Jane's Addiction

UR1 Promises to Announce "New Festival Dates Along With Refund Procedures"

Promises. In July, UR1 Festival organizers pledged to bring "a true celebration of art and music" to this year's Art Basel Miami Beach week. But two weeks ago, after assembling an awesome two-day "EDM, pop, hip-hop, and rock" lineup led by Kanye West and Lou Reed, "The UR1 Music & Art Festival ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2012: Four Reasons EDM Is the New Summer Music Festival Staple

See also "Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012" -- plus "Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Wigs, TEED," "Day Two: Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, Twin Shadow, and Others," and "Day Three: Jack White, Sigur Ros, Florence The Machine, and Others." With every year that passes, it feels li ... More >>

O Rappa at Fillmore Miami Beach August 5

O Rappa's Brazilian Reggae, Funk, Rock, and Dub at Fillmore Miami Beach on August 5

In 1980, Bob Marley traveled to Brazil on a scouting mission with Island Records' Chris Blackwell and the Wailers' Junior Marvin, in preparation of a world tour. A year later, he was dead. But even though Marley never got to play Rio or São Paulo, the reggae man's musical influence had a serious ... More >>

Ten Best Live Music Venues in Miami

Legend has it that Ponce de León discovered Florida while searching for "the Fountain of Youth." Historians know, however, this is just a poor translation of "good tunes and a $6 PBR & Jameson combo." In any case, ever since April 2, 1513, Miami has been a hothouse for new musical strains and ... More >>

Puerto Rican Punks and Hangovers: The Duke Spirit Spend 29 Hours in Miami

When Crossfade checked in with The Duke Spirit on Thursday, the London rock band was lost and on the run somewhere outside Daytona Beach. They finally arrived under cover of darkening skies, as the neon tubes buzzed on for the evening in Miami Beach. Crossfade tagged along to see what 29 hours in ... More >>

Jane's Addiction Says "Fuck No!" to Shirts, "Fuck Yeah!" to Miami at The Fillmore

See also "Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell Comments on Tom Gabel's Transgender Announcement" -- plus the Fillmore's full Facebook photo album from Jane's Addiction in Miami. Jane's Addiction With The Duke Spirit Fillmore Miami Beach Friday, May 18, 2012 Better Than: Remembering that Ritual de lo H ... More >>

Surfing, Pinball, and Weed: Perry Farrell on His Teen Years in Miami

See also "Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell Comments on Tom Gabel's Transgender Announcement." When Jane's Addiction brings its rock party to the Fillmore Miami Beach tonight, it will be a homecoming show for the band's frontman, Perry Farrell. "I moved to Miami Beach when I was about fourteen, sho ... More >>

Jane's Addiction at Fillmore Miami Beach May 18

The Duke Spirit Is Fleeing Daytona Beach, Seeking Refuge at Fillmore Miami Beach

English rock band The Duke Spirit is due to open for Jane's Addiction at the Fillmore Miami Beach this Friday. But right now, singer Leila Moss and her crew are lost somewhere outside of Daytona Beach with an angry gas station attendant on their tail. "We have no idea where we are," singer Moss tol ... More >>

Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell Comments on Tom Gabel's Transgender Announcement

Last week, Against Me! singer Tom Gabel announced that she is transgendered and beginning life as a woman. Coincidentally, his band played the Lollapalooza festival in 2010 and that festival's organizer, Perry Farrell, is bringing Jane's Addiction to the Fillmore Miami Beach this Friday. Farrell ... More >>

Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, and Eight Other Undercover Alien Pop Stars

If there's anything we've learned from the Men in Black movies, it's that aliens are everywhere. They could be on the bus, in the break room, or even singing to us on MTV. Those movies always include fun little pop culture cameos and MIB III director Barry Sonnenfeld recently announced the upcoming ... More >>

Jane's Addiction Announce Concert at the Fillmore Miami Beach on May 18

​Even after 27 years, four albums, and a few line-up changes, Jane's Addiction is holding on strong. In fact, Perry Farrell and company's latest album, The Great Escape Artist, made it to the third spot on Billboard rock chart. So rather than kick the habit in 2012, these '90s alt-rock gods are k ... More >>

Who Wants Free Tickets and a Four-Night Hotel Stay for the Deluna Fest?

