All About The Rapture
The Rapture [Audio]: Pieces of the band we love
by i_have_ADD on January 21st, 2008
Riding high on the success of their sophomore album, 2006's 'People Of The Pieces We Love', NYC punk-funkers The Rapture are one of only a handful of bands that are able to court both the club and indie scene with effortless ease. [more]
Matty B Safer: A taste of the musical Rapture
At the forefront of the indie/dance crossover, the Rapture have been making waves since their unique brand of rock ‘n’ roll hit radio waves in 2002. [more]
The Rapture DJ set this long weekend
The Sounds Group return to Yu and Soho this October long weekend for another massive party, this time featuring a headline DJ set from NYC indie lads The Rapture. [more]
Good Vibrations lineup gets even bigger!
The lineup for next year’s festival was big to begin with, full of massive names from across the musical spectrum but now it’s blown out even more: The Nextmen feat. MC Yungun, Tittsworth, Dirty Laundry and more have all been added. [more]
Good Vibrations sideshows keep rolling in!
Following our announcement earlier today that Calvin Harris would be playing sideshows when he visits Australia for Good Vibrations early next year, we’ve got a whole other bunch to unveil… The Rapture, Thievery Corporation and K-OS! [more]
V Festival set times
As the inaugural event draws closer, set times have been released to help you plan out your day. [more]
New Rave. New what?
American indie/ dance band The Rapture took issue with the ‘new’ in ‘new rave’ this week and mocked the relentless media reclassification of rock/ dance hybrids. [more]
Ewan Pearson anxiously awaits The Rapture
Scotsman-in-Berlin uber-producer/ dance culture theorist Ewan Pearson chatted to Skrufff this week about his role co-producing the Rapture’s new album ‘Pieces Of The People We Love’ [more]
Output Recordings no more!
Visiting Output Recordings’ website, you will no longer be able to browse through the catalogue of amazing artists such as The Rapture, Black Strobe, LCD Soundsystem, Four Tet and Mu. [more]
Rapture vocalist talks about working with Danger Mouse
A phenomenally cool cast of producers has been selected and the studio clock has started ticking. The Rapture's boyishly good-looking singer Luke Jenner recently commented that working with Danger Mouse is definitely the most far-out thing the band have done. [more]
The Rapture's forthcoming album could only be described as one of the most eagerly awaited returns in the hearts and minds of young indie disco punks' lockers and lockettes everywhere. [more]
In spite of the fact that they were here with the V Festival last year, these Rapture dates were their first solo shows in Australia and those at the soldout Metro gig were in good spirits, no doubt aided by the fact that it was Friday night. [more]
After weeks of almost incessant rain, the weather gods shone on Brisbane on Sunday for the Good Vibrations Festival, and thankfully gave us all a beautiful day. [more]
Another weekend another festival, or so it seems in this ever cramped calendar of events. But with Kanye, Cypress Hill, The Rapture and Calvin Harris on the bill, not even the threat of rain can deter the punters. [more]
Mini V festival was somewhat of a disappointment, even though it had so much promise. [more]