About us
Raw Critters (formerly Jungle Indie Rock) is an independent music portal specialized in new and emerging bands, founded in 2010 to promote new artists in a friendly context. We are a group of journalists and music lovers based in Spain and collaborators who contributed, over the years, from the UK, USA, or Australia. In May 2015, we founded the music charity The Jungle Project.
Contact: Send Your Music | Collaborate | In Case Of Fire
Raw Critters Staff
MAR(Spain): Co-founder, editor-in-chief. Project manager, webmaster.
About: Biologist, journalist, and music lover. Mar started in music at age 12, learning piano and music theory. In 2010, she co-founded a music site with a couple of friends. That music site is now Raw Critters, and the music charity The Jungle Project. Mar works at BioWorld (Clarivate) and contributes to El Mundo.
Music I love: The National, Band of Horses, Stereophonics, The Police, Nirvana, David Bowie, Cássia Eller, The Pogues, Silly Wizard, Bob Marley, Johnny Cash, Brad Paisley, Keane, Manchester Orchestra, Cage The Elephant, BRONCHO, Boogarins, The Airborne Toxic Event, Aurora, Marina, Evripidis & His Tragedies.
JOHN (England): Co-founder, CEO. Tumblr, The Time Machine, Playlists.
About: Rebjukebox (John) is a punk and extreme bands lover. Collaborating and advising many music sites for years, Rebjulebox has been a pioneer of music blogs on Tumblr. He is the co-founder of Raw Critters and the man behind our site’s culture. Ask him about any band. He could edit Wikipedia.
Music I love: The Clash, Misty in Roots, Joy Division, The M3T30RS, Billy Childish (todo), U.K. Decay, The Chameleons, Culture, Radio Birdman, The Saints, Alex Chilton, The Go-betweens, Leonard Cohen, DMZ, Death, Tom Waits, Gene Vincent, The Jam, The White Stripes, Wire, XTC, Steel Pulse, Pearl Jam, Joan Jett.
Links: Rebjukebox | Twitter
DAO (Spain): Co-founder. Critters Acts, Raw Critters Spain, Playlists.
About: David “Dao” is one of the greatest independent music experts in Spain. More than a co-founder of Raw Critters, Dao is the reason for its existence. From Alicante, he directs Mi Rollo, an inexhaustible source of bands with which Dao lives music as if there was no tomorrow. He smells them before they even form 🙂
Music I love: Joy Division, The Cult, Bauhaus, Alien Sex Fiend, The Cure, New Model Army, The Clash, The M3T30RS, Parálisis Permanente, Los Planetas, Anne Clark, Love and Rockets, Killing Joke, Detergente Liquido, La Sonrisa de Julia, Second, Modelo de Respuesta Polar, Pumuky, Alice et Moi, Manchester Oschestra.
DAVID (Spain): Collaborator. Critters Acts, Raw Critters Spain, Playlists.
About: A live music lover. We met David at all the interesting gigs in Madrid. Always supporting live music and small venues, David is covering new and under-the-radar bands for Raw Critters Spain, listening to new works, attending rare gigs, and writing about his discoveries.
Music I love: R.E.M., Depeche Mode, INXS, José Luis Perales, Joy Division, Suede, Manic Street Preachers, Idles, The Clash, David Bowie, McEnroe, Los Piratas, The Cure, Anna Calvi, Editors, Foals, Faith No more, Supergrass, Radiohead, Placebo, The Sound, Mujeres, The Verve, Sufjan Stevens.
Links: Twitter
Rose (USA/Germany): Collaborator. Interviews, Reports, Playlists.
About: Rose has a special talent for uncovering the most underground bands in the Albany (New York) music scene. She thrives on exploring different musical movements, also in Germany, where she is based, seeking out their authenticity to share these gems with Raw Critters.
Music I love: Watsky, Jonny 5 & Yak, The Mountain Goats, girl in red, awfultune, Mitski, Mother Mother, IC3PEAK, Kendrick Lamar, Moon Walker, Noah Kahan, Tom Lehrer.
