Hours after his bandmates filed a multi-count lawsuit against him following Jane’s Addiction’s sudden dissolution last September, frontman Perry Farrell has filed his own complaint against Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins in Los Angeles County Superior Court on charges of assault and battery, intentional inflection of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress…
* Noah Kahan will have some fun in the sun with Mumford & Sons, Caamp, Role Model, flipturn, Gigi Perez, Sam Barber, Leif Vollebekk, Goldford and Cassandra Coleman as part of the third-annual Out of the Blue festival, which will descend Jan. 8-11, 2026, at Moon Palace Resort in Riviera Cancún, Mexico. Tickets go on…
The non-singing members of Jane’s Addiction have sued frontman Perry Farrell over a September 2024 onstage fight in Boston that forced the cancelation of their in-progress tour and new studio album and eventually ended the band. Guitarist Dave Navarro, bassist Eric Avery and drummer Stephen Perkins filed the complaint in Los Angeles County Superior Court…
Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant covers Low’s “Everybody’s Song” as the lead single from his next album, Saving Grace, which will be released Sept. 26 through Nonesuch. The project features a new band comprised of vocalist Suzi Dian, drummer Oli Jefferson, guitarist Tony Kelsey, banjo/string player Matt Worley and cellist Barney Morse-Brown, who spent…
The allure of the late Jeff Buckley is on full display in a new trailer for the documentary It’s Never Over, which, as previously reported, will be released theatrically in the United States on Aug. 8 and will be available on HBO and HBO Max in the winter under the Music Box series umbrella. “I…
Here’s your litmus test for Laura Jane Grace’s latest: What’s your reaction to the lyric, “Does your god have a big, fat dick, ’cause it feels like he’s fucking me”? If you laughed or pumped your fist in the air, this album is for you. More from Spin: SAGE ON STAGE Jeff Tweedy Triples Up…
In the 1980s, David Lowery co-founded and fronted the alternative band Camper Van Beethoven and composed its best-known song, “Take the Skinheads Bowling.” In the ‘90s, he founded and fronted the nearly mainstream Cracker and co-wrote that band’s alternative smash “Low.” Robert Christgau once called him a “major wiseass.” But in conversation, Lowery comes off…
“I will now sell five copies of The Three E.P.s by the Beta Band.” With those legendary words, John Cusack’s Rob Gordon put on “Dry the Rain” in the adaptation of High Fidelity. Not only did copies of the Scottish band’s 1998 collection fly off the shelf in the movie scene, but within a month…
Musicians often live and breathe their work. Between writing, recording, producing, practicing, and performing, there may not always be time to think about much else, even the money to be made from music, or how much has to be spent to sustain a career. But as the saying goes, failing to plan is often planning…
For the first and last time, venerated L.A. rock bands X and Los Lobos will join forces for a historic co-headlining tour that gets underway in Denver on July 19th. The extensive ’99 Years of Rock n’ Roll’ Tour of North America runs through late November and not only celebrates the respective 48- and 51-year…
