#Palma Violets

Burgerama Recap and IntroducingIAN

Well, one of the most anticipated weekends this spring for the West Coast garage rock lovers has come and gone. Burgerama 4 last week has certainly exceeded it’s “hype.” Surrounded by a sea of (mostly) Californian sunbathed teens, I, as well as a few thousand others, discovered some great new...

Megan Huffman

AudioFemme's Best of 2013

From elaborate roll-outs to surprise releases, 2013 was a banner year for comebacks, break-outs, break-ups, and overnight sensations. The fact that the most oblique content could cause rampant controversy to reverberate through the blogosphere turned every song into a story and made every story...

Lindsey Rhoades

SHOW REVIEWPalma Violets turned loose in Brooklyn

Hype is a strange, ephemeral beast. While it doesn't come without its negative connotations - that that which is hyped is undeserving of such interest, for one - there are very few independent bands who can make much of a name for themselves these days without at least a little bit of it. When...

Lindsey Rhoades