See You There: Rainer Maria |
by Eric Boucher |
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Sunday, October 9
Rainer Maria
Named after haunting German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, Rainer Maria has been one of the most influential underground bands of the last ten years. Formed in 1995, Rainer Maria’s transcendent mood pieces shift between dream pop and post-hardcore, and while it isn’t easy to pigeonhole the group’s music, it is their vocals and lyrics that truly set them apart. Past albums such as Look Now, Look Again and A Better Version of Me (both on Polyvinyl) earned high praise from such publications as CMJ, Spin and Alternative Press and high placement on various critics’ year end best of lists. Although it has been two years since its last album, Long Knives Drawn, Rainer Maria has been working hard on a fifth album to be released this fall. Working with Malcolm Burn, who has produced records for Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris and Patti Smith, the still untitled album promises to be fuller and more experimental. On Sunday (Oct. 11), Rainer Maria performs with Knife Crazy and The Heaven and Hell Cotillion, a new side project of Clearmotive.
8pm. Mohawk Place, 47 East Mohawk St. (855-3931). $7.
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