The Raincoats
Punk, Post-Punk, Indie, Alternative, Pre-Riot Grrrl College Radio, 70’s, 80′, 90’s, London
http://www.theraincoats.net/blog/
Ana da Silva – Vocals, Guitar – also in Dorothy
http://www.tangents.co.uk/tangents/main/2006/august/reason32.html
Gina Birch – Born 1955 – Vocals, Bass – also in Dorothy, the Hangovers
http://www.ginabirch.net/theginabirchexperience/front_page.html
Vicky Aspinall – Born 1956 – (1978-84) – Violin – also in Dorothy
Anne Wood (1994- ) – Violin
Palmolive aka Palmolive Romero (1978-79) – Drums
Ingrid Weiss (1979-80) – Drums – Later in Kitty, Daisy and Lewis
Discography:
Albums
- 1979 – The Raincoats [15][16] (No. 5)
- 1981 – Odyshape (No. 5)
- 1983 – The Kitchen Tapes (live)
- 1984 – Moving (No. 5)
- 1996 – Looking in the Shadows
EPs
- 1983 – Animal Rhapsody
- 1994 – Extended Play
Singles
- 1979 – “Fairytale in the Supermarket” / “In Love” / “Adventures Close to Home”
- 1982 – “No One’s Little Girl” / “Running Away” (No. 47)
- 1983 – “Animal Rhapsody” / “No One’s Little Girl” / “Honey Mad Woman”
- 1996 – “Don’t Be Mean” / “Vicious” / “I Keep Walking”
Tracks on compilations
- 1980 – “In Love” on Wanna Buy A Bridge? – Rough Trade
- 1981 – “Shouting Out Loud” on C81 cassette released by New Musical Express magazine
- 1990 – “No One’s Little Girl” on A Constant Source of Interruption – Rough Trade
- 1993 – “In Love” on Lipstick Traces – compiled by Greil Marcus author of In the Fascist Bathroom – Rough Trade
- 1995 – “Off Duty Trip” on Razor and Tie Music – Razor and Tie
- 1995 – “In Love” on Upsalapalooza – WFMU
- 1996 – “Pretty” on Buy Product 2 – Geffen Records
- 1999 – “No One’s Little Girl” on Postpunk Chronicles: Left of the Dial – Rhino Records
- 2001 – “Fairytale in the Supermarket” on Rough Trade Shops 25 years – Rough Trade
- 2003 – “Lola” on Rough Trade Shops Post Punk 01 – Rough Trade
- 2003 – “Animal Rhapsody” on Chicken Lips DJ Kicks – !K7
- 2004 – “Fairytale in the Supermarket” on Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the ’80s Underground
- 2006 – “Only Loved at Night” on Rip it Up – compiled by Simon Reynolds author of Rip it Up and Start Again
- 2006 – “Monk Chant” on Silver Monk Time
- 2006 – “Shouting Out Loud” on Girl Monster – Chicks on Speed
From Website
http://www.theraincoats.net/music.html
Dorothy:
Singles & EPs |
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Loving Feeling 2 versions | Blue Guitar Records | 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Still Waiting 7 versions | Chrysalis | 1988 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reflections 3 versions | Cooltempo | 1989 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miscellaneous |
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Dorothy (CD, Smplr) | Blue Guitar Records | AZPCD1 | 1988 |
The Hangovers:
Albums
- Slow Dirty Tears (1998), Smoke/Kill Rock Stars
Singles
- “Soho” (1997), Rough Trade
- “Duck Nonsense” (1998), Smoke
- Mailorder Freak 7″ Singles Club May 1998: “Sitting On Top Of The World”/”We Had A Really Smashing Time” (1998), Kill Rock Stars
Ana De Silva:
Albums
- 2005 – The Lighthouse[3]
Singles
2004 – “In Awe of a Painting” / “Litany”
Videos:
Metacafe:
http://www.metacafe.com/videos_about/raincoats/
Anoomi:
http://www.anoomi.com/index.php?action=search&ytq=The%20Raincoats
Music Tonic:
http://musictonic.com/music/Raincoats#v=PcuwR_FPrAg
Fairytale in the Supermarket Video 1979:
Only Loved At Night on BBC4 1981?:
Go Away, No Side to Fall live 1992? probably 1981:
Don’t Be Mean Video 1996:
Dont Be Mean 2009: National Portrait Gallery:
No Looking 2009?:
Fairytale in a Supermarket 2009 in San Francisco:
2009 LLGFF:
Feminist Song, interview, Vindictive, the Void – Live at MOMA 2010:
