Rock me like a Raccoon
October 24, 2024 6:20 PM Subscribe
I'm running a game of Crash Pandas next week, in which a gang of raccoons engages in a high-octane illegal street race. One of the raccoons, Alice, is a back alley drummer and general badass. She has a mixtape. What's on her mixtape? I need high energy, lo-fidelity rock suggestions, bonus points for ties to the Northwest, gold stars for references to trash, raccoons, etc.
Oh man I don't know but your description made me instantly think of the Night Garbage aesthetic from this episode of Drawfee (my favorite youtube channel). Which I think you may enjoy.
posted by phunniemee at 6:29 PM on October 24 [1 favorite]
posted by phunniemee at 6:29 PM on October 24 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Not Racoon related, but
Lo-fi...
Pavement never disappoints Frontwards...
posted by Windopaene at 6:59 PM on October 24
Lo-fi...
Pavement never disappoints Frontwards...
posted by Windopaene at 6:59 PM on October 24
Best answer: The Hives - Hail Hail Spit N' Drool
Guided by Voices - Alone, Stinking and Unafraid
Snapped Ankles - Tailpipe
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 8:43 PM on October 24
Guided by Voices - Alone, Stinking and Unafraid
Snapped Ankles - Tailpipe
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 8:43 PM on October 24
Best answer: L7’s shirley. rockin tribute to shirley muldowney, the first lady of drag racing.
posted by tamarack at 8:45 PM on October 24 [1 favorite]
posted by tamarack at 8:45 PM on October 24 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Not sure of particular songs that hit the ideal topics but for high energy lo-fi gleeful badassery from the Pacific Northwest you can’t go wrong with the Fastbacks. Maybe also look at related bands from that scene (Young Fresh Fellows / the Minus 5) but what makes Fastbacks the best choice IMHO is the girl power of Kim and Lily trading off lead vocals and harmonizing unexpectedly well in the middle of a DIY jam.
posted by sesquipedalia at 9:05 PM on October 24 [2 favorites]
posted by sesquipedalia at 9:05 PM on October 24 [2 favorites]
Best answer: How about some Lemon Thunder? the fi is lo and the energy is high, and they’re based in Portland.
posted by moonmilk at 9:56 PM on October 24
posted by moonmilk at 9:56 PM on October 24
Best answer: Gotta be a Slater Kinney tune that fits. Lemme rummage through their albums.
posted by umbú at 5:20 AM on October 25
posted by umbú at 5:20 AM on October 25
Best answer: Either The Witch or Boss Hoss by the Sonics (from Tacoma)
Jesus Built My Hot Rod by Ministry w/Gibby Haynes
Count Five or Six by Cornelius
posted by queensissy at 10:16 AM on October 25
Jesus Built My Hot Rod by Ministry w/Gibby Haynes
Count Five or Six by Cornelius
posted by queensissy at 10:16 AM on October 25
Best answer: big stick/drag racing underground springs to mind. in their stage personae they were kind of the human incarnations of raccoons and there's a lotta drag racing in their repertoire iirc
posted by aesop at 11:18 AM on October 25 [2 favorites]
posted by aesop at 11:18 AM on October 25 [2 favorites]
Best answer: Rocky Raccoon seems a little too on the um, nose.
Slew Test 2 by Kid Koala always energizes me.
If you like Crash Pandas, I gotta give a shoutout to Raccoon Sky Pirates, which is available for download or as a physical, boxed product (with a raccoon d12!)
posted by xedrik at 12:15 PM on October 25 [1 favorite]
Slew Test 2 by Kid Koala always energizes me.
If you like Crash Pandas, I gotta give a shoutout to Raccoon Sky Pirates, which is available for download or as a physical, boxed product (with a raccoon d12!)
posted by xedrik at 12:15 PM on October 25 [1 favorite]
Best answer: There’s a raccoon on the album art for Super Furry Animals’ Radiator, and somehow I’m imagining this crash panda blasting Chupacabras.
posted by deludingmyself at 12:45 PM on October 25
posted by deludingmyself at 12:45 PM on October 25
Best answer: Track 7 or 9, gotta check you're listening: The Chipmunks' cover of Blur's "Song 2."
posted by k3ninho at 1:29 PM on October 25
posted by k3ninho at 1:29 PM on October 25
Response by poster: Badass suggestions all. I’ll post a link to the final mix when it’s done!
posted by skookumsaurus rex at 11:09 AM on October 26
posted by skookumsaurus rex at 11:09 AM on October 26
I am here for this. Have you seen Psychic Trash Detectives?
posted by canine epigram at 5:32 PM on October 26
posted by canine epigram at 5:32 PM on October 26
Dammit, didn’t notice till now that autocorrect had turned “Lulu” into “Lily” in my Fastbacks paean above. Just to correct the record.
posted by sesquipedalia at 5:49 PM on October 26 [1 favorite]
posted by sesquipedalia at 5:49 PM on October 26 [1 favorite]
Golden Shitters - Trash. I have no idea what's going on in that video.
Trashcan Darlings - 22 & Trash
Ravonettes - Love in a Trashcan
The Thermals - No Culture Icons (Portland)
Chain & the Gang - Certain Kinds of Trash, for when she's feeling wistful.
posted by hydrophonic at 9:30 AM on October 28
Trashcan Darlings - 22 & Trash
Ravonettes - Love in a Trashcan
The Thermals - No Culture Icons (Portland)
Chain & the Gang - Certain Kinds of Trash, for when she's feeling wistful.
posted by hydrophonic at 9:30 AM on October 28
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Total Trash by Sonic Youth
posted by Rube R. Nekker at 6:27 PM on October 24 [1 favorite]