Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes‘ classic self-titled debut is also getting a 40th anniversary picture disc reissue for Record Store Day

Violent Femmes delivered a crowd-pleasing set of ’80s and ’90s alt-rock classics.

Plus: Alice Phoebe Lou, Catbite, Mike Birbiglia, Counterparts, Ted Leo / Aimee Mann, and more tour and festival news.

Our presales for the Violent Femmes, Robert Fripp and Hellogoodbye shows run through Friday, June 24 at 2:59 PM.

Violent Femmes' fall tour also includes stops in St Louis, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, and more.

While the Bunnymen have had to drop off this weekend's very '80s Cruel World festival, the lineup still boast Bauhaus, Blondie, The Psychedelic Furs, Devo, Violent Femmes, and lots more.

The lineup also includes Lil Wayne, John Fogerty, Charli XCX, Death Cab, Modest Mouse, Portugal. The Man, Taking Back Sunday, Big Boi, Anthrax, Violent Femmes, The Breeders, Parquet Courts, Bob Mould, and much more...

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by Urge Overkill, Steve Gunn, Modern Nature and Night Crickets (members of Bauhaus & Violent Films), plus the Meet Me in the Bathroom documentary and a look back at Built to Spill's ‘Perfect from Now On‘

Night Crickets, the trio of David J (Bauhaus, Love & Rockets), Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes) and Darwin Meiners, will release their debut album, ‘A Free Society,‘ on January 21

The CA festival was originally scheduled for 2020, then rescheduled to 2022 with much of the same lineup, including Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie, Devo, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, Violent Femmes, The Church, The English Beat, and more