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The Rapture News

Watch The Rapture play live in London tonight on NME.COM - video

You can see the punk funk band play live tonight at 9pm (GMT)

  • Dec 12, 2011

The Rapture to play free show at London's 100 Club

YACHT and Prinzhorn Dance School will act as support for the show

  • Oct 26, 2011

The Rapture's Luke Jenner: 'Family problems forced me to quit the band'

But singer returned to finish the band's new album 'In The Grace Of Your Love'

  • Oct 7, 2011

The Rapture announce October UK tour - ticket details

New Yorker pop funkers plan six more dates for the autumn

  • Jul 25, 2011

The Rapture reveal first track from comeback album - audio

'How Deep Is Your Love?' will feature on 'In The Grace Of Your Love' later this year

  • Jun 12, 2011

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The Rapture Reviews

Album Review: The Rapture – ‘In The Grace Of Your Love’

Album Review: The Rapture – ‘In The Grace Of Your Love’

Their new songs aren't anything to swear by.

  • Sep 2, 2011

The Rapture: Shockwaves NME Awards Show, Astoria, London; Wednesday February 28

The godfathers of everything are in a party mood. More cowbell, vicar?

  • Mar 16, 2007

The Rapture: Leadmill, Sheffield; Sheffield, October 14

No more doomy, black and white post-punk posturing, the new, improved Rapture are stadium-sized, Technicolor… and fun!

  • Oct 30, 2006

The Rapture: Get Myself Into It

New York’s original post-punks go post-post-punk

  • Aug 11, 2006

Rapture : Love Is All

Cowbell cowboys in clang-crazy chaos. Cool

  • Feb 16, 2004

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The Rapture Biography

The Rapture is an indie rock band based in New York City. The band mixes influences from many genres including post-punk, acid house, disco, electronica and rock, pioneering the post-punk revival genre. They were forerunners of the post-punk revival of the early 2000s, as they mixed their early post-punk sound with electronic and dance elements.

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