Whole Show Great American San Francisco 2012:
Books:
Raincoats excerpts in Cinderella’s Big Score:
Raincoats excerpt in The Sex Revolts:
Raincoats Excerpt form Rip it Up and Start Again:
Raincoats Excerpt in Totally Wired:
Unknown Heroes of Rock and Roll except:
Raincoats page in Great Indie Discography:
The Raincoats section in Alternative Rock:
Bios:
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raincoats
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_da_Silva
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Birch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hangovers_%28band%29
Discogs:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/83075-Raincoats-The
http://www.discogs.com/artist/236093-Ana-Da-Silva
http://www.discogs.com/artist/388538-Gina-Birch
http://www.discogs.com/artist/733500-Hangovers-The
http://www.discogs.com/artist/308041-Dorothy-4
http://www.discogs.com/artist/226051-Vicky-Aspinall
Trouser Press:
http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=raincoats
MusicBrainz:
http://musicbrainz.org/artist/42201355-08b7-43b6-a7b8-866f612e1600
Oldies.com:
http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/The-Raincoats.html
Discover Bit:
http://discoverbit.com/artist/id:78627205/The_Raincoats
Last.Fm:
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Raincoats
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Hangovers?ac=hangovers
http://www.last.fm/music/Dorothy
All Music:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-raincoats-mn0000489999/biography
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ana-da-silva-mn0000024651/biography
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-hangovers-mn0000061715
Kill Rock Stars:
http://www.killrockstars.com/artists/the-raincoats
Peoples.RU
http://www.peoples.ru/art/music/pank/the_raincoats/
Around the Web:
Brooklyn Vegan:
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2011/09/grass_widow_hea.html#more
Altered Zones:
http://alteredzones.com/posts/1968/artist-profile-raincoats/
DCist:
http://dcist.com/2011/09/the_raincoats_comet_ping_pong.php
Feminist Music Geek:
http://feministmusicgeek.com/tag/the-raincoats/
Vinyl301:
http://vinyl301.com/category/the-raincoats/
Retro Rambling:
http://retrorambling.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/the-raincoats-british-all-girl-post-punk-band/
Chicago Pipeline:
http://chicago-pipeline.com/2011/09/21/from-the-trenches-cece-on-the-raincoats-local-music-scene/
Tiny Mix Tapes:
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/raincoats-raincoats
Aquarium Drunkard:
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2007/09/06/the-raincoats-1979-revisiting/
Bad Reputation:
http://badreputation.org.uk/2011/09/29/subtle-subversion-how-i-learned-to-love-the-raincoats-a-bit/
Clinical Trails:
http://clinicaltrialsmusic.blogspot.com/2009/03/raincoats-liner-notes.html
The Beat Patrol:
http://beatpatrol.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/the-raincoats-the-raincoats-1979/
Huremics:
http://huremics.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-raincoats-raincoats-we-three.html
SSG Music:
http://www.ssgmusic.com/the-raincoats-grass-widow-and-m-women-at-chop-suey/
Scaruffi:
http://www.scaruffi.com/vol4/raincoat.html
Social Realist:
http://carlysioux.com/2011/09/20/the-raincoats-warsaw-091611/gina-birch-3-the-raincoats/
Consequence of Sound:
http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/02/the-raincoats-schedule-west-coast-tour-dates/
Slicing Up Eyeballs:
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2009/08/15/raincoats-reissue-tour-dates-kill-rock-stars-tracklist/
Don’t Dance Her Down Boys:
Bad Music For Bad People:
