• Old Goodies

    Old Goodies

    Just when you’d given up hope. New music coming soon from The Violet Lights! Old Goodies, out spring 2024!

  • Holiday Single Now Available

    Holiday Single Now Available

    “New Year’s Song”, the 2013 holiday single from The Violet Lights, is now available on iTunes, Amazon MP3, and Spotify! You can also download it for free at thevioletlights.com.  Happy Holidays!

  • lurk in the shadows

    lurk in the shadows

    Three or four years ago, not long after moving to Los Angeles, Joel and I hiked to the top of Griffith Park, the mountainous island of a park that rises out of the vast urban expanse of the city. Joel pointed out to me, as we walked in the coming twilight, that the park possesses…

  • hope. desire. destruction.

    hope. desire. destruction.

    Early this January, sometime after 3 a.m., alone in a rest stop bathroom, I walked along the wall of electric hand driers and, one by one, pressed each of the rusty metal buttons to turn each one on. A short minute later, when they had all shuddered to a stop, I did the same thing…

  • Winter 2013 Tour Dates

    Winter 2013 Tour Dates

    We are pleased to announce a 5-date tour this winter that will take us across the western U.S. back to Los Angeles! Find all details on the SHOWS page or FACEBOOK. Come in from the cold and come hang with us this winter! JAN 6 – Denver, CO – Lion’s LairJAN 7 – Salt Lake…

  • Mankato, Minnesota

    Mankato, Minnesota

    A little over two weeks ago, on a cold Saturday night in Rochester, Minnesota, Joel and I were loading our equipment out of the back of Kathy’s Pub, and as we walked through the patrons scattered in the alley, I suddenly saw someone I didn’t know, but who looked so hauntingly familiar that for a…

  • Fall 2012 North American Tour

    Fall 2012 North American Tour

    We are hitting the road again next month! Our fall tour begins on October 19th in Madison, Wisconsin, where we are thrilled to be opening for Army Navy at UW Madison’s Memorial Union Terrace! Find all details on the SHOWS page and follow our FACEBOOK page for all new show announcements. See you on the…

  • HEATWAVE Homecoming

    HEATWAVE Homecoming

    Now six months into 2012, Joel and I have been out on the road a full three, and so have been spending most of that time sleeping in the back of of our minivan, eating out of a cooler, showering at YMCAs and truck stops, and, of course, driving for hours on end. And the…

  • Rest Area Record Deal

    Rest Area Record Deal

    Early one morning on tour this winter, somewhere between New York and North Carolina, while Joel was still asleep in the van, I sat alone on the cold tile floor of a rest area near a power outlet, as I did nearly every morning, sending emails. This morning seemed much the same as always, with…