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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.
News
- 08/10/2008: The Rakes retreat to Berlin to make new album
- 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
- 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
- 03/04/2007: Glastonbury line-up leaks
- 14/03/2007: Great Escape '07: more names confirmed
- 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
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In Depth
- 22/02/2008: Label Focus #15: Moshi Moshi Records
- 07/06/2007: Primavera Sound 2007: the DiS Review
- 15/05/2007: DiS podcast: The Great Escape special
- 06/01/2006: Drowned in Sound's Top 46 Albums of 2005
- 02/09/2005: Reading/Leeds: Radio 1 Stage
- 31/05/2005: Nottingham Dot-To-Dot 05: The festival season starts here...
- 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!
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Releases
Reviewed Events
- Wed 21 Jan at London Metro
- Thu 15 Jul at London Hammersmith Working Mens Club
- Sun 20 Mar at Nottingham Bodega Social Club
- Thu 21 Apr at London Nambucca
- Mon 23 May at Northampton Roadmenders
- Tue 27 Sep at Oxford Zodiac / Academy 2
- Thu 02 Feb at London Astoria
- Tue 07 Feb at Newcastle upon Tyne University
- Mon 15 May at Nottingham Rock City
- Festival Internacional de Benicassim, Thu 20 Jul at Spain Benicassim
- Reading Festival 2006: Sunday, Sun 27 Aug at Reading Little John's Farm
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Links
- Andrew Kendall - Ace Rakes photos
- The Rakes - official site
- The Rakes - photos - warehouse party photos
User ratings
- Verbal: 10
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- discodiva: 10
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