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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.

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.

"Walt Whitman Bridge" in London - 11/28/07

The band wraps up the show at London's Islington Academy and their nine city tour of England with the closing moments of the last song of the night, "Walt Whitman Bridge."

Marah - Walt Whitman Bridge (excerpt)
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Thanks to WeirdCritter for this great video. You can check out his very cool blog right here: http://getonthebeam.blogspot.com/

"Angels of Destruction" in Oxford, England - 11/26/07

Here's the band performing the title track of their new album out in January, Angels of Destruction!, in Oxford, England on November 26, 2008.



Thanks to Paul Murphy for the footage.

"Firecracker" in Chicago on 7/28/06

Here is a proshot video of Dave, Serge, and Kirk playing an acoustic version of "Firecracker," one of the best songs on the classic first album Let's Cut the Crap and Hook Up Later on Tonight. This is from Schubas in Chicago on July 28, 2006.

Marah: "Firecracker"

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Light of Day Benefit in Bedford, UK - 11/18/07

The Bielanko brothers and Ms. Christine Smith took part in a series of stripped down benefit concerts for the Light of Day foundation, a charity dedicated to fighting Parkinson's disease. The Marah trio was joined by Willie Nile, Joe D'Urso and local musicians along the way in Stockholm, Rotterdam, Rome, Barcelona, and here in Bedford, England. For the last show, the local musician was Badly Drawn Boy, as you'll see in the background of these clips. Thanks to Wierdcritter for the video.

"Dishwasher's Dream"



"Roundeye Blues"

Christine Smith... the newest member of Marah

Christine Smith plays keyboards and backing vocals in Marah. She has added so much to the band in concert. I was also pleasantly surprised to hear her all over the new album Angels of Destruction, which will be out in January, taking their recorded work to whole other level of greatness, in my opinion. She's been an important addition to the band, completing a new lineup of dedicated, versatile, amazing musicians.

Before Marah, she spent a lot of time backing up another one of my favorite artists, Jesse Malin. She is also a solo artist with an excellent debut album Tomorrow Blues. For more on Christine, go to http://www.myspace.com/christinesmithnyc

Here's are some videos from Christine's solo performance, with a little help from her friends, at The Living Room in NYC on November 14, 2006:

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