The Maine Essentials

The Maine came rocking out of Arizona in the late ‘00s with a style that found its strength in unpredictability. There aren't many other bands out there whose output can encompass the kind of self-effacing humor you hear on tunes like "Everything I Ask For" and "Diet Soda Society" alongside the sweeping, larger-than-life pop hooks that power "Taxi" and "Numb Without You" or the raw, riff-heavy alt-rock attack of "Right Girl" and "Girls Do What They Want". But The Maine's refusal to stand still long enough to be pigeonholed is part of their magic.