I've been digging through my old records lately and I can't believe just how awesome music was between 2003 and 2007. This awesomeness has inspired a new series, The Throwback Mix Series , which will be a six or seven installment set of mixes each containing 20 songs that I loved during that time span - and each mix will be completely rad. Spread the word and be sure to support the artists you enjoy. Neutral Milk Hotel - "Holland, 1945" [...]
Mixtape #6: Make the First Move - Kakkmaddafakka Lookin' Fly - Murs The Double Life - Rainer Maria Baby I Don't Care - Transvision Vamp All in White - The Vaccines Everything Goes My Way - Metronomy Tokyo Moon - Windmill Jonathan - Sean Rowe
Filed under: Video of the Day Artist: Caithlin De Marrais Video: 'Birds' Highlight: Through a vintage effect on the camera, the imagery represented in the video vividly represents the upbeat lyrics of the former Rainer Maria frontman. Watch Caithlin De Marrais' 'Birds' Video
"Belong" comes to us from Red Coats the striking, unpredictable new indie alt/pop album due November 8 from former Rainer Maria frontwoman Caithlin De Marrais . A combination of tense, shimmering guitar echoes, pulsing bass lines and De Marrais' soft, measured vocals, "Belong", she says, is "an allegorical song that carries a warning. If you love a sailor, you might lose him to the sea. And if you love an artist you might lose him to his art. Loss is a recurring theme in this album, and this song is [...]
(credit to venueszine for the picture) Living in central Illinois, there's not much going on in the cultural landscape that's worth mentioning, but Polyvinyl Records in Champaign / Urbana, IL has been a beacon of excellence since their inception as a fan-zine in 1995. This weekend, Polyvinyl is celebrating it's 15th anniversary with a huge concert on the closing day of Pygmalion Festival with a bunch of artists from their roster (including Braid, Japandroids, STRFKR, Asobi Seksu, Deerhoof, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin and more). In honor of the [...]
Polyvinyl Records has been home to some of my favorite bands over the years and probably deserves a lot of credit for me discovering real indie music in high school. What with bands like Aloha , Rainer Maria , American Football , etc. the label was one of the hottest and biggest in the emo/post-emo world. It's hard to believe the label is already 15 years old in 2011 and they continue to put out great albums year after year. To celebrate their 15 years in existence, Polyvinyl has put together an incredible sampler featuring [...]
Ex-bassist/singer from Rainer Maria Caithlin De Marrais is back with another solo effort with the album Red Coats coming November 8 on End Up Records, and she's leading with the whispery, whimsical and dreamy-for-days single "Birds", for which there's a Super 8 stylized video above, which perfectly encompasses the ideal summer--sailing, family, the beach, celebrations and the endless shimmering sun. But summer's now over, and De Marrais also knows that this is just a natural progression of time and life, leaving the sense in her music of the bittersweet side of Rainer Maria from the past [...]
Today's selection of free and legal - because: official - downloads... Dr. Gonzo- Gonzo Anthem (Keith & Supabeatz Remix) XBXRX - Pigs Wear Blue 31Knots - Chain Reaction Joan of Arc - A Tell-Tale Penis The Ivory Coast - Lake Placid 1986 Sunday's Best - Saccharine Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire Rainer Maria - Planetary Volcano, I'm Still Excited!! - In Green Fool's Gold - Street Clothes Racebannon - Thee Apology Cerebral Ballzy - Free Mixtape Victory Records - Metal Sampler (free download) [...]
Over the years, music evolves and changes in a lot of ways. Unless you're solely looking at mainstream music, its evolved pretty dramatically... particularly in the last 3 years. But every time I hear someone refer to a band as 'emo' it still pisses me off. Mostly because it never bears any resemblance to bands who were initially labeled 'emo' during a time when there was no description for it. You see, back in the mid-to-late 90s when all rock was 'alternative', distinctions had to be made when a particular group of bands had a general sound that stood apart [...]
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Tweet A quick update on the music news for the week before I get started: The Righteous Brothers ' cover of "Unchained Melody" is on jukeboxes everywhere; anticipation for The Beatles ' up-coming album "Help!" is reaching fever pitch; and The Ronettes ' latest, "Is This What I Get For Loving You?", has flopped, rather embarrassingly. That's right: it's 1965. Relax, you've not really gone back in time. But there are moments on El Paso-fivesome The Royalty 's self-titled debut [...]
Mystery and misery - Rainer Maria It is a well established fact that later Rainer Maria is lesser Rainer Maria. I've done my fair share to further that fact. I think it had something to do with them moving from Wisconsin to New York. But take this record out of its sleeve, drop the needle on it and hope not for once was as it explodes into this song - it is not all that bad. It is actually kind of great. Not as [...]
MP3: Rainer Maria - Tinfoil Goddamn: Still a fav, even after all of these crazy years. We're ready for the reunion tour, dudes!
Sono salito in casa di fretta facendo gli scalini a due e due con il buon intento di mettermi qua e buttare giù un bel po' di righe. Però come spesso mi capita il foglio bianco del programma di videoscrittura non è il miglior punto di partenza per far lavorare il cervello. O forse fuori faeva troppo freddo e sia mani che materia grigia stanno ancora cercando di sghiacciare il vetro della macchina e scaldare il motore. Natale e natale, questo strano periodo che vivo in maniera sempre diversa. Ne ho avuti di migliori ma anche di molto [...]
(photo by Bernie DeChant) Singer/songwriter Caithlin De Marrais (ex-Rainer Maria) is trying to get funding to finalize the recording sessions of a new album of charming songs (after My Morning City and the live Seb & Cait Live At Joe's record) and she needs our/your help to make it happen. The song demos are done [...]
Mystery and misery - Rainer Maria This might just be the first Rainer Maria song that's happened here. While it's not as good or important to me and my late night, abandoned, desperate self, it's not that terrible of a song. What makes a band change so? Maturity, mastery, success, learning how to sing, moving to another city, fame, money, competition, change in the climate of what's considered cringeworthy and how far one should distance themselves from it, playing to crowds demanding of a [...]
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After a week away from the feature, our from the closet this week goes to old school indie popsters Rainer Maria . This band, hailing from college town Madison, WI, were a part of a small group of indie bands that jumped on the small Polyvinyl Records label as they got their start in the mid 90s. That group included several top notch bands in the underground late 90s era like American Football , Braid , Paris TX , or even Aloha to name a few. As a teenager growing ever so tired of the Nirvana [...]
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BreakThru Radio Anatomy of a Blogger During our little hiatus - I've decided to call our unofficial, unannounced period of stagnance a few weeks ago a "hiatus" - we were woken up from our slumber by a few podcasters, BreakThru Radio . In our irrevocable laziness, we actually managed to bring ourselves to productivity again, if not for just a little bit. With Alina in Baltimore and myself in Austin, we reconnected via conference call to put together a program for BreakThru Radio's Anatomy of a Blogger series. Anatomy [...]
After having been asked to headline the Village Voice 's infamous Siren Festival at the historic Coney Island for several years, Built to Spill finally accepted the honor, following in the footsteps of some of indie rocks latest and greatest such as Ra Ra Riot , Broken Social Scene , Steven Malkmus and the Jicks , New York Dolls , M.I.A , Cursive , Popwreckoning favorites White Rabbits , TV on the Radio , and Death [...]
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