Pasta Primavera — Last month I received a very pleasant email from Funeral Party, a three piece band from East LA.  They described themselves as dance punk in the mold of The Rapture, Moving Units, and LCD Soundsystem.  Those are pretty big comparisons, but list... more info

Music Mule — mp3: Solid Gold - Get Over It Hailing from Minnesota Solid Gold impressed me playing songs from their latest album Bodies Of Water. Electro tinged dance rock hybrids. Smooth songs smoothly performed. Front man looks like Colin Farrel crossed with Cal... more info

Altsounds — *Rafter*, everyone's favorite fire-headed Californian, best known for his production work with artists such as *Fiery Furnaces, The Rapture, Danielson, *and* Sufjan Stevens*, is taking his "all-upbeat-dance-confusion-weirdness" back on the road, this... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Last nights setlist from the Palaonda, Bolzana, Italy.Fuckin' In The BushesRock 'N' Roll StarLylaThe Shock Of The LightningCigarettes & AlcoholThe Meaning Of SoulTo Be Where There's LifeWaiting For The RaptureThe MasterplanSongbirdSlide AwayMorning G... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Last nights setlist from the Palaverde, Tresivo, Italy.Fuckin' In The BushesRock 'N' Roll StarLylaThe Shock Of The LightningCigarettes & AlcoholThe Meaning Of SoulTo Be Where There's LifeWaiting For The RaptureThe MasterplanSongbirdSlide AwayMorning ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The Importance Of Being IdleWaiting For The RaptureLast nights setlist from the Palalottomatica, Rome, Italy.Fuckin' In The BushesRock 'N' Roll StarLylaThe Shock Of The LightningCigarettes & AlcoholThe Meaning Of SoulTo Be Where There's LifeWaiting F... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Last nights setlist from the Le Dome, Marseille, France.Fuckin' In The BushesRock 'N' Roll StarLylaThe Shock Of The LightningCigarettes & AlcoholThe Meaning Of SoulTo Be Where There's LifeWaiting For The RaptureThe MasterplanSongbirdSlide AwayMorning... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Last nights setlist from the Zenith, Toulouse, France.Fuckin' In The BushesRock 'N' Roll StarLylaThe Shock Of The LightningCigarettes & AlcoholThe Meaning Of SoulTo Be Where There's LifeWaiting For The RaptureThe MasterplanSongbirdSlide AwayMorning G... more info

Pop Matters — World War I. World War II. The Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cold War. The Rapture. The Harmonic Convergence. Y2K. And now, 2012. It seems like every other decade, the planet is threatened with outright... more info

Topix — Reviewed by Michaelangelo Matos December 2nd, 2008 Anyone who first heard The Rapture via its dance-rock crossover singles will be unsurprised that Tapes , the Brooklyn quartet's first officially released ... more info