Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026 SJ·June 11, 2026In this edition, we bring you a combination of honest indie folk storytelling, a grittier hip-hop sound, and...CM Selects
WHY?’s ‘The Well I Fell Into’: Beautiful Melancholia Sanch·August 5, 2024As the summer sun crests the horizon, casting long shadows over a season of musical releases, WHY?‘s The...Album Spotlight
2010 better offer up some great gigs continued… Chief Cougar·February 3, 2010This weekend I sat down to plan my gig calendar for the next few months. Here are the...Live showPersonal touch
Introducing The Car Is On Fire Chief Cougar·April 19, 2010Warsaw based trio The Car Is On Fire are a little known gem, one of those bands you...Album SpotlightGlobal ReachIntroducing
Talk in Vain rework “I Drove All Night” into a rock-driven sprint Oliver·June 5, 2026Talk in Vain’s rock-driven reinterpretation of “I Drove All Night”* is out today, and it gives a familiar song...News
Sasha Joy’s “Got You Something” Gives Heartbreak a Glow-up Jen·May 15, 2026Breakup songs have a reputation problem. Too many of them want you to either sob into your pillow...Artist SpotlightFeatured
Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock May 2026 Ruby·May 8, 2026A selection of new and/or relevant indie/rock tracks that have recently left an impression on us. For the...CM SelectsPlaylistUncategorized
Cougar Microbes Selects: Electronica May 2026 Ruby·May 7, 2026A selection of new and/or relevant Electronica and Electro-leaning tracks that have recently left an impression on us....CM SelectsGlobal ReachPlaylist
COUGAR MICROBES SELECTS: POP APRIL 2026 Mike·April 15, 2026A selection of new and/or relevant Pop and Pop-leaning tracks that have recently left an impression on us....CM SelectsPlaylist
Art D’Ecco – Serene Demon: Pop Ambition Done Right Sam·February 20, 2025There is something quietly satisfying about being caught off guard by a record you almost skipped. Before 2025, Art...Album SpotlightFeatured
Weekend Videos: Perfume Genius – “It’s A Mirror” Olivia·January 25, 2025Three years on from ‘Ugly Season’* — an album so deliberately closed-off it felt like a door locked from...FeaturedWeekend Videos
Weekend Videos: Destroyer – Bologna Chief Cougar·January 12, 2025You’d expect Dan Bejar to make you work for it. He has built two decades of Destroyer records...FeaturedWeekend Videos
Cameron Winter’s Precocious ‘Heavy Metal’ Debut Rewrites the Rules Sam·January 6, 2025Cameron Winter dropped ‘Heavy Metal’ in December, and it was either terrible timing or a quietly brilliant act of defiance. Technically,...Album SpotlightFeatured