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Reviews

The Rapture: Tapes

By Dan Raper

The Rapture's first mix CD is not quite what you'd expect. [20 November 2008]

The Rapture

By Matt Mazur

The Rapture are one of those bands that can be either energetic and tight or just plain flat and hokey. Just depends on who shows up... [19 February 2007]

The Rapture: Pieces Of The People We Love

Record of the year candidate from one of dance-punk's enduring bright spots. [12 September 2006]

The Rapture: Echoes

By Patrick Sisson