http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.380&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rssAlthough Rasputina have put out a couple of albums on Sony and Instinct, they would fit right in on the 4AD roster next to groups like His Name Is Alive and Dead Can Dance. Not that they're derivative of anything discovered by 4AD honcho Ivo Watts-Russell -- it's just that their pseudo-gothic chamber pop shares the same art-school sensibility as the aforementioned groups. Singer-songwriter Melora Creager, a classically trained cellist/dulcimer player who joined Nirvana's backline on their final tour, birthed Rasputina in the early 1990s. She and cellist/singer Zoë Keating wear frayed Victorian dresses to bring out the sense of antiquity in their shadowy siren soundscapes. Their dark vision caught the ears (and eyes) of Marilyn Manson, who played keyboards and remixed songs on their 1997 EP, <I>Transylvanian Regurgitations</I>. At times, the New York band sounds like a string ensemble for the late Anton LaVey's Satanic Mass; at other moments, they come across as the bastard children of the Incredible String Band who got chainsaws and cellos to play with at a dangerously young age. 2004's <I>Frustration Plantation</I> offers intertwining cellos, a delightful narrative of dark Edwardian humor, and the six-stringed electric madness of guitarist Jonathan TeBeest, Rasputina's first male member. - Eric SheaBaroque Popen720Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:02:43 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.380&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Although Rasputina have put out a couple of albums on Sony and Instinct, they would fit right in on the 4AD roster next to groups like His Name Is Alive and Dead Can Dance. Not that they're derivative of anything discovered by 4AD honcho Ivo Watts-Russell -- it's just that their pseudo-gothic chamber pop shares the same art-school sensibility as the aforementioned groups. Singer-songwriter Melora Creager, a classically trained cellist/dulcimer player who joined Nirvana's backline on their final tour, birthed Rasputina in the early 1990s. She and cellist/singer Zoë Keating wear frayed Victorian dresses to bring out the sense of antiquity in their shadowy siren soundscapes. Their dark vision caught the ears (and eyes) of Marilyn Manson, who played keyboards and remixed songs on their 1997 EP, <I>Transylvanian Regurgitations</I>. At times, the New York band sounds like a string ensemble for the late Anton LaVey's Satanic Mass; at other moments, they come across as the bastard children of the Incredible String Band who got chainsaws and cellos to play with at a dangerously young age. 2004's <I>Frustration Plantation</I> offers intertwining cellos, a delightful narrative of dark Edwardian humor, and the six-stringed electric madness of guitarist Jonathan TeBeest, Rasputina's first male member. - Eric Shea http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2011695&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Goth Fri, 1 Jan 1999 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 2011695 tra.2011695 Rasputina art.380 0.0 Buffy The Vampire Slayer - The Album alb.88264 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/1/2/6/1116215_170x170.jpg 2006-05-02 00:00:00.0 1999-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Transylvania Concubine tra.2011695 168000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2011695&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2011695&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15681423&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:10:58 -0700 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 15681423 tra.15681423 Rasputina art.380 0.0 Neil Gaiman - Where's Neil When You Need Him? alb.15670814 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/2/2/6/1066225_170x170.jpg 2006-08-29 00:00:00.0 null true Coraline tra.15681423 158000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15681423&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15681423&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249706&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Goth Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 1249706 tra.1249706 Rasputina art.380 0.99 How We Quit The Forest alb.132291 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/5/9/0/1300957_170x170.jpg 1998-08-04 00:00:00.0 1998-07-28 00:00:00.0 true You Don't Own Me tra.1249706 144000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249706&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249706&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.372075&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 6 Aug 1996 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 372075 tra.372075 Rasputina art.380 0.99 Thanks For The Ether alb.119033 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/0/0/5/1265002_170x170.jpg 1996-08-06 00:00:00.0 1996-08-06 00:00:00.0 true Transylvanian Concubine tra.372075 167000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.372075&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.372075&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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1816, The Year Without A Summer  tra.15012390 263000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15012390&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15012390&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2760849&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 9 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 2760849 tra.2760849 Rasputina art.380 0.99 Cabin Fever alb.169207 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/1/6/9/509613_170x170.jpg 2002-04-08 00:00:00.0 2002-04-09 00:00:00.0 true Remnants Of Percy Bass tra.2760849 214000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2760849&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2760849&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15012393&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15012398&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15012394&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 15012394 tra.15012394 Rasputina art.380 0.99 Oh Perilous World alb.15012030 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/9/9/1/1031997_170x170.jpg 