Altsounds — Produced within the four walls of a former DDR radio station in East Berlin, *The Rakes* are set to release their third album *Klang* this Spring 2009. Exactly two years and four days apart from their previous album, *Ten New Messages* (March 19, 200... more info

NME — The Rakes are set to perform a select number of dates in the US next month in support of their third album. more info

The Music Fix — Review: Steve Burnett forks over the Rakes new album and calls a spade a spade more info

Chorus.fm — *The Rakes (http://www.myspace.com/therakes)* will be playing a select number of US dates in April. Their third album Klang will be out this spring. 4/01/2009 - Troubadour - Los Angeles 4/02/2009 - Popscene - San Francisco 4/062009 - Bowery Ballro... more info

Guardian Music — Look at the band below: can you really imagine them doing swaggering cock-rock? Alexis Petridis triesThe relationship between American alt-rock and the British folk revival of the 60s is a surprising one. You might think an impassable cultural and ae... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Also on Gigwise.comFilthy Dukes gained prominence in the middle stages of the decade through running the Kill 'Em All night at Fabric in London. A post Alkan/ Trash night it blended rock with dance music and helped towards the cross pollination acts ... more info

The Lipster — YouTube, eh? What a week it's had. In memory of what it once was, here are this week's singles as viral videos, even though we had to go to MySpace to get the music ones. The lord giveth, he taketh away. This week, La Roux, The Rakes, Metric and Hock... more info

I Like Music — Dates at SXSW 09, US tour with Los Campesinos!, UK tour with The Rakes, May 09 Headline Tour more info

The Red Radio — The Rakes have got a new video. We're pretty happy about that. Remember their excellent album Capture/Release? We had a crazy little love affair with the track 22 Grand Job. That song always felt like a Guy Ritchie movie, it... more info

This Scene Is Dead — I consider myself quite a fan of the Rakes. Probably a bit of a crap fan in the eyes of the band, as I, like many others it seems, almost completely ignored their second album! But still a fan nonetheless! Built on the back of really LOVING every sin... more info