Violent Femmes unveil "Love Love Love Love Love" their first new song in 15 years

Although we haven't heard much from them since their album Freak Magnet was released in 2000, Violent Femmes has remained a favorite of alt-rockers everywhere. This is why the upcoming release of "Happy New Year" - an EP of brand-spanking-new Violent Femmes songs - is really, really exciting.

Recorded in Tasmania, the 4-track record will be pressed on "champagne clear vinyl" and will be released this year on April 18 - which is of course, Record Store Day.

Recently the band unveiled the first single from the album entitled, "Love Love Love Love Love" and it is a testament to singer Gordon Gano's timeless (and ever youthful) vocals.

The band split in 2009 - but reunited in 2013, performing at Coachella. That year also saw the replacement of original Femmes drummer Victor DeLorenzo by Brian Viglione from Dresden Dolls.

Gano and the Femmes have plans to record more new material this spring. 

This June they're set to join  Barenaked Ladies and Colin Hay on the “Last Summer on Earth” tour. 

2015 Tour Dates:

JUN. 5.2015 The LC Pavilion
Columbus, OH

JUN. 6.2015 Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
Cleveland, OH
   
JUN. 7.2015 Toledo Zoo Amphitheater
Toledo, OH
   
JUN. 8.2015 McGrath Amphitheater
Cedar Rapids, IA

JUN.10.2015 Red Rocks Amphitheater
Morrison, CO

JUN.12.2015 Treasure Island Resort & Casino
Welch, MN

JUN.13.2015 BMO Harris Pavilion
Milwaukee, WI

JUN.14.2015 Stir Cove at Harrah's Casino
Council Bluffs, IA

JUN.16.2015 FirstMerit Bank Pavilion
Chicago, IL

JUN.17.2015 Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn
Indianapolis, IN

JUN.19.2015 PNC Pavilion @ Riverbend Music Center
Cincinnati, OH

JUN.20.2015 DTE Energy Music Theatre
Clarkston, MI

JUN.21.2015 Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel
Salamanca, NY

JUN.23.2015 Stage AE
Pittsburgh, PA

JUN.26.2015 Maine State Pier
Portland, ME

JUN.27.2015 Mohegan Sun
Uncasville, CT

JUN.28.2015 The Mann Center for the Performing Arts
Philadelphia, PA

JUN.29.2015 Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Boston, MA

JUL. 1.2015 JBL Live at Pier 97
Hudson River Park, NY

JUL. 2.2015 Mercer County Fairgrounds
West Windsor, NJ

JUL. 3.2015 PNC Waterside Pavilion
Solomons, MD

JUL. 4.2015 Red Hat Amphitheatre
Raleigh, NC

JUL. 8.2015 Uptown Amphitheatre at the Music Factory
Charlotte, NC

JUL.10.2015 Sunset Cove Amphitheater
Boca Raton, FL

JUL.11.2015 St. Augustine Amphitheater
St. Augustine, FL

JUL.12.2015 Verizon Wireless Amphtheater at Encore Park
Alpharetta, GA

JUL.13.2015 Carl Black Chevy Woods Amphitheatre
Nashville, TN

JUL.15.2015 Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
Grand Prairie, TX

JUL.18.2015 Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

JUL.19.2015 Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theater
San Diego, CA

JUL.21.2015 Greek Theatre
Los Angeles, CA

JUL.22.2015 Mountain Winery
Saratoga, CA

JUL.24.2015 Idaho Botanical Gardens
Boise, ID

JUL.25.2015 Edgefield
Troutdale, OR

JUL.26.2015 Marymoor Park
Redmond, WA

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Caribou thanks fans with The Longest Mixtape 1000 Songs For You

Caribou, AKA Dan Snaith, released the critically-acclaimed album Our Love last October, which reached #46 on the Billboard 200. To thank his fans, Snaith took to YouTube to create a playlist of 1,000 songs.

He shared the link to his Facebook page with the following note:

NOTE: PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS PLAYLIST ON SHUFFLE.

The last few years of my life have been incredible, thanks in large part to all of you - so I've been thinking of how to say thank you.
As you can imagine, music has been a central love of my life since I was a teenager and over the years I've been introduced to a lot that has stayed with me. I've collected the majority of that music here – and I thought sharing it with you seemed like one way I could say thanks.

I'm sure some things are under-represented or over-represented, but roughly speaking this is a musical history of my life. Of course a lot of this music has come to me through my friends - thank you to Koushik, Kieran, Jeremy, Gary, Brandon, Jason, Sam, Ketan, Ryan, Toby and many others...
Also, please share music with me that you think I would like but is not included here, in the hope this becomes a dialogue rather than a monologue.
I suggest you listen to this on shuffle as I made no attempt to sequence these tracks - I just entered them as I browsed along the shelves in my record collection. If you see dead links or duplicate songs please tweet me @caribouband.
Due to a fault in youtube's playlist coding if you embed this playlist it will be truncated down to 200 tracks. Hopefully they will resolve that at some point but for now if you want to hear all 1000 songs you need to listen at the link below.
I hope you find something to enjoy here. Thanks,
Dan

Snaith is slated to play a number of festivals in North America and will be touring all over the globe throughout 2015.

