What to say what to say about The Rakes. My new favorite this week even though they arn’t a “new” band. I hear they are going to be playing and partying at SXSW for all the lucky ones going. What else to say… well they are from London, which as I have said before, being from over there is always cooler than something going on here in the US (to me at least). Case and point – Arctic Monkeys anyone? The Rakes arn’t like them, but when listening to The Rakes, Franz Ferdinand comes to mind, yet they don’t sound all that alike either. The music has a punk edge, ahh whatever I can’t explain anything right now. I’m never all that good at describing music, so I have a grip of mp3′s to download below.
The Rakes: Myspace | Official Website
MP3 (right click save as) – compiled from all over the internet
The Rakes – All Too Human
The Rakes – Retreat
The Rakes – Retreat (Phones Remix)
The Rakes – Terror
The Rakes – Open Book
The Rakes – Strasbourg
The Rakes – We Are All Animals
The Rakes – Work Work Work, Pub Club Sleep
