Video: THE RAINCOATS Fairytale in the Supermarket

today in NYC * The Raincoats @ MoMA * Improv night @ The Stone * Furthur @ Madison Square Garden * Glenn Branca @ Le Poisson Rouge * The O'Jays @ Brooklyn Academy of Music * Overkill @ Starland Ballroom (NJ) * The Frames, Jake Clemons @ Terminal 5 * Sam Amidon @ The Kitchen (early and late) * Tensnake, Villa (FIXED) @ Le [...]

The former Sex Pistol digs the Kinks, Roxy Music, the Raincoats, Can, and Kate Bush.

What is it about The Raincoats? If you haven't heard of them, now is the time. (It will be of help to you that Kill Rock Stars has just reissued their first LP ). If you have listened to The Raincoats music, then you know that the late 1970s London-based post-punk group -- one that has intermittently reformed over the years and is currently playing another round of shows -- has always inspired a sense of wonder and a sense of worship. It's difficult for me to [...]

LA's Part Time Punks will be bringing a smorgasbord of post-punk, lo-fi and indie rock to The Mezzanine this Friday. The show features the first ever West Coast performance by UK legends The Raincoats and the first SF appearance by Factory Records' Section 25 since 1985. What's more, there are plenty of great local bands on the bill, including Magic Bullets , Death Sentence: Panda! , and Grass Widow . Oh, and DJ sets by Gang of Four members and more. [...]

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One of my favorite post-punk acts is the chaotic, beautiful British act The Raincoats, whose unison singing and eye-opening violin parts came together to create some music that, not to hyperbolize, really changed the way I listened to and appreciated music. (In case you're unfamiliar, "Fairytale In The Supermarket" is above; the harmonic-heavy "In Love" is absolutely stunning; and they also threw down a gender-bending cover of the Kinks' already pretty malleable "Lola" .) Anyway, Raincoats member Gina Birch has been working on a documentary about the band's history, and I'm looking forward to it a lot-not [...]