Violens News and Photos

Song of the Day: Violens – Every Melting Degree

Mon, October 01 2012 1:23pm - Source: KEXP 90.3 Blog

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription.

Violens - True

Fri, September 21 2012 7:22am - Source: The Four Oh Five

Violens are really, one of those bands that aren't exactly the most genre specific.

Guest Article: GET TO NOMI by Violens

Fri, August 10 2012 12:08pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

This is a fictitious account of a visit to Prague as we'd like to experience it with the long dead audio/visual/visionary artist Klaus Nomi. We hardly leave our studio so we offer you a daydream in which actual locales are used.

Violens – Unfolding Black Wings

Wed, August 01 2012 8:50pm - Source: MP3 Hugger

Back in 2008 Brooklyn's Violens 'Violent Sensation Descends' proved to our 11th favourite song of the year.

Violens add live dates

Wed, August 01 2012 10:10am - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

NYC band Violens have unveiled a pretty imminent UK tour to chime (well, almost) with the release of their sophomore LP 'True'.

Violens confirm UK tour, announce supports

Tue, July 31 2012 2:51pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

Last month we wrote about how Brooklyn's Violens were using the social tour-booking website Detourjam to plot a UK tour of their own, and now the winning dates have been officially announced.

Violens prep new record for UK release; announce tour

Wed, June 27 2012 12:13pm - Source: The Four Oh Five

Brooklyn's Violens will be returning to the UK for three dates this August, and you get to decide where they'll be playing via the social tour-backing website Detourjam.

Video: Violens – When To Let Go

Fri, June 22 2012 12:56pm - Source: Music Under Fire

It's times like these when I wish I owned my own music video channel so I could bring it back to the days of just music and videos.

Ticket Giveaway: Violens and Weekend at the California Academy of Sciences tonight 5/31/12

Thu, May 31 2012 4:54pm - Source: The Bay Bridged

Admit it, you wanted to check out that new earthquake exhibit tonight anyway, you just didn't know it would be soundtracked by two killer indie bands.

True by Violens (Slumberland Records)

Fri, May 18 2012 6:41pm - Source: girl about town

Violens' music is quite beautiful, and romantic, with layer upon layer of vocal harmony and melody.

Violens, Kuroma, The New Lines @ Le Poisson Rouge, New York (Pics)

Thu, May 17 2012 3:21pm - Source: Prefix Magazine

Album Review: Violens – True

Wed, May 16 2012 12:03pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

Early press for Violens ' sophomore album, True , has drawn comparisons to early '90s UK acts such as Pale Saints and Ride.

Violens: True

Wed, May 16 2012 5:18am - Source: Pitchfork Media

Violens are adept at shape-shifting appropriation.

True

Tue, May 15 2012 4:32pm - Source: Under The Radar Magazine

At first listen, a Violens tune can be hard to grab onto.

Violens releasing 'True,' playing LPR and other dates

Mon, May 14 2012 7:46pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Violens release their second album, True , this week and the band will also play a record release party this Wednesday (5/16) at Le Poisson Rouge with openers Kuroma and The New Lines.

Substance Is Style: The Clicky Clicky Interview With Slumberland Records' Mike Schulman

Mon, May 07 2012 9:09pm - Source: clicky clicky music blog

Many readers of Clicky Clicky's back pages require little introduction to the labors of love of Mike Schulman, owner and operator of venerated indie label Slumberland Records .

Violens: All Night Low

Thu, May 03 2012 1:14pm - Source: FensePost

I love it when music videos come with a warning.

Violens, 'All Night Low' Video Premiere: A Fast-Forward Nightmare

Wed, May 02 2012 3:16pm - Source: Spinner

Watching Violens ' new video "All Night Low" is a full-body, visceral experience.

Violens: Totally True

Fri, April 20 2012 2:05pm - Source: Insomnia Radio: Indie Music Network

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Black Tambourine – “I Remember You (Violens Remix)”

Wed, April 04 2012 3:28pm - Source: Stereogum

Reunited D.C. twee-core pioneers Black Tambourine will soon release OneTwoThreeFour , their EP of Ramones covers; we recently posted their take on "What's Your Game."

The Joy Formidable, A Place to Bury Strangers & Violens @ Terminal 5 (pics)

Thu, March 29 2012 3:16pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

Fiona Apple & Blake Mills played Bowery Ballroom (pics) (55) Anonymous wrote: seriously, fuck your iphone. ... ...

Violens Announce East Coast Tour Dates

Tue, March 27 2012 5:57pm - Source: Under The Radar Magazine

Leading up to the release of their upcoming LP True , Brooklyn three-piece Violens are poised to embark on a brief east coast tour starting tomorrow at Terminal 5 in New York City. Set to be joined by Lower Dens through April and May, you can view the full list of dates below.

True Violens

Tue, March 27 2012 2:21am - Source: The POP! Stereo

A while back Violens came across our desks here at Pop Stereo HQ and while we liked them and gave them a favorable review, they didn't necessarily blow us away.

Today's Hotness: Young Prisms, Violens, Speedy Ortiz

Wed, March 21 2012 11:05am - Source: clicky clicky music blog

The quintet's second full-length, In Between , is due March 27 on the venerable Kanine Records, and the album's wide-eyed take on the genre evokes memories of a certain strata of superlative, bygone American pedal pushers ( Ultra Cindy , Drop Nineteens , Astrobrite ).