25 years after releasing “I’m Nothing” off their sixth LP New Times, the Violent Femmes have rerecorded the track for their upcoming album Hotel Last Resort, out July 26th via Pias.
Featuring pro skateboarder and artist Stefan Janoski, the track is a much more fervent take on the original, complete with frontman Gordon Gano’s raucous strums and jarring vocals. “Are you a republican or a democrat/A liberal fascist full of crap/I’m nothin,'” he sings. “‘I’m Nothing’ explores the modern conundrum of people needing to...
Featuring pro skateboarder and artist Stefan Janoski, the track is a much more fervent take on the original, complete with frontman Gordon Gano’s raucous strums and jarring vocals. “Are you a republican or a democrat/A liberal fascist full of crap/I’m nothin,'” he sings. “‘I’m Nothing’ explores the modern conundrum of people needing to...
- 7/10/2019
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Punk rockers Violent Femmes and forever-popular jam band the Grateful Dead are among the surprising group of musicians getting into the sneaker arena this season, launching exclusive collaborations with some of the biggest brands in footwear.
While hip-hop artists and pop stars like Kanye West and Selena Gomez have had successful shoe collections for years (with adidas and Puma, respectively), this is the first foray into the footwear world for Violent Femmes and The Grateful Dead, two names not usually synonymous with fast fashion.
Here’s a look at their new shoes,...
While hip-hop artists and pop stars like Kanye West and Selena Gomez have had successful shoe collections for years (with adidas and Puma, respectively), this is the first foray into the footwear world for Violent Femmes and The Grateful Dead, two names not usually synonymous with fast fashion.
Here’s a look at their new shoes,...
- 5/11/2019
- by Tim Chan
- Rollingstone.com
Violent Femmes recruited iconic Television guitarist Tom Verlaine for their surreal new song “Hotel Last Resort.” The five-minute track appears on the folk-punk band’s 10th LP of the same name, out July 26th via Pias.
Throughout the winding cut, guitarist Gordon Gano unfurls a series of intriguing lyrical vignettes (“I don’t change the chords anymore/The chords change themselves”; “I’ve become invisible because one is not divisible”) over droning acoustic strums and Verlaine’s textural lead lines.
Bassist Brian Ritchie — who first met Verlaine while working as...
Throughout the winding cut, guitarist Gordon Gano unfurls a series of intriguing lyrical vignettes (“I don’t change the chords anymore/The chords change themselves”; “I’ve become invisible because one is not divisible”) over droning acoustic strums and Verlaine’s textural lead lines.
Bassist Brian Ritchie — who first met Verlaine while working as...
- 4/30/2019
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Vimeo has announced the winners for its 2018 Best of the Year Staff Picks Awards. Unlike previous years, Vimeo brought in a distinguished jury to screen the nominees in each category and decide the winner. Jury members included actor Alan Cumming, Oscar-winning documentarian Roger Ross Williams, “Monsters and Men” breakout director Reinaldo Green, “21 Jump Street” co-director Phil Lord, and more.
All seven award recipients below will receive a cash prize and a physical trophy, in addition to the Best of the Year badge. The winning films will also be screened at Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on January 17. To decide the nominees, which were announced January 7, Vimeo’s in-house curation team chose 93 titles with the Staff Picks badge from 2018 in seven categories. Last year alone, there were over 1,200 Staff Picks.
The 2018 categories include Best of Action Sports, Best of Animation, Best of Comedy, Best of Documentary, Best of Drama, Best...
All seven award recipients below will receive a cash prize and a physical trophy, in addition to the Best of the Year badge. The winning films will also be screened at Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on January 17. To decide the nominees, which were announced January 7, Vimeo’s in-house curation team chose 93 titles with the Staff Picks badge from 2018 in seven categories. Last year alone, there were over 1,200 Staff Picks.
The 2018 categories include Best of Action Sports, Best of Animation, Best of Comedy, Best of Documentary, Best of Drama, Best...
- 1/17/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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