Nothing's Shocking

pitchfork

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the Los Angeles band’s 1988 debut, which infused the nascent alt-rock movement with a surreal vision of Hollywood hedonism.

rollingstone

Randy Newman and the members of Jane's Addiction would probably be the first to tell you that they don't have anything in common, that they don't listen to each other's music, that they shouldn't be in the same record review. And that's probably true: Newman, forty-four and unprolific, makes immaculate pop music, with a lushness […]