Miles Kane

Miles (Peter) Kane was born, 17 march 1986, is and English Musician. Miles is best known as the co-frontman of The Last Shadow Puppets and former frontman of The Rascals, before the band announced their break-up in August 2009.
He is currently pursuing a solo career, and continues to be a part of The Last Shadow Puppets. His debut solo album, Colour of the Trap, was released on 9 May 2011 and the follow-up, Don't Forget Who You Are was released on 3 June 2013.

Whilst touring with Arctic Monkeys, Kane developed a strong friendship with front man Alex Turner. They shared a love of the same musical influences, such as Nick Cave. The pair began to play together backstage, and soon began writing new tracks. They realised that there was a future in their songwriting partnership, and The Last Shadow Puppets were born. The duo decided to travel to the West Coast of France with producer James Ford where they recorded their debut album The Age of the Understatement in just two weeks. Their album went straight to number 1 in the UK Album Charts with the single of the same name reaching number 1 in the Indie Single Charts, and subsequent singles also reaching high spots. They first played together live in the UK, doing a secret set at Glastonbury with a special guest appearance from Jack White, whom Kane lent his iPod to so White could learn the solo. The band's album narrowly missed out on the Nationwide Mercury Music Prize, but thus far they have won the Mojo Breakthrough Award, and have also been nominated for various other accolades.

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with his friend and collaborator Mr Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys - 2011 has been all about scorching his own path.

May saw the release of his debut solo album, Colour of the Trap: "I think there was a lot to prove," Mr Kane admits, nursing a deep bowl of rich black coffee. "With Puppets, I think a lot of people just thought I was Alex's mate. I know a lot of people thought that my band The Rascals [disbanded in 2009] had gone wrong so Al was just giving me a leg up - people were suspicious. But nothing could be further from the truth. I felt there was a lot to prove both to myself and those people that didn't believe."

Judging by the reception his latest efforts have received, Mr Kane can consider the tide truly turned. Having started airing riotous, feet-stamping tracks such as the brilliant "Inhaler" (yes, actually about the singer's asthma inhaler) and "Come Closer" in 100-seater dives last winter - testing out the pace and the groove of the new material - soon the young guitarist had graduated to support slots with the likes of The Courteeners and Mr Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye. Come October 2011 and Mr Kane will embark.

(GQ)

Fashion-forward singer and style icon Miles Kane slinks back into the limelight with a stomping new solo album and a sharp line in mod-inspired suits.

There are musicians who only dress well on stage, on the red carpet or on the witness stand. And then there are those, like Miles Kane, who turn up to a west London studio wearing a close-fitting combination of Alexander McQueen, Spencer Hart and The Kooples. "I got these boss Jimmy Choo shoes the other week - they're black slip-ons but sparkly," he chirps, a thick Liverpudlian accent apparently entirely impervious to his extended visits to the capital. Kane is wholly committed to pursuing his own sense of style. "I live and breathe it - do you know what I mean?" he says, drawing deep on a Camel Light. "I'll never come out in a hoodie - I don't even wear one in the house!" In terms of others whose taste he admires, those who he has toured with tend to come out on top. "I really like Serge Pizzorno from Kasabian. There's a fine line with that glammy rock'n'roll thing without it looking like a joke. Serge can pull it off." Kane himself is extraordinarily precise about his own clothing: he adores the skinnier fit of Parisian label Sandro, credits designer Adrien Sauvage with persuading him to wear more colour and finds the concept of wearing trainers with suits simply beyond comprehension.

Such fastidiousness has seen the fashion world start to pay attention - for the first London Collections: Men, Kane performed a set at Burberry's Knightsbridge store after a personal request from Christopher Bailey. "We just did a little show in his shop," says Kane matter-of-factly. "I only did that because I love that brand, I wear the clobber and that Christopher's a nice guy. Their leather jackets fit really well." He also ended up modelling for John Varvatos in New York with fellow mod clotheshorse Paul Weller. "We weren't working really, we were just wearing clothes and having a buzz. That was fun, that."