Jane's Addiction

Last Night: Kings of Leon at SXSW

SXSW: Sticky, Dirty, Salty, Stinky

Emasculation Rock

(The Whole) Jane's Addiction Reuniting

Days of our nights

Tonight's Show Suggestions

3 Inches Of Blood, "Deadly Sinners" Andrew Miller wrote a blurb about these guys, who I also appreciate. Though I really, really wish they weren't signed to Roadrunner Records, who have earned themselves a permanent place on my shit list per last week's Amanda Palmer music video fiasco. The Hands, P ... More >>

Sasquatch 2009 Line-Up Announced

It's official as of this morning. My Memorial Day weekend just got a whole lot better. Tickets are officially on sale February 28. Saturday, May 23th Kings of Leon / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / The Decemberists / Animal Collective / Bon Iver / Devotchka / M. Ward / Doves / Sun Kil Moon / The Gaslight Anthem ... More >>

The Shins @ The Showbox: May 4 & 5

Renee McMahonWatch a slideshow of The Shins at Bumbershoot 2007.The Shins When: May 4 (all agels), May 5 (21 ) Where: The Showbox at the Market Cost: $34.99 via Ticketmaster on Friday, March 27 A perfect show for those of you interested in watching a band stand still while shouting at a microphone ... More >>

Toadies

Saturday, April 18

Twenty Years Later, N.W.A.'s Underground Rumble Still Roars

What does it say about the state of the union that “Dope Man” and “Fuck tha Police” are still relevant?

June 8-14, 2005

What does it say about the state of the union that “Dope Man” and “Fuck tha Police” are still relevant?

Adult Entertainment

Best Indie Rock/Garage band XXX Audio pump gas on the fire.

Blind Sight

Best New Artist Kuma look around Seattle's goth-pop corners.

Top-Selling Records at Local Record Stores

Best New Artist Kuma look around Seattle's goth-pop corners.

A pierced nipple is still a pierced nipple: Lollapalooza 2003.

Best New Artist Kuma look around Seattle's goth-pop corners.

Top-Selling Records at Local Record Stores

Best New Artist Kuma look around Seattle's goth-pop corners.

Top-selling records at local record stores

Best New Artist Kuma look around Seattle's goth-pop corners.

Top-selling records at local record stores

Best New Artist Kuma look around Seattle's goth-pop corners.

Wreckers of Civilization

Insectoid vocals, interminable solos, capital-R Rock: Ladies and gentlemen, Led Zeppelin.

Days of Our Nights

Lollapalooza and the Dandy Warhols return, Hot Hot Heat get wild, plus more on Jack White, the Gits, etc.

Days of our nights

Lollapalooza and the Dandy Warhols return, Hot Hot Heat get wild, plus more on Jack White, the Gits, etc.

Days of our nights

Lollapalooza and the Dandy Warhols return, Hot Hot Heat get wild, plus more on Jack White, the Gits, etc.

Days of our nights

Lollapalooza and the Dandy Warhols return, Hot Hot Heat get wild, plus more on Jack White, the Gits, etc.

Days of our nights

Lollapalooza and the Dandy Warhols return, Hot Hot Heat get wild, plus more on Jack White, the Gits, etc.

Whadchagit?

Lollapalooza and the Dandy Warhols return, Hot Hot Heat get wild, plus more on Jack White, the Gits, etc.

Sasquatch Music Festival

Lollapalooza and the Dandy Warhols return, Hot Hot Heat get wild, plus more on Jack White, the Gits, etc.

Why Jane's Is Still an Addiction: My Show Review and Phoner with Perry Farrell

If the headliners of this year's biggest summer festivals, Sasquatch included, make you want to shout ''the 90's were great and I hear they're making a comeback!"--you are not alone. Some of this summer's acts (Pearl Jam, the Dave Matthews Band and Green Day), have managed to hang around and merge ... More >>

Sasquatch 2009 Wrap Up: Nine Inch Nails, Erykah Badu, Kings of Leon, and Plenty of Peeps

Renee McMahonWatch a slideshow of Saturday at Sasquatch 2009 featuring Kings of Leon, Animal Collective, Saturday, May 23 Jonathan Cunningham on King Khan and the Shrines: "There aren't a lot of lead singers that can perform at a music festival dressed in solely underwear, a gold cape, Airwalk sh ... More >>

Live Music Roundup: Wednesday, August 26

Jay Reatard​Bat for Lashes, Other Lives at Neumos, 8 p.m., $14 adv. I wonder if David Lynch knows he has an English-Pakistani doppelganger running around named Natasha Khan, a modern musical mystic who includes Lynch as one of her major influences, goes by the stage name of Bat For Lashes and ... More >>

The Making of a Rhythm Section

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday (unless it's Thanksgiving) on Reverb. Check back on Monday when he writes about what's playing on his iPod.​Last weekend, I played a benefit show in L.A. to raise money for teenage runaways in Hollywood. LAYN (Los Angeles Youth Network) is a nonprofit ... More >>

Sasquatch! Has Completely Sold Out!

