A bit?!? I thought it highlighted just how important it is for Gang of Four-style post-punk to be tight, otherwise it just sounds like a big ugly mess. I did like that song "Out Of The Races And Onto The Tracks" though.
― Dave M., Thursday, 18 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― D., Thursday, 18 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
They were on the radio today. My housemate asked when did I star listening to Blur?
― brg30, Thursday, 18 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
They were on the radio today. My housemate asked when did I start listening to Blur?
― Tim, Thursday, 18 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Douglas, Thursday, 18 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
i think The Rapture are pretty damn fine. So for that matter are numbers (from the one cut i've heard). Give me re-fried post punk anyday.
― Andrew, Thursday, 18 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
YEEEEAAAAAHHHH!!!!!
― Andy K, Friday, 19 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
The original question asked 'or of that ilk' and some of the, erm, 'ilk' turned up in the LCD Soundsystem thread (or the wildbuch one - erm can't find it Tom started it last week), y'know the one.
Where was I? Oh yes, well obviously LCD are of that ilk, but who else? Are they getting, erm, 'ilked' with the electroclash folks? If so I can feel a 3hour lecture of my record buying in the early 80s coming on. While I've repeatedly commented that the Gang Of Four and the Human league were on the same lable and played gigs together because they were both part of the same thing - thats not the same as saying they are the same thing.
Another contradiction, The Rapture don't feel old, but are clearly - whats the word, not avoiding the 'i' word, its just not the right one. Lets just say I wouldn't be surprised in there is a copy of 'Contort Yourself' and 'Anthrax' in their record collections. Some (most) electroclash feels old to me - though i need a different word there as I am not meaning that pejoratively. Even my beloved Detroit Cobras and The Dirtbomns feel old in the sense Im grasping for here.
So name that ilk folks! Already sought down radio 4 (um not sure) and Erase Errata (umm, not for me thanks).
― Alexander Blair, Friday, 19 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dan Perry, Friday, 19 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tom, Friday, 19 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Nicole, Friday, 19 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Not counting the US and UK versions of the first album seperately and not counting that thing with the frog on it that came with Faith (erm, Carnage Visor?), I would say there are only four cure albums in there (ie not The Top). I just checked on Allmusic and its definately four. One of the reviews mentions 'angular' so its defintely post- punk.
Later period Cure there may be a debate but surely only the most churlishly would deny the impact and power of those four?
Last one may be debatable, but the seeds are there.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 19 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 March 2003 20:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
The Rat-Pure on the other hand are fucking amazing. Ditto to what everyone above has said about them.
― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 3 March 2003 20:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 3 March 2003 21:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 3 March 2003 21:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 3 March 2003 21:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
if this is true their label can go fuck themselves
I do think however that it is being included on a DFA compilation.
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 3 March 2003 22:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
ESOJ, I gathered that the album is closer to "Olio" in nature so they decided not to disrupt its sound. I do hope there's a comp soon, though.
― M Matos (M Matos), Monday, 3 March 2003 23:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― R. Lim, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 12:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dave q, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 12:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
So anyone ever heard the pre-Rapture project the Calculators?
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 14:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 14:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jon Williams (ex machina), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 14:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 15:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
I have not heard the Calculators, but I'm guessing it's not too great, since Mirror, by and large, blows. But spill it, Aaron!
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 15:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― tinobeat (tinobeat), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 16:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 16:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I like the Morgan Geist remix of HOJL the best (does anyone else???).
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 16:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
Maybe, Aaron W!
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 17:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
― roger adultery, Wednesday, 5 March 2003 07:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Friday, 7 March 2003 20:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
ehheh genius!rapture however r dud
― schnell schnell, Friday, 7 March 2003 20:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― john fail (cenotaph), Friday, 7 March 2003 20:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
That time is now. revive? reviews?
― arch Ibog (arch Ibog), Thursday, 8 May 2003 17:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 8 May 2003 17:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― disco stu (disco stu), Thursday, 8 May 2003 17:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― disco stu (disco stu), Thursday, 8 May 2003 17:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 8 May 2003 17:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
I Need Your Love was on a Jockey Slut free CD, it is fucking great. They are playing here in July.
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 8 May 2003 17:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
Re:The Ratpure. gaz started a thread about this the other day. But I'm not going to tell you how to find it.
― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Thursday, 8 May 2003 17:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Will (will), Thursday, 8 May 2003 18:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
(and my feelings on the rapture album are well documented)
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 8 May 2003 18:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 8 May 2003 18:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Thursday, 8 May 2003 18:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Will (will), Thursday, 8 May 2003 18:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
Is it just me or is the chorus to "How Deep Is Your Love?" v.close to Sisqo's "Thong Song"?
― etc, Saturday, 18 June 2011 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
ETC OTM
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 18 June 2011 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
it's kind of hilarious
song is also the shit tho
if you're gonna bite a hook you could do A LOT worse than the "thong song"
Oh, totally - it's a great hook, and lends itself to anguish/ecstasy. V.Sisqo year with this + platinum blonde guy from Game of Thrones' "wake the dragon" mantra scannning as "I know you don't really wanna / Unleash the dragon" w/my friends, heh.
