Cruel World, Goldenvoice’s new music festival featuring classic goth and new wave acts like Bauhaus, Blondie, Devo, Echo & The Bunnymen, the Psychedelic Furs, Violent Femmes, the Church, Public Image Ltd., is finally happening in Pasadena next year. After selling out, the fest announced yesterday that it’s adding a s...

In Does Rock 'N' Roll Kill Braincells?!, we quiz a grizzled artist on their own career to see how much they can remember – and find out if the booze, loud music and colour-sorted M&Ms has knocked the knowledge out of them. This week: Violent Femmes frontman Gordon Gano. 1: JK Rowling once reviewed the Violent Femmes’ eponymous 1983 debut...

Violent Femmes have announced Hotel Last Resort, their 10th studio album and the follow-up to 2016's We Can Do Anything, their first LP in 16 years. And today they're sharing its lead single and title track, which features the legendary Television frontman Tom Verlaine. Violent Femmes bassist Brian Ritchie, who first met Verlaine working as&...

When it comes to timeless hits from the 1980s, few stand the test of time as well as the songs produced by Milwaukee's Violent Femmes

It’s been 15 years since the Violent Femmes released their last record, Freak Magnet in 2000, but today it was announced that the band will release a brand new four-song EP titled Happy New Year for Record Store Day. “Love Love Love Love Love” is the first single, and it was recorded on New Year’s [&#8...