Violet Grohl Finds Her Own Frequency (photo: Bella Newman) The two-building compound tucked into an industrial stretch northwest of Los Angeles looks nondescript from the outside, but inside it’s a rock’n’roll nerd’s dream come true. Rooms are full of gear stacked to the ceilings and giant road cases stenciled with the name of one of […]

How Violet Grohl Unearthed A Squirrel Bait Classic Squirrel Bait in the mid-1980s (photo: Drag City). When Violet Grohl and her band covered the obscure but mightily influential ‘80s Louisville punk band Squirrel Bait’s “Sun God” for the first time last night (June 24) at New York’s Pier 17, the significance was likely not apparent to […]

Violet Grohl Expands Summer Tour Plans (photo: Bella Newman) With her first proper solo show under her belt following an April 18 appearance at Fingerprints in Long Beach, Ca., for Record Store Day, Violet Grohl is bolstering her schedule of concert commitments. The 20-year-old artist will play three June club shows beginning June 4 at […]

‘Sweet’ Music: Violet Grohl Readies Debut Album (photo: Bella Newman) Violet Grohl’s debut solo album has been christened Be Sweet to Me and will be released May 29 by Auroura Records/Republic. The latest preview track from it, “595,” is out today (March 11) accompanied with a video directed by Nikki Milan Houston. The song was […]

The Strokes, Gorillaz Suit Up For Shaky Knees The Strokes, Gorillaz Suit Up For Shaky Knees The Strokes, Gorillaz and Twenty One Pilots will all be on hand for the 2026 installment of the Shaky Knees festival, which goes down Sept. 18-20 at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. The lineup features a number of other surprises, […]