The Grates
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Dylan Tribute Shows Announced
Friday, April 27 2012 at 05:00 AM
The “Bob Dylan tribute” buried in last week’s Splendour In The Grass announcement certainly provoked a strong reaction from the M+N community. “OH MY GOD,” exclaimed forum user mrmagoo, while another claimed it made them “puke” (with excitement, we presume). Now, we can finally reveal that it’ll be…
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Listen: The Grates Remixed By Whyte Fang
Wednesday, October 26 2011 at 12:00 AM
Sydney beatmaker Whyte Fang has remixed The Grates ‘Turn Me On’, a track from their latest Secret Rituals, which we described as “a clear statement of intent and a minor triumph in coiled songwriting”. In her hands, however, Patience Hodgson’s vocal is drained of its original swagger. Instead of …
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Watch: The Grates ‘Sweet Dreams’
Friday, September 23 2011 at 02:00 AM
Drugs, violence, murder, multi-coloured blood and cigarettes. No, it’s not adults-only Sesame Street, but the latest video from The Grates. The clip for ‘Sweet Dreams’ (from the band’s second album Secret Rituals) has been directed by Dimitri Basil, the guy behind the absurdist video for ‘Turn Me …
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The Grates
Secret Rituals
Tuesday, Jun 28|by Matt Shea
For some this will be The Grates’ great leap forward. The time when the band that were once all elbows and knees finally get serious and display what they’re really capable of. For others, this third album will be a desertion on the dance floor, and a trading in of what made them so fantastic in the…
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The Grates: ‘It Was Time To Come Clean’
Tuesday, Jun 21 2011|by Matt Shea
Back in Australia and touring their new LP 'Secret Rituals', The Grates vocalist Patience Hodgson talks to MATT SHEA about losing a drummer, gaining a new sound, and wanting to crawl around on the stage more. I’d heard Patience Hodgson enjoys a chat, and I recently found out for myself the full force of her untethered tongue. The Grates’ vocalist moves her conversations at a million miles per hour, topic after topi…
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Departing Drummer ‘Catalyst’ For Grates New Sound
Friday, June 3 2011 at 07:00 AM
The departure of drummer Alana Skyring was the catalyst for The Grates’ new sound, singer Patience Hodgson revealed to M+N this week. In a soon-to-be published interview, Hodgson said Skyring’s decision to leave the band a year ago – she has since graduated from culinary school and recently joined …
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