http://badmusic4badpeople.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-raincoats-ou-o-conto-de-fadas-no.html
Efterklang:
http://efterklang.net/home/2010/08/26/more-info-on-the-raincoats-single/
27 Leggies:
http://27leggies.blogspot.com/2011/10/raincoats-and-red-crayolas.html
Wall of Sound:
http://wallsofsounds.blogspot.com/2009/01/raincoats-raincoats.html
Little Trouble Grrrl:
Exile on Moan Street:
http://exileonmoanstreet.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-raincoats-acklam-hall-london-10th.html
Velvet Coalmine:
http://rhianejones.com/2011/09/26/the-raincoats-odyshape/
Diane Pernet:
http://dianepernet.typepad.com/diane/2010/10/the-raincoats-perform-the-moma.html
The Eagle and The Wiesel:
http://annaleventhal.com/tag/the-raincoats/
Ghost Capital:
http://ghostcapital.blogspot.com/2010/02/raincoats-raincoats-1979-odyshape.html
Kathleen’s Blog:
http://kathleenhanna.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/im-djing-before-the-raincoats-show/
Julietippex:
http://julietippex.com/2012/03/12/ymg-meets-the-raincoats-again/
Is This Music:
http://www.isthismusic.com/the-raincoats-3
17 Seconds:
http://17seconds.co.uk/blog/2009/11/01/album-review-the-raincoats-re-issue/
The Pretty Greens:
http://theprettygreens.com/post/63596365817/little-trouble-grrrl-the-raincoats-in-whalley
Vol 1 Brooklyn:
The F Word:
http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/10/the_raincoats_p
The Savage Saints:
http://savagesaints.blogspot.com/2009/10/raincoats-kitchen-tapes-1983.html
The Walk tp Work:
http://www.thewalktowork.com/the-raincoats-no-ones-little-girl/
Elsewhere:
http://www.elsewhere.co.nz/music/2949/the-raincoats-the-raincoats-we-three-southbound/
Le Grand Figaro:
http://legrandfigaro.com/category/the-raincoats/
Oh WoWee:
http://ohwowee.wordpress.com/2009/03/03/the-raincoats-the-raincoats/
Drum Drum Girls:
Complete Music Update:
http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/the-raincoats-expanded-re-issue-and-gigs/
I Love Total Destruction:
http://ilovetotaldestruction.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-raincoats-acklam-hall-london-10th.html
Lucid Frenzy Junior:
http://lucidfrenzy.blogspot.com/2012/05/slits-raincoats-opposite-and.html
Chicagoist:
http://chicagoist.com/2011/09/22/the_raincoats_in_rare_form_for_chic.php#photo-1
Drowned in Sound:
http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16469/reviews/4143468
Wonderland:
http://ilovetotaldestruction.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-raincoats-acklam-hall-london-10th.html
White Noise Dada:
http://whitenoisedada.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-raincoats.html
Stupefaction:
http://theworldsamess.blogspot.com/2010/10/raincoats-to-play-moma.html
Angry Violinist:
http://angryviolist.wordpress.com/tag/raincoats/
The Fader:
The Line of Best Fit:
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/the-raincoats-%E2%80%93-the-raincoats-22374
Dusted:
http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6643
Hour Community:
http://hour.ca/2011/09/22/the-raincoats-odd-future/
Idolator:
http://www.idolator.com/5277582/the-raincoats-documentary-is-probably-going-to-be-great
Pop Matters:
http://www.popmatters.com/review/raincoats-kitchen/
Zig Zag 1980:
http://cactusmouthinformer.blogspot.com/2010/09/zig-zag-may-1980-raincoats-tiswas.html
1981 NME Article:
http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-raincoats-odyshape-rough-trade
1981 Cream Article:
http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-raincoats-iodyshapei
1981 NY Mag Photo:
1983 NME Article:
1996 Agit eader:
http://agitreader.com/features/raincoats-09.12.html
90’s Interview:
http://www.appelstein.com/writing/raincoatsnet.html
1998 City Pages Article:
