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• Listen: Washed Out’s New Album Paracosm

  

  Washed Out’s sophomore album Paracosm is available to stream in its entirety.Two tracks from the album, ‘It All Feels Right’ and ‘Don’t Give Up’ had already... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Watch: Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip – ‘Stunner’

  

  Well well well, what a welcome reunion this is.  It seems that Sac and Pip have decided to team up once again, for the first time since 2010′s The Logic of... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘The Fifth Estate’ Trailer

  

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  Posted on 01 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Listen: Mac DeMarco – Young Blood

  

  Canadian solo artist Mac DeMarco has recently released a new track entitled Young Blood, sharing its title with the eighties film of the same name. Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Listen: TV On The Radio – Mercy

  

  TV On The Radio have released a new single on band member Dave Sitek’s label Federal Prism, titled ‘Mercy’.The Brooklyn band are currently working on new... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Review: Pacific Rim

  

  Let’s cut right to the chase, Pacific Rim is really bloody daft. Giant monsters (‘Kaiju’) have risen from some kind of breach at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• News: 65daysofstatic Reveal Artwork & Tracklisting For Upcoming Album

  

  Wild Light is the fifth album from Sheffield’s brightest genre defying purveyors of utterly mental noise, 65daysofstatic. Following a series of cryptic video... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Listen: The Weeknd – Love In The Sky

  Love In The Sky is the latest taste of what to expect from The Weeknd’s upcoming proper debut album Kiss Land. Following on from the controversy laden Belong... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

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

  

  Well well well, what do we have here? A massive thunderstorm that’s absolutely battering most of the UK at the moment? Well yeah, but more importantly we have... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Interview: Sébastian Bertoa

  

  We get a lot of artwork and photography sent to us here at The Raccoon and the level of ability is always incredibly high. However, every now and then we find... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Listen: The Naked And Famous – ‘Hearts Like Ours’

  

  The Naked And Famous are finally back with a brand new track titled ‘Hearts Like Ours’. Shimmery yet crunchy, the new song bodes well for their upcoming album I... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Raccoontroducing: Absent Friends

  Absent Friends are a young bunch from Coventry. Taking cues from the recent rise of psychadelic music that’s actually listenable, the band recall The War On... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Stream: AlunaGeorge’s Debut Album ‘Body Music’

  

  It’s seemed like an age since AlunaGeorge first broke onto the music scene, and the wait for their debut album Body Music is finally over. Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘The Wolverine’ Now In Cinemas

  

  Ruth Jeffery previews The Wolverine film which is out in UK cinemas today and sees the return of everyone’s favorite adamantium based man-wolf. Big sideburns, ... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Watch: Paul Thomas Anderson x Fiona Apple – ‘Hot Knife’

  We like music, films and art here at Raccoon towers, so when by some quirk of fate all three of those thing combine in a four-minute video for our viewing... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Watch: The Pixel Painter

  Well. Well, shit. Look at this. This is Hal Lasko, a 97 (ninety seven, ninety seven years old). He has lived for almost a century and he’s suffering from a... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Watch: Gravity Trailer

  Had enough nerve-shredding space based tension in your diet today? Didn’t think so. Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity is shaping up to be a real nail biter and this... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Listen: Childish Gambino – Centipede

  Remember a few weeks back when Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover, announced that we would be cutting back on his acting for U.S sitcom Community? You don’t... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Listen: Rustie Remixes Bloc Party’s ‘Ratchet’

  

  Hey, shut up, everyone. We’ve all heard ‘Ratchet’ by Bloc Party, right? But have you heard the Rustie remix? No, well then read on. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• News: Moderat Announce U.K Tour Dates

  Prior to the release of their new album, II, Moderat have announced details of a short U.K tour later in the year. Check out the dates below and trust us when w... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT