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  1. How does an iPad mini compare to an iPhone Duo? I don’t have big hands #ViolentFemmes

  2. The love is gone again

    A5J174 1️⃣6️⃣3️⃣4️⃣ A good song a day keeps the doctor away 🎧

    🔥 Violent Femmes - Gone Daddy Gone (1983) 🔥

    music.youtube.com/watch?v=0hng

    #music #rockmusic #music1980s #nowlistening #September2026 #violentfemmes #musicchallenge #monday

  3. "I hear the rain, I hear the rain
    I hear the rain, got to kill the pain
    I hear the rain, I hear the rain
    I hear the rain, got to kill the pain"

    Violent Femmes, I Hear The Rain, from the 1984 album Hallowed Ground

    youtube.com/watch?v=9g51e3n9ark

    This album is an old favourite of mine. Not for the faint-hearted though. Some of the songs, like the opener Country Death Song, are dark AF.

    #ViolentFemmes #MurderBallads #folk #MusicQuotes #music

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  5. If you like #punkrock and/or the #violentfemmes I'm really enjoying this concert from 2024 with the Violent Femmes and the Milwaukee Symphony:
    urbanmilwaukee.com/pressreleas

    It aired on PBS, and you may find it on streaming services today 🤘

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  7. A look back at last weekend's 45th anniversary tour stop for #ViolentFemmes at #SternGrove in #SanFrancisco where at least 10,000 fans lined the redwood & eucalyptus tree dotted hillside to soak up the sounds.

    #GordonGano and his onstage collaborators included band co-founding bassist Brian Ritchie, former 90s era child #SoapOpera actor Blaise Garza on horns, plus tUnE-yArDs front woman Merrill Garbus from Oaktown were all helping out onstage on this early 80's era college rawk classic #GoneDaddyGone

  8. After finishing a 4 night stand at a 1600 capacity venue in #LA, #ViolentFemmes coming up to #SF and play outdoors this weekend at #free gig is a chance to celebrate quirky band's 45th year since being discovered busking outside a Pretenders gig in hometown #Milwaukee ...

    sterngrove.org/violentfemmes

  9. #AlternateFridayMusic
    July 31 2026

    This time, we're #BreakingUp
    ...no, no, it's not you, it's me, and my fellow hashtagger(s?) who came up with this one.

    Violent Femmes, “Breakin’ Up”

    Talk about stripped-down sound - on stage, original #ViolentFemmes drummer Victor DeLorenzo would stand and play a single snare drum. He’d been replaced in the band by Guy Hoffman by the time this track was recorded for official release on the album “New Times,” and you’ll see him in the official video sitting at a proper drum set (using it ever so sparingly), but I prefer the demo version that was recorded with the original band in 1981 (released on the 2002 40th Anniversary edition of their debut eponymous album), before those big #FolkPunk bucks rolled in and financed all that over-the-top 90s schmaltz. 🧐

    “Breakin’ Up" official video, featured below:
    youtube.com/watch?v=7WNpEQ_3Vfg

    vs. the demo at violentfemmes.bandcamp.com/tra

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  11. The bit that you skip #203: Violent Femmes – Blister in the sun

    Inside my head there are two Violent Femmes. The first one I heard thanks to the soundtrack for The Crow. Dark, moody, gothy. Perfect for my teenage years!

    Years later, I caught John Cusack’s classic Grosse Pointe Blank for two reasons: I loved John Cusack and Minnie Driver was a massive crush. I didn’t expect Violent Femmes to have a song as breezy and shiny as Blister in the Sun, even if the lyrical content is as gloomy as color me once (from The Crow’s OST).

    For the longest of time I believed that Blister in the sun was the embodiment of “College Radio”. Quirky enough not to be a major hit on radio stations, but fantastic enough to catch the attention of the “cynic in the making” college student phase we all went through. Sadly, some people get stuck there.