http://www.citypages.com/1998-04-08/feature/music-the-raincoats/full/
Pitchfork:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15802-odyshape/
http://pitchfork.com/features/secondhands/9166-the-raincoats/
http://pitchfork.com/news/43088-the-raincoats-announce-reissue-tour/
2003 Popular Music Article:
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3877577?uid=3739560&uid=2&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21103804205167
2006 Treble Zine Article:
http://www.treblezine.com/reviews/the-raincoats-odyshape/
2009 NPR Article by Carrie Brownstein:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monitormix/2009/10/the_raincoats.html
2009 Article:
http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-raincoats-the-raincoats-we-three
Wears the Trousers: 2009 Gina Birch Interview:
http://wearsthetrousers.com/2009/10/regeneration-3-gina-birch/
2009 Guardian Article:
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/nov/05/the-raincoats-reform
2009 LA Record Article:
2009 Portland Mercury Article:
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/shouting-out-loud/Content?oid=1714825
2009 Quietus Article:
2010 Clash Article:
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/the-raincoats-to-play-debut-album
2010 Metropolis Article:
http://metropolis.co.jp/arts/live-reports/the-raincoats/
2011 L Magazine Article:
http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2011/09/19/live-the-raincoats-at-warsaw
2011 Bust Article:
https://www.bust.com/blog/punk-pierogi-and-the-f-word-an-evening-with-the-raincoats.html
2011 Fact Mag:
http://www.factmag.com/2011/03/08/the-raincoats-self-titled-debut-reissued/
2011 Washington Post Article:
2011 Village Voice Interview:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/09/the_raincoats_ana_da_silva_interview.php
2011 Chicago Tribune Article:
2011 D Magazine Article:
2012 SF Weekly Article:
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2012/03/the_raincoats_are_playing_on_a.php
2012 Owl Mag Article:
http://www.theowlmag.com/free-stuff/free-tickets-the-raincoats-and-grass-widow-gamh-sf-31412/
Tom Tom Mag- 2013 Ingrid Weiss Interview:
http://tomtommag.com/2013/10/mum-tell-us-about-that-time-you-were-in-the-raincoats/
2014 Rock and Heavy Article:
Bitch Magazine Raincoats Search:
http://bitchmagazine.org/search/node/the%20raincoats
Setlists.Fm:
http://www.setlist.fm/setlists/the-raincoats-4bd6e7a2.html
Who Sampled:
Scene Roller:
http://sceneroller.com/bands/raincoats
Tumblr:
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/the-raincoats
Sputnik:
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/The-Raincoats/11451/
IMDb:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3163125/
Myspace:
https://myspace.com/theraincoats
Pinterest:
Second Hand Songs:
http://www.secondhandsongs.com/artist/17386
Fanfinity:
http://data.fanfinityapp.com/artist/42201355-08b7-43b6-a7b8-866f612e1600/The%20Raincoats
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Raincoats/55339033830
Songs:
8tracks:
http://8tracks.com/explore/the_raincoats
Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22the%20raincoats%22
Peel Sessions:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/t/theraincoats/
Whole First Album 1979:
All of Odyshape 1981:
No One’s Little Girl 1983:
Honey Mad Woman 1983:
Live 1983- The Raincoats (live) – The Kitchen Tapes (1983)
12 – Puberty Song
13 – No Side To Fall In
14 – Honey Mad Woman:
Rainstorm 1984:
Overheard 1984:
Balloon 1984:
Shouting Out Loud 1994:
You Ask Why 1996:
I Keep Walking 1996:
You Kill Me 1996:
Reblogged this on michaelconen "where were you?" and commented:
Unique is only the start of how one could describe this band, and its sound.