This demo is off the reissue of their self titled LP. If you like the femmes at all I’d suggest you try and get your hands on these demos ASAP.
Violent Femmes – Kiss Off (Demo)
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I started this noisecast by trying to make a pop punk mix and failing miserably (the only track remaining is “Glendora”). I know that not all of these songs are “folk-punk” in the strictest sense, and you die hard folk-punkers will probably scoff at a bunch of my choices, but I selected these songs under the criteria that they all had something punk about them, and that they were acoustic, not because they were traditional anarcho-folk-punk jams (though you still get “Punx win!”).
Its loose, but I think it flows pretty well.
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Bright Eyes – If Winter Ends
Rilo Kiley – Glendora
Defiance, Ohio – Grandma Song
Leftover Crack – Soon We’ll Be Dead
Violent Femmes – Out The Window
Mischief Brew – Punx Win! Electric
Okkervil River - Black
Against Me! – Joy
or get a zip of the individual files here.
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Lately I’ve been super into The Hold Steady’s 2006 gem, Boys And Girls In America. Recently I stumbled upon The Deluxe Edition, which features an awesome cover of the Violent Femmes classic American Music. Its Similar enough to the original to feel familiar, but different enough to avoid feeling rehashed, and though I don’t think Craig Finn Could sound any more different than Gordon Gano, he does a pretty good job filling the shoes.
The Hold Steady – American Music
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