We will be playing another show in Oakland for the first time in years. Come see us live with Dead Cat Hat and The Real Numbers, presented by Oakland Indie Mayhem. Click the image to RSVP on Facebook.
Sep 282014
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Jul 182014
At the end of July, we will celebrate mid-Summer in style by playing our first LA show. Please join us July 30th at the CIA in North Hollywood. Presented by 8bitLA, this show will also feature 1000 Needles, Wizwars, ParallaxScroll, and Paisa Thrash, with visuals by Tim Abad. 8pm. All Ages. $10.
California Institute of Abnormalarts
11334 Burbank Blvd, North Hollywood, California
Feb 012014
Come buy our new album and merchandise at our CD release show Feb 20th:
Limited edition posters of the above artwork available at the show.
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Dec 022013
Happy Cyber Monday everyone! Today you can pre-order our full-length studio debut album, Robots and Dinosaurs. Click here to pre-order on BandCamp, where you will get instant access to download 4 MP3s while you wait for our music videos in December, and the ultimate album release on February 4th. Or, you can click here to visit our new online store, where you will save 15% if you pay with Bitcoin.
Dec 022013
2014 will be the year of Cartoon Violence. Our CD release show will be announced in January, and we will be rocking with 25+ cool bands at Rockage: San Jose in February! We’ve even got a surprise Xmas present for you this year, so stay tuned!
Jun 162013
We’re working on our first full studio album, due out this year. While you wait, we decided to share with you some works in progress, along with a rare studio outtake. Enjoy these songs streaming from our new BandCamp page, http://cartoonviolins.bandcamp.com, where you can also buy some T-shirts and stickers!
Jun 042013
Do you like pirates? Do you like radio? Then you’ll love Cartoon Violence on pirate radio! We have been invited back on to DJ Dynamatt‘s Radio Voices show on Berkeley Liberation Radio.
We will be hanging out with some friends, playing some recordings of our newest songs, playing live versions of our songs in the studio, and communing with the universe via electromagnetic waves.
You can listen to the stream on Sunday June 16th, 2013 at 2pm by opening the following link in Winamp, iTunes, or your media player of choice:
http://radio.indybay.org:8000/blr.mp3.m3u
If you are in the bay area you can tune in to 104.1 FM, or even come by to the top secret broadcasting location. Just promise you won’t poop in the doorway:
http://sfist.com/2013/06/03/video_stanley_roberts_busts_west_ok.php
Mar 232013
If you’re going to GDC, Come check us out this Tuesday at 8pm as we open for these three great acts:
Our song about robot sexual innuendo will once again be accompanied by our good friend Vaudie Va-Boom doing her robot strip tease. It will be good fun for all.
GDC badge required, RVSP here: http://yetisonice.eventbrite.com
This event is sponsored by the International Game Developers Association and YetiZen.
Jul 282012
Another song from our upcoming studio album, performed live at California Extreme on the Rockage Stage.
Jul 192012
Cartoon Violence is super excited about playing at the California Extreme video game and pinball expo on Saturday, July 28th, which will also be our first real show with a live drummer.
We will be playing with a bunch of awesome bands, and of course, playing tons of games and pinball all day long. Come say hi and challenge us to a game.
The music portion starts at 7pm and requires a California Extreme admission badge. Admission is $40 for Saturday only or $60 for the whole weekend.
CAX 2012: rockage showcase — http://rockageSJ.com
Doors 7pm (DJ Coco spinning all night)
GNARBOOTS 7pm-7:25
Slime Girls 7:40 – 8:05
Cartoon Violence 8:20 – 8:45
Hello, The Future! 9:00-9:25
Doctor Popular 9:50-10:25
The Glowing Stars 10:40 – 11:15
crashfaster 11:30-??
Here you can see a flyer for the show, where our name is incorrectly given as Cartoon Violins.
http://caextreme.org/files/CAX2012FLYER.pdf
In a feat of infinite wisdom, we already owned cartoonviolins.com so it all worked out in the end.
See you on the 28th!