One minute they're driving along, happy as Larry, the next, their bassist has been whisked into the ether for the promise of better things. Which reminds us, we had a friend called Larry once: shot himself. Matt Safer has left The Rapture after around nine years with the band.
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UPDATE: The event's been moved to Debonair. Hot Biscuits has the info.The Rub is a DJ trio — Ayres, Cosmo Baker, and DJ Eleven — that throws one of my favorite dance parties in the universe the first Saturday of each month at Southpaw in Brooklyn, and they're just one of several excellent reasons to attend Branded on Friday night at The Congress. They're sharing the bill with The Rapture (an
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Mark your calendars!BRANDED, the biggest, baddest, dance party, returns to the Congress Theater Chicago, Friday June 19th.Installment 2 of the 6 event series features The Rapture - dj set, HeartsRevolution, The Rub, DJ Funk,Guns N Bombs presenting the debut of Deathface, Jordan Z, Rob Threezy, Gatekeeper - dj set , Kid Color, Black Holes and [...]
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The Rapture are kicking off their DJ World tour this Wednesday in Toronto and I got space on the guestlist, so first 30 people to email yspwsandrapture@gmail.com with your name, will get on the guestlist :) So everyone email quick! THE RAPTURE DJS YOU SAY PARTY! WE SAY DIE! Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Burroughes Building (639 Queen St. W.) Sessions and REMG Entertainment are proud to present...
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So today I madeA casserole.And I danced around the kitchen and cleaned the floor while I did it.Now thats what I call productivity.I've been honing my cooking skillzcause my Rina is gonna be here in 3 or 4 daysand I wanna be able to cook for herI know casseroles and sloppy joes are not so romanticbut she requested the lemon poppy seed chicken.So I made it todayand I shall make it again when she...
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What's with The Rapture? ...Huh? ...Meep.Sheeeeeeeesh... Gone from uber-darlings of the skinny-tie-dance-punk-ethos (NB: I-like-hyphens) with what was quite possibly the most played single of the genre - "House of Jealous Lovers" - to backlash lepers in one album (Echoes).And NOW, they're releasing singles with videos that reference Kool & the Gang (and Jessica Simpson, if I were to be nasty) a...
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This is far more than a band earnestly attempting to show us the best bits of their record collection: the 22 tracks that comprise Tapes convey a concerted effort to bring a sense of history together under the banner of the groove .
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New York post-punk partiers The Rapture are releasing a compilation LP of inspiring tracks gummed together with their own finest DJ glue.Released on October 20th Tapes is the latest in the DJ Kicks series which has seen contributions from Hot Chip and
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I freely admit that I pirate music, and I'm not sorry. There's a lot of mediocre releases constantly coming out, and while my opinion of "mediocre" may not be the same as yours, I'm just not wealthy enough to buy everything that I read about before I can hear the whole thing (several times). I love MOG recommendations, but nothing anybody can write will convince me to blindly purchase it.SO in ...
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My current favourite remix from Simian Mobile Disco, taken off the single for "W.A.Y.U.H."...which by the way, stands for "Whoo! Alright, Yeah Uh-Huh"...My sentiments exactly!
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UPDATE: The event's been moved to Debonair. Hot Biscuits has the info.The Rub is a DJ trio — Ayres, Cosmo Baker, and DJ Eleven — that throws one of my favorite dance parties in the universe the first Saturday of each month at Southpaw in Brooklyn, and they're just one of several excellent reasons to attend Branded on Friday night at The Congress. They're sharing the bill with The Rapture (an
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| 1 Whoo! Alright Yeah... Uh Huh |
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| 2 Pieces of the People We Love |
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| 3 The Sound |
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| 4 Get Myself into It |
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| 5 House of Jealous Lovers |
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