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Violent Femmes 10th studio album, HOTEL LAST RESORT, resides among the groundbreaking band’s finest work, simultaneously refining and redefining their one-of-a-kind take on American music, mingling front porch folk, post punk, spiritual jazz, country blues, avant garde minimalism and golden age rock ‘n’ roll into something still altogether their own. Founded and fronted of course by singer/ guitarist Gordon Gano and acoustic bass guitarist Brian Ritchie, the Milwaukee-born combo remains as warm, wise and weird as ever before, with such new favorites as “Another Chorus” and “Everlasting You” continuing to mine the vast range of ideas, melodic complexity and organic sonic craftsmanship that has characterized the band’s body of work since their landmark self-titled 1983 debut.
“I think it’s probably the best [album] we’ve made since HALLOWED GROUND,” Ritchie says. “We didn’t really know that we had something to say, but it turns out that the songs are really good and we were able to sink our teeth into them and come up with something which is just as good as anything we’ve ever done. I’m even a little bit surprised myself.”
Violent Femmes are undeniably one of the most inventive and original bands of this or any other era, constantly pushing forward with their singular blend of folk and punk, sarcasm and spirituality. Founded in 1981, the originally Milwaukee-based band’s remarkable three-decade-plus career has produced a series of truly iconic singles – among them such classics as “American Music,” “Gone Daddy Gone,” “Nightmares,” “Add It Up” and of course, “Blister In The Sun” – along with cumulative worldwide album sales in excess of 10 million, with 1983’s VIOLENT FEMMES awarded RIAA platinum eight years after its initial release.
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Kublai Khan TX
Saturday, March 30, 2024
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
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Noize MC
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Panchiko
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Doors: 6:30pm / Show: 7:30pm
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Steel Pulse
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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INNA
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Bayside
Sunday, April 21, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
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Hot Mulligan: Choose Your Fightour
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Doors: 6:00pm / Show: 7:00pm
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OPIUO
Friday, April 26, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Infectious Grooves
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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OMEGA FEST: Biohazard / Forbidden
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Doors: 3:00pm / Show: 3:30pm
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Donny Benet
Friday, May 17, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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CHAOS & CARNAGE 2024: CATTLE DECAPITATION / CARNIFEX
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Doors: 4:00pm / Show: 4:30pm
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Rawayana
Friday, May 24, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Gogol Bordello
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Jazz Is Dead: Mulatu Astatke
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Jazz Is Dead: Mulatu Astatke
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Little Big
Friday, June 14, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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of Montreal
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Jazz is Dead: Cortex
Friday, July 12, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Caspian & And So I Watch You From Afar
Sunday, July 21, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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Tinariwen
Monday, August 12, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
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CORNELIUS
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm