Meet the Stragglers

Meet the Stragglers

Here at Reverb Raccoon, we have a simple goal: find good music and write something interesting about it. To that end, I have spent many hours browsing Bandcamp’s New Arrivals, searching for pearls in a sea of fallow oysters. Much of what I hear is either...
Do you feel Luck, Now? Well, do ya, punk?

Do you feel Luck, Now? Well, do ya, punk?

What is the luckiest thing that has happened to you of late? If you answered, “When the truck hit me, my car was totaled but I spilled only half my beer,” then maybe you need an uplift in the luck department. You need some Luck, Now! Try this: crank up...
Mike Herz – Smoke Your Smoke (Drink Your Drink)

Mike Herz – Smoke Your Smoke (Drink Your Drink)

Mike Herz is still fighting the good fight. Suburban family man, high school English teacher, writer and singer of deeply personal songs. Mike is every man’s Everyman, refusing to go gently into that long post-graduate good night where dreams of artistry die and where...
Oisin and Malachy – Pup

Oisin and Malachy – Pup

Welcome back cats, kittens, lovers and other strangers! It’s me again. The cat. The Food Guy and I just returned from Perth! That’s in Australia which is near the bottom of the world! When I first got off the plane I was holding on tight with my claws because I didn’t...
Strawberry Jacuzzi 5-18-14

Strawberry Jacuzzi 5-18-14

What is it about relationships? At the beginning, you feel like the king of the fuckin’ universe. By the time it ends, you feel like a bucket of puke. And why do we always picture the Other Person as a glass of milk? You stalk her on Facebook, check her Twitter feed,...