I triple word score LOVE Raining Jane. These women are talented, sexy (with a capital va-va-va-voom), gracious and amazingly real and down-to-earth. And so well-suited to each other. They all write and sing and play and are very much individuals who just happen to blend well. Each is very talented in her own right and together they make one amazing megabandopolis.

I had the pleasure of the Raining Jane experience at a rather intimate neighborhood bar on a Sunday night a couple of years ago and I’ve been in love with them ever since.

Do I keep saying “love?” Hmmm…I must really mean it.

They were phenomenal on stage. So tight...even after a few drinks. Their folk rock is as unique and hot and real as each of them is. These are women who know music. From what I can tell, any one of them can pick up any random instrument and jam out a song effortlessly. If I could follow them around and just bask in their unbelievably talented energies, I would.

Instead, I will have to be satisfied with tunes on my ‘Pod. Their 2008 Paper Nest release is so full of the female experience without being bitter or bitchy or uber-feminist or forced girl power-ish that I find something new to relate to in it’s expertly produced goodness almost every time. This isn’t some power-puff, “you go girl” fist raiser…it has mainstream appeal, beyond the chicks-who-like-to-hear-chicks-play-songs subset. It’s folk rock with a freshness and sensitivity we are rarely treated to in the Top 40. And it gets regular play in my living room.

Did I mention that they are hot and I love them? Am I gushing? Is that bad? You’ll gush too once you’ve shared venue space with them.

I beg you to heed my advice and get out to the World Café Live to see Raining Jane. For your own good. I assure you, you do not want to miss their show. But, just know that if you go and you have a thing for rock chicks, you will be toast. Buttery, buttery toast. And you’ll like it.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 9 p.m.
The Paper Raincoat w/ Raining Jane
@ World Cafe Live (Upstairs), 3025 Walnut St, Philadelphia PA, 19104
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