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In 1983, Milwaukee trio Violent Femmes released their self-titled debut, an album that would quickly enter the college-rock pantheon for its spirited acoustic punk. Forty years later, Craft Recordings ...

Gordon Gano's beaming eyes and huge smile said it all before he uttered a word. "It was such a special night," the Violent Femmes frontman said from the Bradley Symphony Center stage following the ...

“I made up songs as soon as I could speak,” says Gordon Gano, the jovial singer and guitarist of Violent Femmes, a band that seemed fully formed when Gano was still a teenager. The band’s self-titled ...

In this modern musical era where singles rule, the idea of an artist putting out a cohesive piece of work as an album carries far less cultural impact than it used to. Though its become increasingly ...

Violent Femmes wrapped up their fall tour with a homecoming concert at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee on Oct. 19. It was their second consecutive night performing in their hometown, the setlist ...

When Dorchester native Ellie Brigida began her career as a professional wedding singer, she noticed that the musicians accompanying her onstage were almost always men. “It felt like I was the ‘token ...