"Something Falling" is the final track from Brooklyn art rockers Violens' monthly singles series, called, collectively, Embrace. Stream the track, a moody, ambient number, below. Something…   Read Story »

Local art rock crew Violens injects its sensibility into The Pains Of Being Pure Of Heart's "The Body," pushing the already uptempo number further into a darker, dancier direction. Catch the…   Read Story »

Last week we spotlighted the first solo single from Au Revoir Simone's Erika Spring, and teased that 7"'s flip side, a new single from taut, prog-intoned NYC new wave outfit Violens. "It Couldn't Be…   Read Story »

You've seen Erika Spring-Forster in Au Revoire Simone, and Brooklyn's all-female covers supergroup Girl Crisis, but this is the first music attributed solely to her name, less a -Forster. "6 More…   Read Story »

Longtime (and now Krallice-colliding CMJ 2010) favorites Violens's "Violent Sensation Descends" has been floating around for awhile: In my April ‘09 post about an “Already Over” remix, I…   Read Story »

Every year the death knell drum beats a little louder around CMJ. By 2007 the NY Times was well practiced writing that sort of piece -- when the author of that year's article Melena Ryzik asked for…   Read Story »

Last week we heard Violens' Jorge Elbrecht singing "Violent Sensation Descends" in French with repeat guest, Chairlift's Caroline Polachek. She shot and directed this video for another alternate…   Read Story »

In an April '09 post about Lilys/Rod Coles' makeover of "Already Over," I called Violens' "Violent Sensation Descends" "one of last year’s single best pop songs." It's been made fresh again via…   Read Story »

Violens head Jorge Elbrecht put together an interesting Winter Mixtape, turning Xasthur (RIP) into pop, mashing My Bloody Valentine with the Byrds, covering Wire and Saint Etienne, etc. Things are…   Read Story »

"Acid Reign" is the first single from Violens's upcoming debut album Amoral. I had to check on the debut part, since we've been talking about Violens for a while -- they opened for Deerhunter at the…   Read Story »