I've been trying to come up with a good way to describe Racoon Bandit 's full-length debut, Into The Hills , for months now. It hasn't been easy -- while I've certainly heard acts that are a little more difficult to categorize, I don't think I've heard a band with so many diverse sounds describe themselves as a " folk-rock outfit ". It's kind of perverse in this way; whereas most folk-rock bands go to extraordinary lengths in their official bios to make themselves sound like something more than they are, Racoon Bandit have taken a simple, straightforward ...

100. Daniel Maloso - "Hijos de José" Monterrey DJ and self-proclaimed disco caveman Daniel Maloso stands on the ephemeral viaduct between a disco performer and a disco auteur. It’s this stance of Maloso as a sort of middleman that makes him such an interesting (if circumstantial) character in dance music. Because, really, with all the artists moving away from the all-comprehensive and universal magnetism of the genre, when Daniel Maloso sighs that “we are all sons of José,” we’re back to family business all over again. - Reyes 99. Lê Almeida - “Eles estão na minha rua” ♫♫♫ Brazili's youth-rushed Lê ...

J’ai déjà eu l’occasion de vous parler ici de Racoon, mon gros coup de cœur qui se confirme au travers de leur dernier album Liverpool Rain, sorti en France en septembre dernier. Cet album a été enregistré à Londres dans les fameux studios d’Abbey Road avec la participation non moins étonnante du London Chamber Orchestra [...]

Got sent this amazing video for "Wait for My Racoon" by Hamburg, Germany electronic pop duo Hundreds . Real creative vid and the music's pretty top notch as well. Along with the video they are giving away a remix of another of their tracks "Grab the Sunset" by Phon.o that is excellent as well. Nice and dark the way I like it. If you live in Europe they are on tour now so be on the lookout for that, have a feeling they'd be excellent live. Enjoy! Hundreds - Grab The Sunset (Phon.o RMX) by Sinnbus

Das Geschwisterpaar Eva und Philipp Milner von Hundreds haben pünktlich zur verlängerten Tour ein neues Video veröffentlicht. Noch bevor das Duo Mitte November ein neues Album veröffentlichen wird ( motor.de berichtete ), wurde der Song "Wait For My Racoon" bebildert. Im Clip zum Track, der auf ihrem Debüt zu finden ist, sehen wir Eva beim Spaziergang durch einen wundersamen Wald. Auch wenn kein Waschbär zu sehen ist, so bekommt sie Gesellschaft von spielenden Kindern und wundersamen Wesen. Zusammen mit den Kollegen von tape.tv präsentiert euch motor.de die Premiere des neuen Streifens: Hundreds – "Wait For My Raccoon" Mehr Video von ...

Worried about David Cameron wreaking more havoc on the country? Sky-high tuition fees you’ll be paying off for the rest of your life? The planned erosion of the NHS? Take a break from that civic unrest, put your feet up for one well-deserved minute and – if you’re in Scotland – look at these upcoming musical marvels to distract yourself. These are your new reasons to be cheerful. First, and most importantly, up – legendary Glasgow venue/club/drinking den Nice’n’Sleazy is celebrating 20 years of its existence this month. Suitably, they’ve lined up a whole host of ...

Girls Honey Bunny (Fantasy) Girls have had a good crack at being both difficult to Google and a decent present-day Beach Boys. Clocking it at a frantic 2 minutes 34 seconds, Honey Bunny is so abundantly happy that I want to jump in and swim around in it, washing my face with all its joy. There's surf guitar! There's a red herring mournful middle eight! There's a chorus that's catchier than Peter Schmeichel's hands! Also enjoyable is the video, which looks like VBS.tv directed an advert for Babybel, and features singer Christopher Owens wearing ...

let’s start the week with a humping racoon we are a fake porn site after all ;)

Die Psych-Folker von Dr. Dog begeben sich erneut ins Studio und arbeiten an einem neuen Album. Ihrem Label Anti zufolge, soll der neue Langspieler im Frühjahr 2012 in den Plattenregalen stehen. Derzeit gastieren sie für Aufnahmen in Philadelphia und spielen zusammen mit den Folk-Rockern Bright Eyes einige Auftritte. Hierzulande werden sie vorerst leider nicht live zu sehen sein. Allerdings könnt ihr euch die Wartezeit mit einem Tourtrailer verkürzen. Seht selbst: Dr. Dog – "Nobody Knows Who You Are"  (Tour-Trailer) Anfang April letzten Jahres war mit "Shame Shame" das inzwischen sechste Studioalbum und gleichzeitig ihr Debüt für Anti erschienen und hatte überwiegend ...

Despite just releasing a new album in January, Deerhoof has been slaving away over the past year working on a 7” series which features artists like Busdriver, Xiu Xiu. The band plans on reworking every track from Deerhoof Vs. Evil. Most recently they finished a project with Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and The Raccoonists (which [...]

They've spelled the word raccoon incorrectly in their band name — on purpose, one has to assume. Intentional or not, it's a difficult slight to get past. It's not too late to fix it, though; the P.E.I. quartet are only one full-length in.

Whether they’re shooting themselves in the feet (literally) or fending off sandwich rape from a giant mutant racoon, there is always something interesting going on in the world of Weedeater. And that fact alone might be enough to compel you to go see the band on their upcoming American headlining tour*. But Weedeater are sweetening [...]

In a recent talk with the great people at NME I made a joke about how dozen-project man Roberto Polo (Racoon">Mr. Racoon) pretty much took half of Monterrey’s bands with him when he decided to relocate to the Mexican capital. There’s a DF invasion directly caused by the narco war violence, which lately has hit Monterrey pretty hard. Some other bands that now call Mexico City home include Bam Bam, Mentira Mentira, Hypnomango, and Quiero Club. This last band is the real eye-opener because Quiero Club is above all things, a family. In a sort of MTV ...

Always Above Average Contact us via Twitter or eMail The Moe and Martin Show 56 Intro by Mike Carver from Milks & Rectangles 01- Milks & Rectangles – Hollow Earth Society – (DIRTY GOLD) 02- Racoon Bandit – Catch/Release – (Into The Hills) 03- Jordan Cameron – Spaghetti Sally – (Drawing from Observation) host break [...]

Alterablesperanza, Racoon">Mr. Racoon Delhotel Records, México Rating: 70 by Pierre Lestruhaut Even if our small community of online music lovers from Latin America has been hearing about Robert Polo for only a couple of years, the amount of material he has released under his different projects is far from negligible. A few years ago he was part of CF favorite Ventura">En Ventura and their surprising melodic psych-pop album Los Gandharvas , while also taking part in projects like 60 Tigres with its danceable riffs and funky basslines, or the glitchy electropop of the aptly named duo Fuck Her or ...