    Once you hear Blister in the Sun you fall in love with that riff. It’s a song that embraces silence. Like a quick meditation, the quiet part explodes as if our main character had a moment of clarity. Sometimes you gotta hit that bottom to rise up before you drown.

    This song was a staple of my mixCDs, as we all switched formats and it was the time to embrace Nero and all those burning programs we had. Never ask about how legal were those songs, though, you might get a gibberish reply. The ones I kinda my nasty.

    -Sam J. Valdés López

    https://youtu.be/G89chAA4l8s?si=ovx7hvVq26elnFP-

    #BlisterInTheSun #GrossePointeBlank #JohnCusack #MinnieDriver #TheCrow #ViolentFemmes
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  13. TodoMal – Graveyards of Joy Review By Owlswald

    Of all metal’s subgenres, doom remains one of the most welcoming to outside influences, often stretching its boundaries past lethargic, downtuned tempos of despair and dread. Spanish duo TodoMal1 embody that openness completely, drawing from a wide spectrum of styles to shape their unique blend of progressive doom. Formed by multi‑instrumentalists Christopher B. Wildman (Jade (live), ex-Asgaroth) and composer/producer Javier Fernández Milla (ex-Asgaroth), Ultracrepidarian (2021) and With a Greater Good (2023) pushed at the edges of classic doom with a big, cinematic approach rooted in the grandeur of Candlemass and the cosmic blues of Pink Floyd. Graveyards of Joy, their third record, closes the trilogy and marks their first expansion into a five-piece recording and live ensemble, joined by drummer Javier “Bud” Martínez (Jade), guitarist Javier Félez (ex-Teitanblood), and vocalist/keyboardist Cecilia Tallo (ex-Maud the Moth). And their contributions help unlock TodoMal’s most ambitious and articulate record to date.

    Graveyards of Joy finds TodoMal pushing their sound into more progressive territories, with their immersive strain of atmospheric doom feeling far more melodic and balanced than their previous work. Juxtaposing processional tones with airy, luminous passages in a way that resists categorization, each song on Graveyards of Joy is incredibly dense yet no less urgent. “Mare Ignis” could have come straight from a Devin Townsend record, elevated by an expressive, gothic shimmer and reverb-drenched textures, while “Misericordiah” offers a moment of pure acoustic beauty before “Unholy” snaps back with brooding gothic rock heaviness and bright, pop-minded sensibility. Tallo’s lush choral backdrops (“Mare Ignis”), coupled with orchestral elements like horns (“Point of Coalescence,” “Mare Ignis”), violins (“Misericordiah”), Hammond-esque synths (“For Mercy”) and piano (“Graveyards of Joy,” “Lucid Nightmare”), create soaring, hook-laden melodies with an ethereal, dreamlike quality that lets the heavily layered arrangements feel deceptively lighter than they are, even in the face of Martinez’s thunderous drums, Felez’s chunky riffing and the record’s saturating production.

    TodoMal excel at balancing darkness and light, constantly offsetting heaviness with melody and atmosphere. “Lucid Nightmare” leans into melodic allure without losing heft, pairing resonant guitars with Tallo’s bright piano and choral layers, while “Point of Coalescence” contrasts ominous horns and crushing riffs against airy vocals that keep the song from ever feeling too oppressive. The guitar work on Graveyards of Joy favors big, expressive solos and memorable phrasing, emphasizing emotional lift over technicality and adding another dimension to TodoMal’s cinematic, textured identity. “Deliverance” delivers the record’s most dynamic moment, moving from delicate acoustics into a massive, emotional swell, while “Humanised Gods” distills their approach into a punchy, hook- and synth-laden standout. Across Graveyards of Joy, TodoMal uses melody, orchestration, and texture to let the material surface for air before pulling you back into its darker depths.

