Mudville

Marilyn Carino sings about troubled longings and bleak surreal visions, while Ben Rubin surrounds her melancholy voice with brooding, minor-key tracks that start with electric piano and venture into smoky, ominous lounge territory, somewhere between Fiona Apple and Morcheeba."(Jon Pareles)- NEW YORK TIMES "There's post-rock, post-punk, and now, post-trip-hop. In the hands of the smoldering vocalist Marilyn Carino and the producer, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist Ben Rubin, down-tempo beats, haunted-matinée-style organ playing, and electronic flourishes coalesce into something familiar yet wholly unique."(John Donohue)- THE NEW YORKER "Mudville features Marilyn Carino's sultry vocals pouring out poetic lyrics filled with imagery.(with) an other-worldly blues-jazz feel you'd hear in a lounge or in a Jim Jarmusch film."(Mary Huhn)- NEW YORK POST Mudville EP - 2001 The Glory of Man is Not in Vogue - 2005 Iris Nova - 2007 Little Genius #1 (Marilyn solo)- 2009