The Tour Schedule is as follows:

JANUARY 2015

31/1/15  Laneway Festival  Brisbane, Australia

FEBRUARY 2015

01/2/15  Laneway Festival  Sydney, Australia
03/2/15  Sydney Opera House  Sydney, Australia
05/2/15  The Forum  Melbourne, Australia
06/2/15  Laneway Festival  Adelaide, Australia
07/2/15  Laneway Festival  Melbourne, Australia
08/2/15  Laneway Festival  Fremantle, Australia
14/2/15  Fort Canning Green  Singapore
16/2/15  Legacy Taipei  Taipei, Taiwan
21/2/15  Hostess Weekender  Tokyo, Japan
26/2/15  Fonda  Los Angeles, CA
27/2/15  Fonda [SOLD OUT]  Los Angeles, CA
28/2/15  Fonda [SOLD OUT]  Los Angeles, CA

MARCH 2015

01/3/15  Fillmore [SOLD OUT]  San Francisco, CA
02/3/15  Fillmore  San Francisco, CA
03/3/15  Wonder Ballroom  Portland, OR
04/3/15  Showbox  Seattle, WA
05/3/15  Commodore Ballroom (LATE SHOW 10:30PM)  Vancouver, BC
05/3/15  Commodore Ballroom (EARLY SHOW 7PM) [SOLD OUT]  Vancouver, BC
10/3/15  AB  Brussels, Belgium
11/3/15  Olympia  Paris, France
12/3/15  Columbia Halle  Berlin, Germany
14/3/15  Brixton Academy [SOLD OUT]  London, UK

APRIL 2015

10/4/15  Coachella  Indio, California
11/4/15  The Metro  Chicago, IL
12/4/15  First Avenue  Minneapolis, MN
13/4/15  Garrick Centre  Winnipeg, MB
14/4/15  O'Brians Event Centre  Saskatoon, SK
15/4/15  Union Hall  Edmonton, AB
16/4/15  Flames Central  Calgary, AB
17/4/15  Coachella  Indio, California

JUNE 2015

06/6/15  Field Day Festival  London, UK

JULY 2015

16/7/15  Colours of Ostrava Festival  Ostrava, Czech Republic


Be sure to check out his "Thank You" 1,000 song mixtape via YouTube, below.

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The Vaselines begin US tour, release new video

Indie-rock legends The Vaselines kick off their 2-week North American tour January 14 at the Rock and Roll Hotel in D.C.

The band, composed of Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, recently released a new video for the song “Crazy Lady,” which you can watch below, via YouTube.

"Crazy Lady" is the third single from their latest album V for Vaselines, which dropped in October via Rosary Music.

Available to purchase through iTunes, the album features appearances by; Frank MacDonald of Teenage Fanclub, Stevie Jackson of Belle & Sebastian, Michael McGaughrin of 1990s, and others.


The Vaselines US tour dates:

Jan 14: Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel
Jan 15: Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
Jan 16: Brooklyn, NY – The Bell House
Jan 17: Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Jan 18: Montreal, QC – Bar Le “Ritz” P.D.B.
Jan 19: Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
Jan 20: Ferndale, MI – The Loving Touch
Jan 21: Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle
Jan 23: Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theater
Jan 24: Seattle, WA – Neumos
Jan 24: Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
Jan 27: San Francisco, CA – The Independent
Jan 28: West Hollywood, CA – The Roxy Theater


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Wolf Alice announce US and European shows

London's Wolf Alice have announced an extended run of dates for the beginning of 2015 including new US headline dates and support dates with alt-J throughout Europe. They're currently holed-up in the studio working on their début album, the announcement of these new dates sets up a surely massive 2015.

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Wolf Alice Live Dates in 2015
24th January The O2 Arena, London, UK*
26th January School Night @ Bardot, Los Angeles, US
29th January Baby's All Right, Brooklyn, US
30th January Mercury Lounge, New York, US
3rd February Forest National, Brussels, Belgium*
4th February The Zenith, Paris, France*
5th February Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, Netherlands*
7th February Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany*
8th February Palladium, Cologne, Germany*
9th February Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany*
11th February Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany*
13th February Eishalle Deutweg, Winterthur, Switzerland*
14th February Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy*
16th February Gasometer, Vienna, Austria*
17th February Zenith, Munich, Germany*
19th February Tap1, Copenhagen, Denmark*
20th February Munchen Brewery, Stockholm, Sweden*
21st February Spektrum, Oslo, Norway*
Headline shows
23rd March Oran Mor, Glasgow, UK
24th March Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK
26th March The Ritz, Manchester, UK
27th March Leadmill, Sheffield, UK
28th March Riverside, Newcastle, UK
31st March Institute Library, Birmingham, UK
1st April Globe, Cardiff, UK
2nd April Trinity, Bristol, UK
3rd April O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, UK
4th April O2 Academy 2, Oxford, UK
7th April Bowery District, Reading, UK
8th April Old Firestation, Bournemouth, UK
9th April Concorde 2, Brighton, UK
10th April Junction, Cambridge UK