    Wildman’s vocal performance is one of Graveyards of Joy’s defining highlights, channeling a tone that lands somewhere between Jón Aldará’s (Iotunn, Barren Earth) soaring melodicism and Robert Smith’s (The Cure) emotive, gothic inflection. Instead of leaning into brutality, Wildman avoids growling entirely, opting for an indie-tinged, gothic rock delivery that softens and reshapes TodoMal’s traditional doom foundation. “For Mercy” evidences the full reach of his character, with an untethered vocal line floating above an upbeat acoustic guitar that initially feels awkward but quickly captures my admiration with its off-kilter charm. The track recalls the Violent Femmes in many respects and shows the breadth of the group’s influences. The duo also leans heavily on background harmonies and choral passages to amplify the material’s emotional weight, creating a soundscape that reveals new nuances with each listen. The production reinforces this, feeling enveloping and bright, and the concise runtime—aside from the sprawling “Deliverance” and the similarly lengthy closer—ultimately strengthens the record’s pacing.

    Graveyards of Joy pulls all of its many ingredients into a layered, multifaceted whole that grows more rewarding with every listen. TodoMal’s twist on doom may feel occasionally strange, but it’s insanely stylish and unmistakably their own. It’s the kind of take that makes genre labels feel irrelevant because there is no denying this is simply great music. A couple of longer tracks could stand a trim, and a few endings land a bit abruptly, but those small quibbles fade quickly. What stays with you instead is the album’s accessibility, scope, and immensity. TodoMal may mean “all wrong,” yet Graveyards of Joy is anything but.

    Rating: Great!
    DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
    Label: Season of Mist
    Websites: todomalband.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/todomalofficial
    Releases Worldwide: July 3rd, 2026

    #2026 #40 #Asgaroth #BarrenEarth #Candlemass #DevinTownsend #DoomMetal #GraveyardsOfJoy #Iotunn #Jade #Jul26 #MaudTheMoth #PinkFloyd #ProgressiveMetal #Review #Reviews #SeasonOfMist #SpanishMetal #Teitanblood #TheCure #TodoMal #ViolentFemmes
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  16. Twin Serpent – True Norwegian Blackgrass Review By Tyme

    One of my absolute favorite articles of clothing in my closet is a beat-up, slightly holey, faded black Darkthrone t-shirt from 1998, with the band logo on the front, and “True Norwegian Black Metal” printed across the back. I share this, for what I hope are obvious reasons, to explain what initially drew me to Twin Serpent’s sophomore record, True Norwegian Blackgrass. That, and it was floating in an exclusive area of the sump pit reserved for those nuggets Steel specifically says need a review. Four years removed from their Loyal Blood Records 2022 debut, Feels Like Heaven, North Of Hell, which garnered comparisons to Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Tom Waits, this “cute outsider band” from Trondheim has a new label, Svart Records, and on True Norwegian Blackgrass, Twin Serpent teases “12 songs about love, betrayal and black holes with country licks, rock ‘n roll kicks and heaps of punk attitude.” So, coif those multi-colored mohawks, strap on those bullet-belts and arm spikes, and pull those cowboy boots on as we take True Norwegian Blackgrass for a prairie ride.

    True Norwegian Blackgrass is a punk-infused, crust-country bluesabilly-thon full of quirky energy. Ditching the corpse paint and blood baths, Twin Serpent’s aesthetic is born from deliberate artistic intent—just scope that cover art touted as “weird, rowdy, and just a little bit black metal.” Face paint? Pfffft! Full body snake paint and no fucks given come standard. Spirited from the start, album opener “Space Heater” glides in on a wave of Dick Dale-esque surf guitar before going full-on Dead Kennedys with oodles of punkish energy and roars from Timo Silvola and Hanna Fauske that would have Fenriz smiling. From there, however, True Norwegian Blackgrass traverses a more eclectic musical terrain without sacrificing its punk moxie. Silvola’s countrified banjo plucks and acoustic strumming bring Bridge City Sinners and The Goddamn Gallows to mind (“Stellar Suicide”), but can folk out too on tracks like “Kipu Kivi,” which also features him chanting in his native Finnish. Back-boning Twin Serpent’s “rock”ier side are Fauske’s driving bass lines, Tony Gonzalez’s electric riffs and leads, and the shifty, exactly-what-we-need-when-we-need-it drumming of Viktor Kristensen. Together, these three bring a bluesy, alt-rock flair that had me feeling everything from Violent Femmes (“Hundromshelvete”) and Days of the New (“Tusen Takk”), to The Cramps (“Radiophobia”). To say True Norwegian Blackgrass seems a scatterbrained stew of styles would be an understatement, but I’ll be damned if Twin Serpent doesn’t pull it off.

