Violent Femmes news

The debut Violent Femmes album turns 45 this year. to celebrate the band is going on a West Coast tour. That starts February 26 and runs through early march. The trek is dubbed "45 Years of Violent ...

One of Milwaukee's most famed bands ended their fall tour with a homecoming concert Oct. 19, playing "Violent Femmes" and "Hallowed Ground" in full.

In 1982, Violent Femmes, their first album, like Television’s debut self-titled LP before it and The Strokes Is This It after, arrived in full flower with maximum power, all killer and no filler. If ...

Formed as an acoustic punk band in 1981 in Milwaukee, the Violent Femmes eponymous debut album became the first and only album in Billboard history to enter the charts with a platinum certification—a ...

This week on Love Local Radio, we're looking back through the archives at a host of Milwaukee bands from the 1980s onward. Everything from the Violent Femmes to GGOOLLDD gets covered in this special ...

The drummer for the iconic Milwaukee band visited Studio A to talk about their recipe for success and the city's thriving (and generous) music scene.

Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor, who graduated from Purchase College, will return to the Westchester campus Nov. 21 to headline a benefit for ArtsWestchester, a nonprofit that gives grants to arts ...

Icons will grace stages in the Lower Hudson Valley this fall, from The Capitol Theater to Paramount Hudson Valley. See the list of can't-miss shows.

Violent Femmes are gearing up for a tour that will end in Milwaukee. After a sold-out show, the band added a second concert at the Riverside Theater. Drummer John Sparrow joined FOX6 WakeUp News.

The Violent Femmes and The Killers teamed up for an incredible performance of the "Laverne & Shirley" theme song live.

There’s a full video of Violent Femmes and The Killers doing their rendition of Laverne & Shirley on YouTube. In the footage, concertgoers can be heard screaming as the Violent Femmes join The Killers ...