Rainer Maria were an indie rock band originally from Madison, Wisconsin, later residing in Brooklyn, New York. Named after the German-language poet Rainer Maria Rilke, they formed in the late summer of 1995 and released five full length albums, a live DVD, and numerous live recordings and EP. In its earlier days the band had a dual male and female vocal line-up. The gender ambiguity of the name Rainer Maria paralleled this, and was one of the reasons it was selected as the band's name. The band's many tours and intimate live shows at venues such as Brooklyn's North Six (which lead singer Caithlin De Marrais referred to as "home" during her final show, due to the fact that it also served as the band's rehearsal space), Washington DC's The Black Cat and the Bowery Ballroom in NYC helped to grow its fan base and fuel album sales. On November 6, 2006, the band announced through Pitchfork Media that the December 16th show at New York City's

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