Swim for free with the Shins at Deluna.​Now and again, the average music fan needs to escape the humdrum realities of daily life by fleeing to some alluringly exotic locale (say, uh, Pensacola), sucking back loads of intoxicants (only legal shit, of course), and vibing out to a cross-genre cluster ... More >>

Shepard Fairey Spins Top 40 Tunes (and Some Predictably "Eclectic" Crap) at Fountain Art Fair

Shep the Selector doing work.​If he wasn't a graphically ingenious (albeit conceptually vacant) international art star, would anyone give a shit about Shepard Fairey's DJ sets? Nope. Not unless they were drunk and dying for a dose of radio-ready epicness. But he's the dude who invented OBEY and O ... More >>

Perry Farrell at Bardot for Art Basel December 2

Five Celebrity Musicians We Plan to Stalk During Art Basel Week

Target #3: James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem.​In case you didn't get the memo, haven't listened to the radio or surfed the interwebs lately, Art Basel is upon us. In just one short day, the art-world elite will rub shoulders and imbibe excessively with supermodels, fashion designers, musicians, and ... More >>

Perry Farrell Presents Precision Guided Musicians Art Project at Bardot December 2

Photo by Ian WitlenPerry Farrell and wife Etty performing at Ultra Music Festival 2009.​Finally, we are getting news about performances during Art Basel Miami Beach. It's confirmed that Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell and his wife and collaborator Etty Farrell will be performing at Bardot ... More >>

Bizarre Boudoir

Art Basel Music: Psyberpixie at Gallery 305, December 2

Art Basel is "the most important art show in the United States." The parties and the exhibits are moving DWNTWN this year, where the lights will inspire you.  About three blocks from MAM, in the heart of downtown Miami is Gallery 305 (14 NE 1st Ave - Suite 305, Miami). Since the gallery is l ... More >>

Top Ten Thursdays: The Top Ten Guitarists Right Now

Buddy Guy plays the Arsht Center.​Blues badass Buddy Guy -- along with Big Easy piano man Dr. John -- performs Friday at the Knight Concert Hall at the Arsht Center. A huge influence on Eric Clapton and countless others, Guy continues to elate audience members with his guitar heroics at the g ... More >>

Throwback Tuesdays: Saigon Kick - "I Love You"

Saigon Kick was arguably South Florida's biggest rock export in the early '90s, a band with some major hits that remains somewhat underrated, perhaps, because of the time at which it appeared. At first glance, the group, originally a quartet, had all the aesthetic stylings of a glam-metal act. But ... More >>

Live Nation Dropping Service Fees For Some Tickets Tomorrow

Looking for a way to save a few bucks on concert tickets? Live Nation has announced they will be waiving the service fees for lawn tickets to a slew of their summer shows starting at 12:01 am on Wednesday. This promotion only lasts for 24 hours, so you'll have to purchase tickets quickly. Hit the ju ... More >>

Friday Night: Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction at the Cruzan Amphitheatre

photo by Ian WitlenTrent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails performing at the Cruzan Amphitheatre Friday night. Click here to view the full slideshow.Nine Inch Nails and Jane's AddictionWith Street Sweeper Social ClubFriday, May 8, 2009Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm BeachBetter Than: Sex.The Review:Friday ni ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Nine Inch Nails, Exxxotica and Aqua Girl

If you stayed home this weekend, it was either because the unbearable heat kept you indoors or because you actually tried to behave yourself on Mother's Day. Skin and sin was aplenty this weekend (er, well more than normal), so here is what you missed:Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction at Cruzan A ... More >>

Nine Inch Nails

CD Review: Jane's Addiction - A Cabinet of Curiosities

Jane's AddictionA Cabinet of Curiositieswww.janesaddiction.comJane's Addiction is of those bands that, although its members don't especially like each other anymore, wields an influence simply too great to allow the band to stay broken up. The game-changing L.A. quartet that treated alternative rock ... More >>

Head Spins: DJ Lady Anime

A shadowy spinner who goes beyond darkwave.

The Offspring to Come Out and Play at Pompano Beach Amphitheatre on July 18th

The mid 90's are coming back to Pompano Beach Amphitheater in the form of the one two-hit wonder band The Offspring.  What's surprising about this announcement isn't that The Offspring is coming here, it's that they're still making music at all.  Add this to the Nine Inch Nails/Janes Addic ... More >>

Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction to play Cruzan Amphitheater May 8

The first US date for Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction has been announced and we in South Florida  are blessed that it all begins here. Thankfully, It's not the first stop in the whole tour, so most of the kinks should be ironed out by the time they both play here (there are 8 shows  b ... More >>

Perry Farrell Performs Tonight at the Florida Room

Blitzen Trapper at Langerado

Models Volleyball = Boredom?

Encore Performance

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

The Bravery

Chow Time

Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle breaks all the rules

The Mars Volta

Frances the Mute Universal

Endnote

A former fan sends an open letter to the reunited Eighties rock gods

Fish and Bones

Lace up your Doc Martens for this legendary L.A. outfit

Paul Oakenfold

Bunkka (Maverick Records)

Welcome to the Edge

Miami's artistic avant-garde stakes out new territory far, far from South Beach

Mod-Rock Cons

The Chili Peppers and Foo Fighters won't save rock but they're hanging in there

Best Jukebox

Lost Weekend

Lollapaloser

Reverb

Now for Some Good Muse

This local band makes musical news by doing things differently

Mustang Sally

How to turn your trivia knowledge into fabulous prizes

Am I Black Or Am I White?

Ask yourself, then ask them

If Ya Snooza, Ya 'Looza

An indispensable guide for those attending the biggest rock and roll event since 1991!

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