Thursday, December 27, 2007

Best of the Blog

Here are some of the best Marah videos out there on the internet:

"Formula, Cola, Dollar Draft" From the first album Let's Cut the Crap and Hook up Later on Tonight. Video made by Serge's wife, Monica Bielanko.



"It's Only Money, Tyrone" from the 2nd album Kids in Philly. Video from a televised gig at the Rockpalast Festival in Bonn, Germany, October 18, 2006



"The Dishwasher's Dream" from the last album If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry. From the same gig at Rockpalast on 10/18/06.



"Firecracker" from July 28, 2006 at Schuba's in Chicago.

Marah: "Firecracker"

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"Catfisherman" and "Walt Whitman Bridge" from the same show on 7/28/06.



A stripped down version of "Roundeye Blues" and then "Barstool Boys," which is dedicated to Bruce Langfeld, a musician who played on Marah's first few records and who had recently passed away. From Glen Ridge, NJ on April 28, 2007.



Dave, Serge, & Kirk playing "Faraway You" to close the show at the Barfly in London on September 28, 2005.



"Pigeon Heart" from 2004's 20,000 Streets Under the Sky at a Christmas show from Irving Plaza in NYC on December 9, 2005.



"The Hustle" from "A Night of Phidelity" in Brooklyn, NY in September of 2006.



"Body" from 20,000 Streets. In Philadelphia on February 21, 2007.



"Pizzeria" from Barcelona, Spain on March 11, 2007.



"Reservation Girl," an unreleased gem from the official dvd Sooner or Later in Spain.



"This Time" the bonus track from the last album If You Didn't Laugh, You'd Cry at the Abbey Pub in Chicago on February 17, 2006.



Covering the Replacements' classic "Can't Hardly Wait" at the same Chicago show.



"Float Away" A much slower version from the official dvd Sooner or Later in Spain



"Sooner or Later" from the official dvd.



A nicely filmed clip of "Angels on a Passing Train" during the November 2007 tour of the UK.



Performing the title song of their new album "Angels of Destruction" at the end of Late Night with Conan O'Brien on January 9, 2008.

MARAH @ Conan O Brien - Angels of Destruction

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"City of Dreams" also from IYDLYC. Another excellent video by Serge's better half, Monica Bielanko.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Merry Christmas from Christine and the Boys

Marah played three fantastic Christmas this shows this weekend. First, on Friday, December 7th, they played a packed TLA on South St. in Philly, opening with "Limb," debuting "Wilderness," and putting on an amazing show from start to finish, with excellent support from the Shalitas on backing vocals, the Matt Cappy Quartet on horns, and Jeff "Coolerman" Clark on bagpipes. This was followed by another triumphant show in New York City at the Bowery Ballroom on Saturday. But perhaps most special at all was the show at Drew's in Ringwood, NJ on Sunday. After some technical problems and a terrible weather forecast, the band played on with a special show for fans, friends, and family. The result was a loose atmosphere and a really fun setlist and from that we got one of the very best videos on this blog, Ms. Christine Smith singing "Santa Baby." Enjoy and merry Christmas everyone.