Links: Rose | Tumblr | Instagram
Crystal (USA): Collaborator. Subscriptions, Interviews, Concerts, Playlists.
About: Crystal loves good music, music that sounds great and genuinely moves her. From the University of California, Los Angeles, birthplace of Raw Critters over a decade ago, Crystal studies psychology and music while having access to an endless lineup of concerts and cultural events.
Music I love: Taylor Swift, Reneé Rapp, Imagine Dragons, Tate McRae, Zara Larsson, The Chainsmokers, ITZY, BABYMONSTER, KATSEYE, TWICE, LE SSERAFIM, GIRLSET/VCHA, 周杰伦 (Jay Chou), 汪苏泷 (Silence Wang), Camilo, Morat, Sebastián Yatra, Aitana, Rosalía, BLACKPINK,Hailee Steinfeld.
Links: LinkedIn | Instagram | TikTok
Collaborations and Internships
If you want to be part of our team or collaborate, contact us and request more information. We are open for collaborations with journalists, students, booking and music management agents, photographers, filmmakers, or illustrators. For internships, you need an assignment letter from your university, college, or school. We also accept volunteers.
Open positions: journalist, community manager, booking agent, music manager, marketing, SEO, photographer, filmmaker, and translator (ENG/SP).
Collaborators
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Over the years we have collaborated with:
- UFI (Independent Phonographic Union, Spain) Mentoring Lab, with Intxizu Bengoa (Desenchufadas).
- University of Alcalá: Collaboration agreement for educational programs.
- Studio B: Collaboration with the recording studio, Studio B in Madrid, Spain.
- Tumblr: Our blog, featured in the music section of Tumblr, formed part of the editor’s panel that selected the best music on Tumblr every year. Raw Critters was one of the official Music Tag Editors for Tumblr, a list of music editors that included important magazines like Pitchfork, NME, Billboard, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Filter, etc.
- Factoría Cultural. Matadero, Madrid: Residency scholarship, Oct 2015-Jan 2016.
- Verkami: Crowdfunding consulting scholarship, Oct 2015-Jan 2016.
- Fresh On the Net: Mar was part of Fresh On The Net, Tom Robinson’s blog (BBC 6 Music). June 2012 – December 2013.
- Nos Gusta La Música: Mar collaborated at the Spanish webzine Nos Gusta La Música. January 2012 – December 2013.
- Others: Raw Critters & The Jungle Project has received technical and legal advice from the Spanish Foundation Gestión y Participación Social of Madrid, the entrepreneurs program Espacio de Iniciativas Empresariales of the city of Alcala de Henares, and the Legal Department of CIDAJ, City Council of Alcala de Henares (Spain), to register as legal music charity.
Former members:
- Ash (Next Tone, Australia)
- Ben (Dream Folk, USA)
- Bernardo Calvo “Berni” (Studio B, Spain)
- Clara Debalia (Stars Are Shining Bright, France)
- daKradha (That Unknown Austrian Guy, Austria)
- DIF1960 (Nick, Sweden)
- Jaime (Twitter, Spain)
- Jordan Ellis (Jordan Ellis, USA)
- Matt (That Song You Wish You Found, USA)
- Molly (Groove, USA)
- Nick H (Late Arrivals Club, UK)
- Roger (91.1 WDUB, USA)
- Sunny Eckerle (Sunny Eckerle, USA)
- Thomas (Noised, France)
- Upsidedown81 (Upsidedown81, Spain)
Head and logo credits
Monsteck Variketch, The Invasion by João Filipe Cunha: Our head and logotype was created by João Filipe Cunha. The monster family names, from left to right are: Vermistech, Vaitistech, Bilistech, Piriastitech, and Kapastech.
Following copyright instructions, we are listing all the alterations below:
- Head: Buildings replaced by a black background.
- Logotype: Background replaced by black colour. Resolution improved.
- Individual logotypes: Individual vectors over a black background. Resolution improved.
- Kapastech: We added a base on the individual vector logotype over a black background, to compensate for its weight to the right.
- New monster: Mollyteck was added to complete our staff members, based on the original style of the designer.
