For Philly’s Bleeding Rainbow, it must finally feel like the past year and a half of hard work is paying off. The four-piece band’s third full-length, Yeah Right, dropped last month to their largest audience yet, thanks in part to new record label Kanine. And thanks in part to the sort of quirky, hooky back … Continue reading →
You can’t accuse Bleeding Rainbow of doing anything half-way. The Philly foursome has long been focused on taking the steps necessary to achieve their goals—whether it be adding two more band members to flesh out their sound, or maintaining a constant, crazy tour schedule to attract buzz and a label. On record, this translates to … Continue reading →
2013 is already shaping up to be a big year for Philly rockers Bleeding Rainbow. Last month saw the release of their third record and “big” indie debut Yeah Right, which launched the previously little-known foursome to solid buzz band status. It’s the band’s first release since they morphed from a duo to a quartet—and … Continue reading →
For The Key’s year-in-review, we asked our trusted sources – our writers and photographers, XPN’s on-air staff, fellow bloggers in the Philly scene and even a few musicians – to send us their Top Five Whatevers. Could be the traditional music route – albums, songs, concerts of the year – or it could be only … Continue reading →
With just over 50 days until their Kanine Records debut Yeah, Right LP finally gets set loose (can we project an official countdown on the Ben Franklin Bridge or something?), Bleeding Rainbow shed some light on the future of their original namesake Reading Rainbow and talk about some childhood shenanigans in this new in-studio video … Continue reading →
When they were planning their first full-length as a four-piece, Philly’s Bleeding Rainbow drew up a pie chart. It had healthy slices of Sonic Youth and Wipers, a sliver of avant-garde composer Glenn Branca, and about a three-quarters heaping of My Bloody Valentine. Band founders Rob Garcia and Sarah Everton meant it as a guide, … Continue reading →
If you haven’t caught Philly’s Bleeding Rainbow in concert or online over the past few months, here’s a mindblower for you: the minimal noisepop duo formerly known as Reading Rainbow (who last year expanded into a trio, then changed its name) is now a full-blown, epic-sounding indie punk foursome. In its Friday evening South by … Continue reading →