Pavement plays Sasquatch! on Sunday, May 30.​If you haven't bought tickets to Sasquatch!--May 29 to 31 at the Gorge--you're SOL. Word has just come down from Sasquatch! brass that all three days of the festival have sold out. This is the earliest this massively popular/successful fest has sold ... More >>

Duff McKagan Addresses the Jane's Addiction Rumors, the Velvet Revolver Talk, and Those Missed Deadlines

Duff McKagan is the former bassist for Guns N' Roses. He currently plays bass in Velvet Revolver and fronts the band Loaded. His column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​Hey, Duff. What's up, man? Column was a half-day late ... More >>

A.M. Music News: Menomena, KOL, and Two Free MP3s From Earl Greyhound

Earl Greyhound​-- Spinner: If you're as curious about the Jakob Dylan's Woman and Country -- with T Bone Burnett Neko Case -- as I am, check out this full stream of the record. -- Pitchfork: Menomena's next record, the suddenly unfortunately titled Mines, drops July 27, courtesy of Barsuk Rec ... More >>

Those Old GNR "Rivals," Jane's Addiction

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​ There was a band that was playing around the LA clubs at the same time as my band, GNR. In 1986, both bands seemed to reign somewhat supreme. It was a good time for ... More >>

Jane's Addiction Was Different Before They Were "Alternative"

Krist Novoselic's column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on Reverb. Check back on Friday when he writes about what he's been listening to.​On November 17, 1988, I went to KISW's "Rising Star" show at the Paramount Theatre, an event that featured a band that was in heavy rotation on th ... More >>

A.M. Music News: Shabazz Palaces, Heaven Rock, and Why 130,000 Viewers Can't Be Wrong About Grynch

-- YouTube: Damn! Grynch's new video for "My Volvo" has been viewed more than 130,000 times since it was released on April 22. $1 gets you in to see him at Neumos tonight. -- SPIN: Reverb columnist Duff McKagan and his Jane's Addiction bandmates played a surprise set at Hollywood's club Bardot las ... More >>

Learning the Old Jane's Addiction Jams

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​Never before have I been in a situation where I had to play bass lines written by someone else for a whole set. It is a challenge for sure, and an eye-opening experien ... More >>

Jane's Addition, Flipper, and Filling Those Familiar Shoes

http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/adDetails/201The Ripper Bass - Designed To Rip Your Ears Off!​I want to thank Duff McKagan for the props in his column. And I want to extend my appreciation of his bass playing - especially in the introduction to "Sweet Child O' Mine." The interplay between the ... More >>

My Short List of Long Songs, From Mastodon to Iggy & the Stooges

Iggy PopDuff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​Unless we are talking about something from the Ramones or other to-the-point smithereens, three-minute songs written for the sake of getting on the radio are m ... More >>

On the Road With Jane's Addiction, Reminded of Some of Mankind's Troubling Detours

Jane's Addiction Drummer Stephen PerkinsDuff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​I've been on a brief two-show European run with Jane's Addiction that started with a gig in Amsterdam. It certainly is interest ... More >>

The Jane's Addiction Ride Continues: Two More Live Shows and Maybe a Few New Recordings

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​Man! Am I ever lucky to be doing what I do! My tenure in Jane's Addiction recently took me to Europe for two shows with Rage Against the Machine in Arnhem, Holland, an ... More >>

I'm Gonna Need a New Roof: I Never Thought I'd See the Day.

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He writes about what music is circulating through his space every Monday.​Back in the fall of 1993, I had serious thoughts that there were not going to be many more springs and summers and winters ahead for me. My two-and-a-half year run in ... More >>

7 Year Bitch's Selene Vigil-Wilk Has a Solo Album On the Way

​Hello, serendipity. While I was randomly reminiscing about the charms and talents of former 7 Year Bitch frontwoman Selene Vigil (now Vigil-Wilk), she was preparing to release her first solo project since that band dissolved in the late '90s. Selene moved to California shortly after the brea ... More >>

Little Big Bands

How the Northwest's premier summer music festivals reflect the redefinition of "indie."

Mrs. McKagan and the Other Real Rock Housewives are Coming to E!'s Married to Rock

Susan McKagan, seated in the center.​For those of you who haven't been able to get enough of Reverb columnist Duff McKagan's stories about and lessons learned inside the McKagan house, the cameras are about the shine a brighter light on the other side of the pillow: Mrs. Susan Holmes McKagan. ... More >>

Zeppelin or Sabbath? Well, That All Depends When You're Asking

Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. He makes regular appearances on the blog throughout the week as well.​I had such a good time last week with some of your questions that I thought I'd give it another shot. Besides, there appears to be an endless amount of curiosity as to wha ... More >>

Hey! Get a Load of Duff's Memoir, It's So Easy

Duff McKagan's memoir, It's So Easy, is being released by Touchstone/Simon & Schuster in October.​We're excited to be the first to share with you the cover of Reverb columnist Duff McKagan's memoir, It's So Easy and Other Lies. Duff's publishers at Touchstone/Simon & Schuster will start showin ... More >>

Today Reverb Recommends Adding 20 Free Songs to Your iTunes to Celebrate Lollapalooza

Les Claypool of Primus. Moby never stood a chance.​Ninety-nine percent of the time, free things come with a "catch," but Spin magazine has bypassed all the asterisks to offer a legitimately no-cost mix of the best songs during Lollapalooza's last 20 years. The album can be downloaded for the ... More >>

Dear John: Has the Seattle Music Scene Gone Christian?

John Roderick, right, seen here with his worship team band the Long Winters. ​The following is a taste of John Roderick's upcoming column in Wednesday's edition of Reverb Monthly, Seattle Weekly's new music magazine. Q: I was at a show recently and I thought I had been magically transplanted ... More >>

John Roderick's Answers & Advice: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Passing on Auto Shop was almost as bad a move as that earring, Dad.