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- Reviews: * White Lies, Crystal Castles, Friendly Fires, Team Waterpolo at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, Tue 06 May
- Reviews: * Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band at London King's Cross Scala, Tue 08 Apr
- Reviews: * Patrick Watson, Miracle Fortress at London King's Cross Scala, Wed 02 Apr
- Reviews: * O Fracas - Fits & Starts
- Reviews: * The Ruby Suns at Atlanta The Drunken Unicorn, Mon 14 Apr
- Reviews: * The Fratellis, The Ting Tings, Alphabeat at Liverpool Carling Academy, Tue 29 Apr
- Reviews: * Gonzales at London ICA, Mon 28 Apr
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- * Dinosaur Jr @ Dublin Academy, 12/05
- * Jens Lekman @ Nottingham The Rescue Rooms, 12/05
- * A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Benjamin Wetherill @ Aberdeen Tunnels, 12/05
- * Iron and Wine, Bon Iver @ Glasgow ABC, 12/05
- * Wooden Shjips, Howlin' Rain, Meat Puppets @ London King's Cross Scala, 12/05
- * Mogwai @ London Queen Elizabeth Hall, 12/05
- * Sonic Cathedral @ London Heavenly Social, 12/05
- * Pissed Jeans, Beestung Lips @ Birmingham The Rainbow, 12/05
- * HEALTH @ Southampton The Joiners, 13/05
- * Drowned In Sound UK Tour @ London Kings College London (KCLSU), 13/05
- * Man Man, Bloodgroup @ London Cargo, 13/05
- * Semifinalists, A Place To Bury Strangers, Jay Reatard @ London Madame Jo Jo's, 13/05
- * Iron and Wine, Bon Iver @ Sheffield Leadmill, 14/05
- * Liars, Battles, Fuck Buttons, Dirty Projectors @ London Astoria, 14/05
- * Jay Reatard, Times New Viking @ London Barden's Boudoir, 14/05
The Rakes
Signed to label: V2
Alan Donohoe - Vocals
Matthew Swinnerton - Guitar/Backing Vocals
Jamie Hornsmith - Bass
Lasse Petersen - Drums
(nicked from clubfandango.co.uk)
The Rakes are a spindly-framed quartet from East London with a set of songs that have drawn rave comparisons to the likes of PIL, Wire and Joy Division. No longer dressed in blood stained uniforms, The Rakes are still unashamedly political and their live experience is, by turns, chaotic, funny, charming, silly, serious, beautiful, moving, aggressive, effeminate, sublime and ridiculous.
Releases
- The World Was A Mess But His Hair Was Perfect - single, out 16/07/2007 on V2. 1 review (read/post)
- Ten New Messages - album, out 19/03/2007 on V2. 1 review (read/post)
- We Danced Together - single, out 12/03/2007 on V2. 1 review (read/post)
- Remixes - single, out 09/10/2006 on V2. (post review)
- All Too Human - single, out 27/02/2006 on V2. 1 review (read/post)
- Capture/Release - album, out 15/08/2005 on V2. 1 review (read/post)
- Work Work Work (Pub, Club, Sleep) - single, out 01/08/2005 on V2. 1 review (read/post)
- Retreat - single, out 18/04/2005 on Moshi Moshi Music. 1 review (read/post)
- Strasbourg - single, out 27/09/2004 on City Rockers. 1 review (read/post)
- Strasbourg - single, out 20/09/2004 on City Rockers. (post review)
- 22 Grand Job - single, out 03/05/2004 on Trash Aesthetics. 1 review (read/post)
Past events
- Fri 09 Nov at London SeOne. (post review)
- Lodestar Festival - Saturday, Sat 01 Sep at Cambridgeshire Sunnyridge Farm. (post review)
- Electric Gardens Festival - Sunday, Sun 05 Aug at Kent Mount Ephraim Gardens. (post review)
- O2 Wireless Festival, Sun 17 Jun at London Hyde Park. (post review)
- Glastonbury - Sunday, Fri 25 May at Glastonbury Festival. (post review)
- Le Printemps des Inrocks, Fri 11 May at Paris Le Cabaret Sauvage. (post review)
- Sat 21 Apr at Paris L' Elysée Montmartre. (post review)
