Jane’s Addiction fans have been waiting nearly eight years for a follow-up to 2003’s Strays. The LA rock band, helmed by singer Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro and drummer Stephen Perkins, have finally returned with a new disc, The Great Escape Artist, which comes out today (Oct. 18) via Capitol Records. The album, a surging return to the group’s signature alt-rock, was...
Emanuel and the Fear is a joyful, 11-piece pop outfit spilling ink on all the right places—splashed across L Magazine, featured in the Voice, playing out sold out shows with David Byrne, TV on the Radio and Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson in attendance. The band of Brooklynites forms a plush extravaganza below, inflecting Deerhoof with a little Sufjan-orchestra-lite. Then, “The Rain...
Following the rather lackluster Coachella announcement last week, comes Bonnaroo’s initial lineup for 2009. At first glance, it’s quite the stellar lineup of bands, with the one glaring addition that jumped out at me being the Beastie Boys! The one time I attempted to see them live was back in 2000, when they were set to tour with Rage Against the Machine, but was...
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