    Twin Serpent write big hooks, stacking True Norwegian Blackgrass with memorable moments. Whimsical percussion, poppy bass lines, and fuzzy guitar work make “Ærlig Talt” an off-kilter, punky fun ditty, while the catchier-than-thou chorus of the hoe-down-ready “Freak Flag” is stickier than hell, and should inspire mass consumption of cheap beer. My favorite song, ballad “Ain’t Home No More,” features a great harmonic duet between Silvola and Fauske, sung over simple banjo and acoustic guitar before feathering in surging electric chords that, in a live setting, could easily trail off into a stellar jam section. “Holy Ghost,” another tavern-tier stand-out, features more of Silvola and Fauske’s vocal harmonizations and sports a chorus that will have you swaying on your bar stool, arm around your drinking buddy, belting it out while sloshing beer from your pint glass.


    Twin Serpent
    ’s versatility is their greatest strength. I imagine they’d fit in just as easily gigging at the local brew pub as they would a barn dance or even Chicago’s Riot Fest. Covering so many musical landscapes, an album like True Norwegian Blackgrass could have easily landed as an unfocused mess. But it’s the vocal interplay, harmonies, and trade-offs between Silvola and Fauske—reminiscent of early B-52’s—keeping things intact. As many different places as this record goes, it still manages to sound like Twin Serpent, and with twelve tracks spanning 37 minutes—most songs clocking in between two and three minutes each—it never loiters long enough to get boring or tiresome. Dubbed “the wizard technician,” Vebjørn Svanberg Numme harnesses all of the foursome’s idiosyncrasies and channels them through a production that perfectly captures everything that makes the Twin Serpent sound tick.

    True Norwegian Blackgrass is a wonderful change-of-pace album you could totally spin when you don’t know what to listen to. Twin Serpent have added all the right ingredients to create a recipe loaded with eclectic energy and punk rock attitude. From note one, I was hooked and had more fun with True Norwegian Blackgrass than I’d ever guessed. I fully recommend you give it a try too.

    Rating: 3.5/5.0
    DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320kbps mp3
    Label: Svart Records
    Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
    Releases Worldwide: May 8th, 2026

    #2026 #35 #AltCountry #BridgeCitySinners #DaysOfTheNew #May26 #Norwegian #PunkRock #Review #SvartRecords #TheCramps #TheGaddamnGallows #TrueNorwegianBlackgrass #TwinSerpent #ViolentFemmes
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  21. VIOLENT FEMMES
    Add It Up (1981-1993)
    2021 U.S. 2xLP pressing

    Saturday night with the Femmes.

    This is one of those absolutely perfect compilations of a band’s work. I talked about it when I posted Special View by The Only Ones a few weeks ago. You could argue that Add It Up might be the only thing you’d ever need to own by the Violent Femmes.

    It covers all possible bases; signature songs of theirs like “Blister In The Sun”, “American Music”, “I Held Her In My Arms”, and “Gone Daddy Gone”, but also the deeper and weirder cuts like the frightening “Country Death Song”, as well as five killer live tracks.

    Such a great, odd, completely singular band.

    #vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #theviolentfemmes #violentfemmes #indie #indierock #alternative #1980s #80s #80sMusic

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