- Sat 31 Mar at London Brixton Academy. (post review)
- Fri 30 Mar at Southampton Guildhall. (post review)
- Thu 29 Mar at Bristol Academy. (post review)
- Wed 28 Mar at Birmingham Academy. (post review)
- Mon 26 Mar at Newcastle upon Tyne Academy. (post review)
- Sun 25 Mar at Manchester Ritz Ballroom. (post review)
- Fri 23 Mar at Norwich UEA. (post review)
- Thu 22 Mar at Sheffield Octagon at Sheffield University. (post review)
- Wed 21 Mar at Glasgow Barrowlands. (post review)
- Tue 20 Mar at Dublin Vicar Street. (post review)
- Mon 19 Mar at Nottingham Rock City. (post review)
- Tue 06 Feb at London King's College. (post review)
- Mon 05 Feb at Brighton Audio. (post review)
- Sat 03 Feb at Bedford Esquires. (post review)
- Wed 31 Jan at Southend-on-Sea Chinnery's. (post review)
- Reading Festival 2006: Sunday, Sun 27 Aug at Reading Little John's Farm. 1 review (read/post)
- Let's Rock! Edinburgh, Fri 21 Jul at Edinburgh Royal Highland Centre. (post review)
- Festival Internacional de Benicassim, Thu 20 Jul at Spain Benicassim. 1 review (read/post)
- Mon 15 May at Nottingham Rock City. 1 review (read/post)
- Wed 08 Feb at Glasgow Queen Margaret Union (QMU) at Glasgow University. (post review)
- Tue 07 Feb at Newcastle upon Tyne University. (post review)
- Mon 06 Feb at Manchester Academy 2 (formerly MDH). (post review)
- Sat 04 Feb at Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall. (post review)
- Fri 03 Feb at Sheffield Leadmill. (post review)
- Thu 02 Feb at London Astoria. (post review)
- Tue 31 Jan at Bristol Anson Rooms. (post review)
- Mon 30 Jan at Norwich Waterfront. (post review)
- Sun 29 Jan at Cambridge Junction. (post review)
- Sat 28 Jan at Portsmouth Pyramid Centre. (post review)
- Fri 27 Jan at Exeter Lemon Grove. (post review)
- Mon 28 Nov at Nottingham Arena. (post review)
- Tue 27 Sep at Oxford Zodiac / Academy 2. 1 review (read/post)
- Mon 23 May at Northampton Roadmenders. 1 review (read/post)
- Thu 21 Apr at London Nambucca. 1 review (read/post)
- Sun 20 Mar at Nottingham Bodega Social Club. 1 review (read/post)
- Thu 15 Jul at London Hammersmith Working Mens Club. 1 review (read/post)
- Wed 21 Jan at London Metro. 1 review (read/post)
News
- 08/01/2008: Cribs win prize for best cover art of 2007
- 09/10/2007: New nights in New X: Amersham Arms opening this week
- 06/07/2007: Glastonbury line-up leaks
- 06/07/2007: Great Escape '07: more names confirmed
- 06/07/2007: Join the Dots and see Ladytron, The Rakes and a host of others...
- 21/06/2007: Bloc Party downloads for free? We7 reckon so...
- 01/06/2007: Lodestar festival announces line-up
- 30/04/2007: Metronomy, Noisettes, These New Puritans + More set for London War Child show
- 12/03/2007: White Stripes, QOTSA announced for 02 Wireless shows
- 16/01/2007: Is it because they're always on tour? Ten New Messages for The Rakes
Features
- 22/02/2008: Label Focus #15: Moshi Moshi Records
- 18/07/2007: Primavera Sound 2007: the DiS Review
- 06/07/2007: Reading/Leeds: Radio 1 Stage
- 06/07/2007: Nottingham Dot-To-Dot 05: The festival season starts here...
- 15/05/2007: DiS podcast: The Great Escape special
- 06/01/2006: Drowned in Sound's Top 46 Albums of 2005
- 02/03/2005: "It's racy - and in your facey, without being too Kevin Spacey."
- 18/07/2004: The Cribs: DiS summer BBQ - Aug 1st
- 26/04/2004: Introducing: The Rakes
- 08/11/2003: The Toilet Circuit Diaries #3: All Hail the Four Guitars!
Links
- Andrew Kendall - Ace Rakes photos
- The Rakes - official site
- The Rakes - photos - warehouse party photos
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