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The Rinse
12+ albums
sxsw 2006
about
Brazen pop. Cheeky Baroque. Rude Love. The Rinse are a tug-of-war between London and Brooklyn, dance and rock, brains and loins. But you’ll forget to worry about just what their deal is the minute you join them on the dancefloor. Will Bates moved to Brooklyn from his native London in 2002. He had spent the last few years making dance records and writing music for TV, and was ready to try something dirtier. That dirt appeared in the form of James Rickman, who had just left Santa Cruz, CA, and a band he’d been in since age fifteen. Bates and Rickman met at Pianos in the Lower East Side, and over several pints they discovered a mutual hunger to start playing. Soon enough, Ryan Gruss of Des Moines, IA joined, bringing along his knack for simultaneously playing drums, triggering samples, and writing text messages. Bassist Megan X Thomas, who had made her way from Salt Lake City to Boston to New York, completes the group. Together, the four of them bring a live show that balances the explosiveness of The Who and Queen with the deliciousness of Tears for Fears, Daft Punk, and (insert embarrassing 80s pop group here. Suggestions: Go West, EMF, Escape Club, Power Station). The Rinse have toured both coasts and the UK, sharing stages with the likes of Electric Six, Forward Russia!, Maroon 5, We Are Scientists, The Like, and And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. They will be touring over the next year to support their upcoming debut LP. If you make it to a show or hear a song, yo
