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