The Rakes
'Hot' UK Bands Head To New York Fest
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The Rakes, The Happy Mondays, The Pigeon Detectives, Biffy Clyro, Enter Shikari and Blood Red Shoes are the six “Hottest new UK bands” or at least that’s what the curators for the Manchester-based In The City new music festival are saying.For 2-days, June 13th and 14th, these “hottest” bands will take over New York City, performing at the city’s Nokia Theater and Highline Ballroom as p
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The Rakes Ring in the New Year with "KLANG"! New Album and Tracklist!
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The Rakes are set to release their third album entitled 'KLANG' on the 23rd of March and will release the album one week earlier (March 16) on 7" and download through V2/Co-operative. The album was recored at Planet Roc Studios in Berlin by Chris Zane who has produced Les Savy Fav, The Walkmen and Passion Pit. The Full Tracklisting is: You're In It That's The Reason The Loneliness Of The Ou...
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R.I.P. The Rakes
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Sad news has reached The Musical Chairs as The Rakes have decided to call it a day. The indie rock band have released three albums, Capture/Release (2005), Ten Simple Messages (2007), and Klang (2009), and have cancelled their forthcoming UK and USA tours with the promise of a full refund offered to anyone who bought [...]
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The Rakes Split
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The Rakes have announced their surprising decision to split today, resulting in them cancelling US and UK tour dates.In a statement released to nme.com, the band said: “The Rakes have always been very adamant and proud of the fact that we give 100 per cent to every gig we’ve ever played. If we can’t give [...]
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The Rakes: American Tour + New Album “Klang”
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London’s dance happy quartet; The Rakes are set to release their 3rd album “Klang” in the UK next week. So to get the word out about their indie dance rock overseas here in America the band has announced 3 shows in the states:April01 - Troubadour, Los Angeles CA02 - Popscene, San Francisco CA06 - Bowery [...]
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The Rakes Announce US Tour Dates - Release ‘Klang’ Digitally
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Produced within the four walls of a former DDR radio station in East Berlin, The Rakes are set to release their third album, ‘Klang’, digitally on October 20th in the US. The album has been available as a UK import since March. It’s been over two years from their previous album, ‘Ten New Messages’ [...]
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Win tickets to see The Rakes and Official Secrets act THIS FRIDAY!
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Yes, we have two pairs of tickets to give away from the SOLD OUT show at the Lexington Arms in London this Friday (27th February). Full details inside!
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Free Energy Hits the Road w/ The Rakes
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Free Energy will join the Rakes on tour starting this Halloween (expand post to see dates), and if you’re lucky enough to catch one of their dates you can pick up a CD copy of their debut EP. The 3 song EP (digital EP release Sept 22 / CD release on tour) will feature the tracks [...]
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B-Rakes-ing Up Is Hard to Do: Brit Band in Split Shocka!
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Top 6 "Famous Last Words" * 6. "Wonderful! Wonderful this death!" " William Etty, English painter (1787-1849) 5. (To a priest) "Hold your tongue! Your wretched chatter disgusts me!" " Chrtien Malesherbes, French politician (1721-1794) 4. "Die, my dear doctor? That's the last thing I shall do." " Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount of Palmerston, English politician (1784-1865) 3. "The executioner is,
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The Rakes ALBUM ANNOUNCED
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The Rakes have announced they are set to release their third album 'KLANG' on the 23rd of March, with the single '1989′ one week earlier (16 March) on 7″ and download through V2 / Co-operative. The album was recorded at Planet Roc Studios in Berlin and produced by Chris Zane (Les Savy Fav, The Walkmen, Passion [...]
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