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Mr. Racoon is the solo project of Mexican Roberto Antonio Murguia Polo, of 60 Tigres, Club Comfort and Fuck Her, or The Terrorists Win fame. He has released 4 albums: "Mi lado izquierdo", "Lolo", "For Those Who Don't Believe" and "Katy", the most recent one which has been critically-acclaimed by bloggers and music sites. .

It's difficult to nail down The Racoons. Picture a band that can reconcile a love for Joy Division, Bruce Springsteen and The Cars. Now picture a second band that sounds like Frank Zappa, David Caruso and Animal from the Muppets. Now picture a cover band of the second band mentioned. Now picture a rival cover band of the first cover band who aren’t quite as talented and generally refer to themselves as a tribute band. The Racoons are that band. They are from VIctoria BC Canada and are expected to release their first E.P. relatively soon. .

Racoon is a Dutch pop-rock band founded in 1997 in Goes, Zeeland. Bart van der Weide (vocals) and Dennis Huige (guitar) were fed up with the sound of their hardcore rockband Vic'tem and decided to go acoustic. Their first writings resulted in a song called Rapid Eye Movement. For their first release, a demo called "It's an Ice Cream Day", Stefan de Kroon (bass) and Paul Bukkens (drums) completed the band's line-up. The band made a breakthrough appearance at the 1999 Noorderslagfestival in Groningen, resulting in lots of record deal offers. Contracted by Sony's S.M.A.R.T. label, they released their first...

At the beginning of every show The Racoon Wedding play, they annouce "hello, we're The Racoon Wedding and we're from Brantford, Ontario" For other bands, it's just a statement, but for the Racoon Wedding, they want you to KNOW where they are from. Because where they are from means everything to them. It's the reason they write songs. It's the reason they are a band. Brantford, Ontario is home to Wayne Gretzky, the invention of the telephone, and is historically one of the most signifcant and ultimately disastrous cities in Canada. The five members of the Racoon Wedding are the...