― etc, Saturday, 18 June 2011 23:43 (thirteen years ago) link
wow yeah, that is.....not a coincidence.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 19 June 2011 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
i can't tell whats going on in this rapture song on laptop speakers
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 19 June 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
it is surprisingly great tho...real male diva vibes from luke
― LocalGarda, Thursday, 30 June 2011 09:25 (thirteen years ago) link
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Does anybody remember when ILX used to notify you if a thread got posted to?
Maybe theirs still works!
― Mark G, Thursday, 30 June 2011 09:37 (thirteen years ago) link
It really *does* sound like The Thong Song!
― Matt DC, Monday, 8 August 2011 09:11 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.pedestrian.tv/music/news/the-rapture-in-the-grace-of-your-love-track-by-tra/51915.htm
― goole, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
thx for the link
I like "How Deep Is Your Love" but not really feeling most of the rest of this. dude's new singing style is taking some getting used to, when I heard the single I thought it was a totally different person.
― dmr, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
"It Takes Time To Be a Man" went right by me when I listened to this before but it's kinda great?
― dmr, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that song is amazing
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
someone put it on a mix and I was like this is good, who is this, some neo-soul white guy? Mayer Hawthorne? oh shit it's the Rapture
― dmr, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
i only have 4 songs off the new album (sail away, title track, how deep, it takes time) but they are all excellent.
― mizzell, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
they were good live when i saw them a month ago too
― mizzell, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
I will never not be laughing @ "The Ratpure"
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 15 May 2012 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
I made sure to find this thread specifically to bump
― dmr, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
RIP bros, good times.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 9 March 2014 02:31 (ten years ago) link
did see them back in December at the Bowery and really enjoyed the show. Of course they followed the completely obnoxious LCD Soundsystem
ha i was a gd idiot 10 years ago. that was a good show but LCD is way better than these dudes
― condo associations are people my friend (will), Sunday, 9 March 2014 04:49 (ten years ago) link
also maybe my first ilx post. wtf am i doing w/ my life
― condo associations are people my friend (will), Sunday, 9 March 2014 04:50 (ten years ago) link
http://www.self-titledmag.com/2018/10/03/luke-jenner-interview-the-rapture-meditation-tunnel/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 16:05 (five years ago) link
^^^really good read imho
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 16:12 (five years ago) link
Isolating highly pure rat spermatogonial stem cells in culture.Hamra FK1, Chapman KM, Wu Z, Garbers DL.Author informationAbstractMethods are detailed for isolating highly pure populations of spermatogonial stem cells from primary cultures of testis cells prepared from 22- to 24-day-old rats. The procedure is based on the principle that testicular somatic cells bind tightly to plastic and collagen matrices when cultured in serum-containing medium, whereas spermatogonia and spermatocytes do not bind to plastic or collagen when cultured in serum-containing medium. The collagen-non-binding testis cells obtained using these procedures are thus approx. 97% pure spermatogenic cells. Stem spermatogonia are then easily isolated from the purified spermatogenic population during a short incubation step in culture on laminin matrix. The spermatogenic cells that bind to laminin are more than 90% undifferentiated, type A spermatogonia and are greatly enriched in genetically modifiable stem cells that can develop into functional spermatozoa. This method does not require flow cytometry and can also be applied to obtain enriched cultures of mouse spermatogonial stem cells. The isolated spermatogonia provide a highly potent and effective source of stem cells that have been used to initiate in vitro and in vivo culture studies on spermatogenesis.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 16:26 (five years ago) link
http://www.self-titledmag.com/2018/10/03/luke-jenner-interview-the-rapture-meditation-tunnel🕸/
― willem, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 17:58 (five years ago) link
Brilliant read, thx. Never cared that much about Rapture but the codependency childhood story really resonates. Glad to see he made it to the other side
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 12:42 (five years ago) link
yeah same. loved some of their singles but not really a fan of the albums. that was an awesome interview though. cool to see a musician so into being a Dad. also the stuff re: James Murphy matches up with what I've heard about him.
― frogbs, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 13:51 (five years ago) link
That's a pretty amazing interview.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:27 (five years ago) link
Cool to hear that these guys have reunited since that interview. Pretty much with frogbs that their best moments are excellent, even if the albums are patchy
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 14:55 (five years ago) link
saw them last night. still one of the best live bands I've ever seen. Like most bands, they should never play a space larger than where I saw them last night. They were amazing, the crowd lost their shit, the various phases/sounds they've played with blended great, and even stuff that I like the least on the albums sounded totally killer live and loud. Amazing energy, great show.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 15:40 (five years ago) link
can't believe I haven't posted on this thread before?
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 May 2019 15:42 (five years ago) link
I WAS THERE!
21 years ago at the SFSU Caesar Chavez Student Center next to the dorms, opening with this GO4 cover:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf8trAog_5Q
might be one of their first shows after the Gravity single?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 17 October 2020 18:38 (three years ago) link
the Ratpure at Caesar Chavez Student Center -- or the Rapture at Cesar Chavez Student Center?
I was in grad school there at the time, did not see this.
― sarahell, Saturday, 17 October 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
Do not fret, there were not many people there, perhaps one other ilx0r besides myself.
8/4/99 The Dialectic, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Subtonix, The Rapture
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 17 October 2020 20:18 (three years ago) link
lol some of my friends were in Subtonix (didn't know them at the time tho)
― sarahell, Saturday, 17 October 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
Sutbonix
― trapped out the barndo (crüt), Sunday, 18 October 2020 04:21 (three years ago) link