2007-06-26 00:00:00.0 2007-06-26 00:00:00.0 true Draconian Crackdown tra.15012394 242000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15012394&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15012394&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249734&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 6 Aug 1996 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 1249734 tra.1249734 Rasputina art.380 0.99 Thanks For The Ether alb.119033 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/0/0/5/1265002_170x170.jpg 1996-08-06 00:00:00.0 1996-08-06 00:00:00.0 true Rusty The Skatemaker tra.1249734 216000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249734&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249734&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249707&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 1249707 tra.1249707 Rasputina art.380 0.99 How We Quit The Forest alb.132291 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/5/9/0/1300957_170x170.jpg 1998-08-04 00:00:00.0 1998-07-28 00:00:00.0 true The New Zero tra.1249707 220000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249707&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249707&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15012392&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 15012392 tra.15012392 Rasputina art.380 0.99 Oh Perilous World alb.15012030 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/9/9/1/1031997_170x170.jpg 2007-06-26 00:00:00.0 2007-06-26 00:00:00.0 true Cage In A Cave tra.15012392 230000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15012392&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15012392&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3049284&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 20 Aug 2002 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 3049284 tra.3049284 Rasputina art.380 0.99 My Fever Broke alb.138674 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/9/1/0/560196_170x170.jpg 2002-08-20 00:00:00.0 2002-08-20 00:00:00.0 true At The State Fair With A White Trash Sucker (Joseph Bishara Remix) tra.3049284 274000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3049284&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3049284&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15012391&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 15012391 tra.15012391 Rasputina art.380 0.99 Oh Perilous World alb.15012030 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/9/9/1/1031997_170x170.jpg 2007-06-26 00:00:00.0 2007-06-26 00:00:00.0 true Choose Me For Champion  tra.15012391 156000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15012391&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15012391&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249722&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 6 Aug 1996 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 1249722 tra.1249722 Rasputina art.380 0.99 Thanks For The Ether alb.119033 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/0/0/5/1265002_170x170.jpg 1996-08-06 00:00:00.0 1996-08-06 00:00:00.0 true Why Don't You Do Right? tra.1249722 140000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249722&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249722&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2760855&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 9 Apr 2002 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 2760855 tra.2760855 Rasputina art.380 0.99 Cabin Fever alb.169207 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/1/6/9/509613_170x170.jpg 2002-04-08 00:00:00.0 2002-04-09 00:00:00.0 true Hunter's Kiss tra.2760855 235000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2760855&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2760855&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.5168553&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 5168553 tra.5168553 Rasputina art.380 0.99 Frustration Plantation alb.5165233 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/2/7/0/620722_170x170.jpg 2004-03-16 00:00:00.0 2004-03-16 00:00:00.0 true Doomsday Averted tra.5168553 154000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.5168553&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.5168553&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.5168554&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 5168554 tra.5168554 Rasputina art.380 0.99 Frustration Plantation alb.5165233 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/2/7/0/620722_170x170.jpg 2004-03-16 00:00:00.0 2004-03-16 00:00:00.0 true Secret Message tra.5168554 196000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.5168554&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.5168554&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249710&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 1249710 tra.1249710 Rasputina art.380 0.99 How We Quit The Forest alb.132291 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/5/9/0/1300957_170x170.jpg 1998-08-04 00:00:00.0 1998-07-28 00:00:00.0 true Sign of the Zodiac tra.1249710 227000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249710&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249710&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.5168555&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 5168555 tra.5168555 Rasputina art.380 0.99 Frustration Plantation alb.5165233 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/2/7/0/620722_170x170.jpg 2004-03-16 00:00:00.0 2004-03-16 00:00:00.0 true Possum Of The Grotto tra.5168555 176000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.5168555&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.5168555&variant=data&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1249719&variant=play&rws=%2Frasputina%2Ftop-tracks.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 6 Aug 1996 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Rasputina on Rhapsody Online 1249719 tra.1249719 Rasputina art.380 0.99 Thanks For The Ether alb.119033 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/0/0/5/1265002_170x170.jpg 1996-08-06 00:00:00.0 1996-08-06 00:00:00.0 true My Little Shirtwaist Fire tra.1249719 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