Artist: Marah
Record Review from web archive December 17, 2008
Marah
Despite some generally lousy indicators (the economy, the environment, international relations), the world faces 2009 with a sense of hope for better days ahead. Whether or not that hope is well-placed, don’t we tend to close off the year by thinking sunnier times lurk around the corner? My musical 2007 ended with a big bang [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #73 Jan-Feb 2008
Marah – Angels Of Destruction
Having endured enough Bruce Springsteen comparisons to make the Hold Steady feel sorry for them, Marah makes a balls-out effort to shake things up on their sixth full-length release. The good news for those who dream of being buried in Asbury Park is that these Brooklyn-via-Philadelphia dudes haven’t forgotten what got them here in the [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #61 Jan-Feb 2006
Freakwater / Marah – The Dame (Lexington, KY)
Not so many years ago — or has it been? — great things were predicted for this Wednesday night’s co-headliners, both acts having once been favored by critics and Steve Earle (who ultimately did sign Marah to his label, and tried to enlist Freakwater). The audience — the big one everybody wants, that they seemed [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #60 Nov-Dec 2005
Marah – If You Didn’t Laugh You’d Cry
Nick Hornby, Stephen King and other literary types have done volumes for Marah’s career, yet being a pet band for baby boomers — claiming ownership because they remind them of the music of their youth — is a one-way street that’s not going in the band’s direction. Yes, a lot of Marah’s music is rooted [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #52 July-Aug 2004
Marah – After the gold rush
It’s a fine spring day in New York City, but Dave Bielanko — who along with his brother Serge forms the core of the Philadelphia-bred rock ‘n’ roll band Marah — is not outside soaking up the clement weather and gritty urban atmosphere that has inspired his group’s best music. He’s indoors, supervising some 11th-hour [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #46 July-Aug 2003
Marah – Maxwell’s (Hoboken, NJ)
Like their fictional Philly brother Rocky Balboa, Marah seems to thrive on being the underdog. After last year’s disappointing Float Away With The Friday Night Gods, a subsequent parting from their label, and a sense of disillusionment from some former fans, the band is again out to prove that they will live to fight another [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #42 Nov-Dec 2002
Allison Moorer / Marah – Horseshoe (Toronto, Ontario)
The soothing and soulful country of Allison Moorer followed by the roots-cum-British-rock of Marah seemed an odd pairing, but in the end, the dichotomy made this double bill all the more appealing. Backed by a polished lineup, Moorer opened with “Think It Over”, a midtempo country number that demonstrated how her voice can steal the [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #40 July-Aug 2002
Marah – Float Away With The Friday Night Gods
It was Sunday morning at South By Southwest in Austin. I was eating breakfast with my kid sister when Peter Jesperson stopped by our table to rave about Marah’s gig the night before. For years the former manager of the Replacements (now a New West Records VP) had been among the band’s most vocal boosters, [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #33 May-June 2001
Marah / Robert Randolph / Slo-mo – Mercury Lounge (New York City, NY)
Some bands are made to play on a Saturday night. They rock. They scream. They explode with all the fury and abandon that the working slob needs to hear in order to overcome the drudgery of the working week. And on this particular Saturday night, as the guys in Marah burned their way through their [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #27 May-June 2000
Marah – Theatre Of The Living Arts (Philadelphia, PA)
Back from an exhausting few days of industry schmoozing in Austin at the South by Southwest Festival, Marah returned to the city of the Mummers for their “official” Kids in Philly CD release party. Marah seemed as if they were going to blare into Springsteen’s “E Street Shuffle”. Over the years, Marah’s main attraction has [...]
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