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November 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

It Was The Best Gig Ever # 23: Violent Femmes, Wellington 1995

I’ve seen the Violent Femmes a couple of times. Great fun always. I’ll go again I’m sure – I hope. If we ever get past this Covid-thing to the level that we bring the international bands back in, as promised, then the Femmes is one of the bands on the cards – and one I’ll […]
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October 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 33

Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes (1983) It wasn’t the first Violent Femmes album I heard (that was a compilation) but it is the band’s first – and their very best. Everything you need to know about this band is on this record. It’s a classic debut. Perfect summation. There are other good songs on some of […]
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October 13, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Announcement: Violent Femmes to Play Two NZ Shows (March, 2020)

Plus1 proudly presents Milwaukee’s finest, Violent Femmes live in Auckland and Wellington in March performing so many of those songs we hold dear to their hearts. Grab your pals and get ready for classics like Blister In The Sun, Gone Daddy Gone, Kiss Off, Add it Up, American Music, Please Do Not Go & gems off new album Hotel Last Resort.
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August 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Violent Femmes: We Can Do Anything

Violent Femmes We Can Do Anything Pias America At some point the Violent Femmes’ worldview – the geeky, sexual introverted, jealous cretin – became comical. Like Weezer after them, it just seems absurd to listen to The World’s Oldest Teenagers. But the Femmes – a hit still when they tour – have managed, somehow, to […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Violent Femmes, We Can Do Anything ·

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August 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 123 Union Hall – Part Two: Violent Femmes

It was packed, with students, music fans and hoons and there was a great atmosphere. The Spines were Ross, Wendy, Neill and me that night and we were up for it. We were like a huge rhythm engine in those days playing in odd funky time signatures with intense and sometimes insane vocals. We had […]
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May 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 691

Eugene Chadbourne, Corpses of Foreign Wars (1986) This was a good one – a guy contacts me, says he has an album he wants me to review. Nothing unusual at this point, happens all the time. People push their demos my way, or their old, old and out of date albums or their brand new […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1986, Eugene Chadbourne, I'm Your Neighbor, LP, Record, The Vinyl Countdown # 691, Vinyl, Violent Femmes ·

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February 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 97 Post-Punk

The early eighties in Wellington was the best place and the soundtrack for me was what I suppose you would call post punk. It was a new type of music and I loved it – Echo and XTC, Furs and the Cure, Magazine and Joy Division, Dexy’s and Only Ones, Stranglers and Members, Japan and […]
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April 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 905

Violent Femmes, 3 (1989) I hardly ever listen to the Violent Femmes these days. Don’t need to. It’s all locked up in my head – I thrashed all of the albums in the early 90s, had the full set, on tape first, then CD. Saw the band live a couple of times, fun, always fun, […]
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October 5, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Weezer: Everything Will Be Alright In The End

Weezer Everything Will Be Alright In The End Universal Republic What’s important here is not that this is the best Weezer album in a decade or more. What’s important is that that is no real compliment, let alone any sort of achievement. Weezer’s back catalogue is an embarrassment. A couple of still-listenable albums – in […]
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July 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1088

Violent Femmes, The Blind Leading The Naked  (1986) When I first fell for the Violent Femmes I fell hard. I was at that impressionable age – it was an impressionable stage. We were on a bus heading back from Wellington to Hawke’s Bay, we’d been on a school sports trip to Australia. I had my […]
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