Brooklyn Vegan — today in NYC * Mike Birbiglia @ Union Hall * Wild Flag @ Bowery Ballroom * Lisa Hannigan @ the Bell House * Jane's Addiction @ Irving Plaza * Smashing Pumpkins @ Terminal 5 * Death @ Music Hall... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — "The Great Escape Artist" is a return to form and a new beginning. more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — One of my friends in college, praised Jane's Addiction as the greatest rock band of all time.  He said there has never been a band like them and there will never be another like them.  When Jane's Addiction broke up in 1992, he said he would never ... more info

USA Today Music — The alt-rock pioneers are back in fine form with their first new album in eight years. more info

Altsounds — And here they are, this weeks releases you have all been waiting for. Some oldies releasing newies this week. There is Boyz 2 Men, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Jane's Addiction and Everlast. Oh yeh, Matt Cardle too, we can't wait for that one. *Singles re... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Dana has been down south enjoying the Florida sun and beach this weekend at Deluna Festival. Her full set of shots are on the way, but here are some from Saturday night headliner Jane's Addiction... more info

Guardian Music — (EMI)Despite the involvement of TV on the Radio's studio wiz Dave Sitek, this first album in eight years is still recognisably Jane's Addiction: a bombastic take on art-rock underpinned by Dave Navarro's virtuoso guitar work. There's nothing here to ... more info

NME — Album isn't officially released until Monday (October 17) more info

DrownedInSound — Like Strays, this is fairly middle-of-the-road material, this time dressed up with the odd synth here and there. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Chorus.fm — *Jane's Addiction* (http://janesaddiction.com/) new album, The Great Escape Artist, is streaming here (http://www.itunes.com/JanesAddiction). more info