Once upon a time, a band could name itself after a 19th century Austrian modernist poet without coming across precious. The members of a band could sing about talking about the last time it felt right ...

Rainer Maria's new album technically took 11 years to make -- hell, longer than that, given that some of the writing sessions go so far back, they were captured on a MiniDisc. And yet, the trio talks ...

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Rainer Maria's story began in Wisconsin and, at least for a time, ended in New York. In the interim, a span stretching from the mid-'90s to the mid-aughts, the band found and refined the sound it was ...

This has been a truly INSANE past 24 hours for new music. A surprise release of the first Brand New album in eight years, a surprise release of the first Alice Glass EP since she left Crystal Castles, ...

Rainer Maria released five albums of gritty emo before splitting in 2006. Since then members have released solo albums, moved to the Middle East and studied Tibetan Buddhism. But the trio started ...

Emo-rock trio Rainer Maria were at their initial peak from the mid-90s-early 2000’s before their breakup in 2006, but after playing some live shows together a few years back and teasing some new music ...

Wisconsin-founded emo trio Rainer Maria are back in force this year, and they’ve just released a third song ahead of their upcoming reunion album S/T. “Forest Mattress” steps back from the rocket fuel ...

In support of Rainer Maria's upcoming full-length entitled "Long Knives Drawn," Polyvinyl Records has launched a website of the same name. If you go to LongKnivesDrawn.com [site currently under ...

On August 18, the band returns with S/T, an album that both sounds like Rainer Maria and reflects the far-flung journeys its members have taken... Rainer Maria's story began in Wisconsin and, at least ...