The Raincoats News and Photos

Resonant Frequency: "Happy Birthday, Kurt"

Wed, February 20 2013 6:03pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

Had he lived, Kurt Cobain would have turned 46 years old today.

Sunday, 06/05/12 Camden Crawl (day two) @ London, Camden

Mon, May 07 2012 11:04am - Source: GIGWISE

Feeling the effects of Saturday's exploits, Gigwise decides to ease into the second day of the Camden Crawl by relaxing on the couches in the Holiday Inn while watching Charli XCX perform.

ATP - Curated By Jeff Mangum, Friday

Tue, March 13 2012 5:28pm - Source: ClashMusic.com

Rescheduled from last December in immaculately preserved indie secrecy, this edition of All Tomorrow's Parties promised to be a twisted freakzone of musical oddities.

Get excited for The Raincoats and Grass Widow this Wednesday (3/14/12) @ Great American Music Hall

Mon, March 12 2012 6:56pm - Source: The Bay Bridged

It could not be more appropriate that Grass Widow , with their jangly, disjointed pop and siren-like harmonies, would tour with London legends The Raincoats , who combine the whimsy of Melanie and Mo Tucker with the thrashy post-punk of bands like Kleenex/LiLiPUT and The Slits.

The Raincoats schedule West coast tour dates

Mon, February 20 2012 5:12pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

After playing their self-titled debut at Jeff Mangum's ATP Festival in the UK and performing one stage over from The Jesus and Mary Chain at 35 Denton in Texas, British post-punk trio The Raincoats will take a short trip along the West coast this spring, as Slicing Up Eyeballs points out.

Part Four: Why Pram Wrote The Best Album Of The Nineties

Fri, December 23 2011 5:19pm - Source: The Quietus

The makers of the greatest album of the 90s, unlike many of the other bands I've been speaking to, are still at it y'see.

Part Four: The Best Album Of The Nineties

Thu, December 22 2011 11:14am - Source: The Quietus

The makers of the greatest album of the 90s, unlike many of the other bands I've been speaking to, are still at it y'see.

Listen: EMA and Male Bonding Cover Nirvana Songs on New Split Single

Mon, November 14 2011 8:12pm - Source: Pitchfork Media

As Male Bonding mentioned today on Twitter , Rough Trade Shops / Sub Pop will issue a Male Bonding/ EMA split single on January 6, featuring covers of two Nevermind -era Nirvana songs.

Grass Widow heading out on tour w/ The Raincoats

Wed, September 14 2011 4:51pm - Source: Brooklyn Vegan

As previously mentioned , Friday (9/16) at the Warsaw is the first date of a short tour for classic postpunk band The Raincoats who just reissued their seminal 1980 album Oddyshape on vinyl.

The Raincoats - Odyshape

Mon, September 12 2011 5:49am - Source: Pitchfork Media

It's well documented that plenty of oddities were snapped up and issued by major labels during the grunge era, but the fact that DGC released four albums by post-punk artists the Raincoats (including re-releases of their first three records and the then-new Looking in the Shadows ) remains a confounding footnote of that time.

The Raincoats - Odyshape

Mon, September 05 2011 11:25am - Source: BBC Music

If The Raincoats ' beautifully scrappy self-titled debut seemed to hail from a different territory than most of its post-punk peers, then its follow-up, 1981's Odyshape, was from an entirely different planet.

The Raincoats - Odyshape (reissue)

Fri, September 02 2011 8:00am - Source: Drowned In Sound

In a sense, Odyshape is a reissue of a reissue.

Raincoats Honor Ari Up, Keep It Real at New York Art Museum

Mon, November 22 2010 2:28pm - Source: Spinner

Not content to work in one medium -- the brittle, minimalist folk-dub music they've been playing since the dawn of British punk -- the Raincoats showed up Saturday night at New York City's Museum of Modern Art with their own photographs.

Raincoats Honor Ari Up, Keep it Real at NYC Art Museum

Sun, November 21 2010 6:58pm - Source: Spinner

Not content to work in one medium -- the brittle, minimalist folk-dub music they've been playing since the dawn of British punk -- the Raincoats showed up Saturday night at New York City's Museum of Modern Art with their own photographs.