton Boa

Two Ton Boa
(Kill Rock Stars)

House Of Tudor

"Second Wednesdays," Toog, Ethan James, Meg Lee Chin

The House of Tudor

Riff Raff

Industrial Sun

Suncatcher and the mediocre beauty of Los Angeles

Riff Raff

Riff Raff

Night + Day

Riff Raff

Riff Raff

Recordings

The House of Tudor

SFO3 Diary

Recordings

Night+Day