Brooklyn Vegan — Like they did last year, Echo & The Bunnymen will tour North America this summer with The Violent Femmes... Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Also: Arctic Monkeys, Beyonce & Jay Z, Paul Simon, Sam Smith, Alice In Chains, Alice Cooper, Violent Femmes, Joe Jackson, Pussy Riot, and more newly-announced tours. Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — Reunited alt-rockers to play Portland, Seattle, Berkeley, and more in June. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The lineup also includes Pretenders, Kamasi Washington, The Specials, Seu Jorge, Margo Price, Violent Femmes, The Bangles, Margaret Glaspy, Hurray for the Riff Raff, and more. Continue reading… more info

KEXP Seattle — Welcome to Review Revue, where every Thursday I dig through the KEXP stacks to share DJ reviews and comments written on the covers of LPs (and occasionally CDs) in the ’80s and ’90s, when the station was called KCMU, the DJs were volunt... more info

KEXP Seattle — We like all kinds of music! And today, on Fourth of July, we’re celebrating “Independence Day” with just that! (As an aside, don’t forget that KEXP’s DJ Troy Nelson is leading a Violent Femmes sing-a-long this summer at Timber! Outdoor Musi... more info

Popdose — The ascending Pittsburgh quartet Soda Club treated a hometown crowd to its lazy Sunday brand of guitar-driven indie-pop on a Saturday this month, peppering a highly danceable, hour-long set of originals with covers of 80s classics by The Violent Femm... more info

Chorus.fm — J.K. Rowling has reviewed the debut album from the Violent Femmes for Ruth and Martin’s Album Club: I’m not quite sure how the Violent Femmes passed me by. I turned 18 the year this album came out, but I was obsessed with The Beatles at the time.... more info

Consequence of Sound — The Harry Potter author realizes that where you listen to music really matters. more info

NME — Rowling's opinion on the classic 1983 album change dramatically on her second listen more info