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.
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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
Brooklyn Vegan — Jane's Addiction had a busy 1991, releasing the massively successful Ritual De Lo Habitual and launching a little traveling festival called Lollapalooza. They've been on a Ritual anniversary tour this year, but will also be celebrating 25 y... more info