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• Watch: Danny Brown – ODB

  

  Danny Brown teams up with London-based producer Paul White to pay homage to the late and great ‘Ol’ Dirty Bastard.’ The similarities between these two aren’t... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review: Volcano Choir – Repave

  Those who regard Volcano Choir as a Bon Iver side project are in for quite a shock with this, the collective’s second album. Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and the... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review: Zola Jesus – Versions

  

  It’s all strings attached for Zola Jesus’ Versions.The old adage of ‘if it ain’t broke then don’t fix it’ doesn’t apply for Zola Jesus, who has made a name for... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review: Kick-Ass 2

  

  Doused in irreverence, sharp wit and an eye for the frankly insane, 2010′s Kick-Ass was a sleeper hit, a light hearted remedy to the likes of the mind fucking... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Look: Absolute Superman/Batman Vol. 1

  

  Right, we’re a culture based site here so therefore no strand of the cultural spectrum should be off-limits to our wide palette of coverage. Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 COMIC BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT

• Listen: Death Grips – Birds

  California-based experimental hip-hop outfit, Death Grips, yet again release a new single out of obscurity. The track seems to be picking back up where thier... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Watch: ‘Her’ Trailer

  

  Can you just stop what you’re doing for like, one second and think about someone other than yourself for once?The trailer was released yesterday for ‘Her’, a... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Watch: Slow Magic Teaser Video

  

  What are you doing right now? Have you got one minute and nine seconds to look at the backs of strangers and see Slow Magic drum in a forest? Of course you have. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review: Washed Out – Paracosm

  

  Washed Out returns with his second album Paracosm, and after the hazy yet picturesque journey it takes you on you come out feeling that a definite sense of... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Raccoontroducing: Jaws

  

  Jaws are Birmingham’s greatest understated export; bringing a well worked dose of garage pop. Prepare to get nostalgic.It’s fair to say that we’ve waited a... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Review: King Krule – ’6 Feet Beneath The Moon’

  

  King Krule first launched himself into notoriety with his 2011 self-titled EP, which received widespread and critical acclaim. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Watch: Arctic Monkeys – ‘Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?’

  Hands up: who here is excited for the upcoming Arctic Monkey’s album? Everyone who isn’t, you’re blocked.We all know how utterly delicious AM’s previous effort... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Listen: Eminem – Survival

  

  Guess who’s back? Shady’s back. (oh come on, what else did you expect, really?)Well you may not have expected a comeback single from the rapper, and neither... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Watch: ‘The Monuments Men’ Trailer

  So it seems that George Clooney stumbled across a box set of Dad’s Army on Ebay and has put together a glossier, more action-packed American version; cool! Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Listen: Active Child – ‘She Cut Me’

  

  Our graphic designer Mina Shahzad makes her Raccoon writing debut, informing you lucky folk out there about Active Child’s new track ‘She Cut Me’. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Raccoontroducing: Glass Gang

  

  Today’s Raccoontroducing band are New York outfit Glass Gang. Prepare to completely and utterly fall for them.‘Waves’, the band’s debut track, kicks off with a... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review: Swim Deep – ‘Where The Heaven Are We?’

  

  And so it arrives,  the new album from Brummie lads Swim Deep is finally here.Having built up an impressive fan base largely comprised of dreamy females either... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Raccoontroducing: Kappa Gamma

  

  Nottingham, often famed in a musical sense for its electronic prowess, has undergone something of a resurgence in guitar music over the past couple of years. Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Review: The World’s End

  

  It’s Shaun of the Dead, but with robots. Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. Simon and Edgar. Si and Ed.Why did you do this?Let’s be clear here: Shaun of the Dead and... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Raccoontroducing: Childhood

  

  In the mid to late noughties, a plethora of indie bands were born . Many of us revelled in a few golden summers where guitar music had a home and Britain churne... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT