Violent Femmes have announced a 40th anniversary reissue of their self-titled debut to accompany an ongoing tour (get tickets here) celebrating the album. The deluxe 2xCD and digital formats will be out on December 1st via Craft Recordings, with a 4xLP box set limited to 5,000 copies following on February 9th, 2024.
In addition to remastered audio of the original album — which features classics like “Blister in the Sun,” “Kiss Off,” “Add It Up,” and “Prove My Love” — the deluxe edition of Violent Femmes includes rare demos, B-sides, and recordings of live performances in New York City and their hometown of Milwaukee. Both the CD and LP editions will feature new liner notes by journalist and Rolling Stone senior editor David Fricke featuring interviews with Violent Femmes members Gordon Gano, Brian Ritchie, and Victor DeLorenzo.
Pre-orders are ongoing. See the CD and vinyl packages below, followed by the complete tracklist.
To accompany the announcement,...
In addition to remastered audio of the original album — which features classics like “Blister in the Sun,” “Kiss Off,” “Add It Up,” and “Prove My Love” — the deluxe edition of Violent Femmes includes rare demos, B-sides, and recordings of live performances in New York City and their hometown of Milwaukee. Both the CD and LP editions will feature new liner notes by journalist and Rolling Stone senior editor David Fricke featuring interviews with Violent Femmes members Gordon Gano, Brian Ritchie, and Victor DeLorenzo.
Pre-orders are ongoing. See the CD and vinyl packages below, followed by the complete tracklist.
To accompany the announcement,...
- 10/10/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Everyone remembers the scene in My So Called Life where Angela celebrates getting over Jordan Catalano by dancing to the Violent Femmes’ “Blister in the Sun” in her bedroom, or when the song was prominently featured in Gross Pointe Blank. (The band even made a new video for the film that starred a puppet version of Bill Clinton’s cat, Socks.)
Now, in the latest installment of Rolling Stone‘s “The Breakdown” series, Femmes frontman Gordan Gano and bassist Brian Ritchie discuss the making of their 1983 hit — and its long misinterpreted meaning.
Now, in the latest installment of Rolling Stone‘s “The Breakdown” series, Femmes frontman Gordan Gano and bassist Brian Ritchie discuss the making of their 1983 hit — and its long misinterpreted meaning.
- 11/13/2019
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Alt-rock veterans Violent Femmes recruited Stephen Colbert for a quirky rendition of their 1983 classic "Blister in the Sun" Tuesday on The Late Show. The web-exclusive clip features a gushing introduction from the host, who says of "Blister," "I think I've played [it] a thousand times, and I can't wait to hear a thousand and one."
The trio perform in an acoustic setup, with live percussionist John Sparrow wielding brushes on a barbecue grill. After a brief audience sing-along, frontman Gordon Gano calls out Colbert for a cameo, which includes hushed singing and hilarious jazz-folk scatting.
The trio perform in an acoustic setup, with live percussionist John Sparrow wielding brushes on a barbecue grill. After a brief audience sing-along, frontman Gordon Gano calls out Colbert for a cameo, which includes hushed singing and hilarious jazz-folk scatting.
- 2/24/2016
- Rollingstone.com
The shuffler: Singer and multi-instrumentalist Nick Urata, head whirling dervish of DeVotchKa. The Denver-based band spent the last 10 years slowly amassing a reputation for crazed, extravagant live shows and a strain of music that's as uncategorizable as it is instantly recognizable. Built from bits of mariachi, gypsy folk, and the primordial jangle of nm0126154 autoTalking Heads[/link] and nm0217721 autoViolent Femmes[/link]—not to mention Urata's quavering, alien voice—DeVotchKa's new Anti- Records full-length, A Mad & Faithful Telling, follows the group's Oscar-nominated score for Little Miss Sunshine and a 2006 Ep titled Curse Your Little Heart that featured oddly gorgeous covers of songs by nm0000069 autoFrank Sinatra[/link], The Velvet Underground, and Siouxsie & The Banshees. Señor Coconut, "Showroom Dummies" Nick Urata: I got this album a couple of years ago; it kind of represents the changing of the guard from my CDs to my iPod. Like a lot of people's collections,...
- 4/15/2008
- by Jason Heller
- avclub.com
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