Article Interviews and Gig Reviews

Joel and Luke did an interview with Fly53 from May 14, '09...
http://fly53.blogspot.com/2009/05/rifles.html

The Rifles interview for ContactMusic.com from way back in '06...
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/theriflesx05x07x06

A review of The Rifles gig from Bodega Social Club in Nottingham from back in '06...
http://drownedinsound.com/gigs/14097/reviews/690068

A gig review of The Rifles from Chinnerys in Southend from March 17th, 2009...
http://www.music-zine.com/reviews/?id=659

And a review of The Rifles gig from Stylus in Leeds on March 22nd, 2009...
http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/10545/

Audio interview from DW-World.DE

The Rifles did an interview for DW-World.de.
CLICK HERE for the audio player. You can even save the interview by clicking the "Save mp3-file".

Radio FSK Hamburg interview

Download an interview with The Rifles done by Radio FSK Hamburg for free here!:
http://www.archive.org/details/SundayServiceSundayServiceInterviwTheRifles

Vote Rifles on MTV-U [UPDATED]

[UPDATE] - The voting is over, and unfortunately "Say it Out Loud" by Liam and Me was the winner.


The Rifles are coming to America and need your help to vote for their video on the MTV-U site!
They're down at the moment, so vote as many times as you can!

US Takeover

Today at 9:21am

Alright everyone??

So we're well rested after what ended up being a rather cultural European Tour - but we're getting itchy feet so are thinking about crossing the Atlantic Ocean and conquering America.

We're gonna release the album, Great Escape, over there in the Summer - and will be announcing our US Tour dates soon..!

You lot can help with the initial stages of the take over by clicking and voting for our video on MTV U. And the useful thing is - you can vote as many times as you like *wink wink*....

Thanks again to everyone who's come to see us over the past few months, you guys never cease to impress us with your enthusiasm, and good looks.

Love,

The Rifles

Midweek Update

• According to this article in "The Sun", the Italian portion of The Rifles' tour was canceled because of a little problem with the Mafia.
• Another blast from the past: An article interview with The Rifles from back in 2005.
• A promo CD of the song "The Great Escape" HERE. Also a "No Love Lost" poster HERE.
• The Rifles have a special summer promo where you can buy the whole "Great Escape" album for just £2!
• The Rifles also announced the summer European festival dates!...

31st May - Pinkpopp Festival, Landgraaf
6th June - Rock Am Ring, Nurbergring
7th June - Rock Am Park, Nuremberg
12th June - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
13th June - Isle Of Wight festival
5th July - Hop Farm Festival, Kent
19th July - Splendour Festival, Nottingham
25th July - Omas Teich Festival, Ostfriesland
7th August - Taubertal Festival, Taubertal

ChannelBee Interview

Continuing our apparent theme of past due interviews, Joel and Luke did an interview for ChannelBee.com (thanks for the link!) in early '09, just before the release of "Great Escape".
Watch the video here:
http://channelbee.com/move/music/music#2053
(30:44... allow time for buffering)
The video includes an acoustic performance of "She's Got Standards" and "The Great Escape".

Interview from '07

This is video of an interview Rob and Grant did from the Lowlands in 2007 for toazted.com...

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Listen to all 4 guys in an audio interview from 2006...
http://www.toazted.com/playinterview/1253/Interview-with-The-Rifles.html

Full gig from Hamburg [UPDATED]

Enjoy The Rifles full gig live from Uebel & Gefaehrlich, Hamburg from April 4th, 2009! ...

• Download here: http://rapidshare.com/files/222541444/The_Rifles-_Live___Uebel___Gefaehrlich__Hamburg_04-04-2009.zip
• Setlist: (Intro), Science in Violence, She's Got Standards, Sometimes, Repeated Offender, Darling Girl, Peace & Quiet, The Great Escape, Out in the Past, History, Hometown Blues, Toe Rag, Spend A Lifetime, Romeo & Julie, Robin Hood, Romeo & Julie (Acoustic), Narrow Minded Social Club, The General, Local Boy.
• Note: Can't take credit for this, found it at: http://u2n2.com/article.asp?id=74684
• [UPDATE]: Here's a torrent of The Rifles instore gig at Hamburg (Although there doesn't seem to be anyone seeding it): http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1876790/775222/

As soon as I get it, I'll upload it here for download...

Live at The Brook video

Video features an interview with Joel and Luke and the live song "Local Boy" in full from The Brook in Southampton...
The Rifles - Romeo & Julie, Interview and Local Boy


And an extra video of an acoustic radio performance of "The Great Escape"...
The Rifles - Great Escape Acoustic