Tim Williams Hits Another Wall
For a few months I’ve been haunted by the Tim Williams‘ track ‘I Hit Another Wall‘. Its gentle melody...
Global Reach
The White Stripes get the LehtMoJoe Treatment
Cougar Microbes favourite LehtMoJoe took a break from his frequent bastardization of some of my favourite rock tracks,...
STS9: Ad Explorata, Forward into the Unexplored
Sound Tribe Sector 9 (STS9) perfected their approach to mixing electronica and live band feel on their latest...
Vampire Weekend; the ‘Contra’ band
In 2008 Columbia graduates Vampire Weekend set the world alight with their self-titled debut album. The release, boasting...
#01 Cougar Microbes Top Albums of 2009: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Up From Below
My choice of #01 album of 2009 should come as no great suprise to regular Cougar Microbes readers...
#02 Cougar Microbes Top Albums of 2009: Birdy Nam Nam – Manual For Successful Rioting
Any other year and the superbly titled ‘Manual For Successful Rioting’ would have easily been the runaway winner for...
#04 Cougar Microbes Top Albums of 2009: Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Seemingly not content by the French near total domination of the global dance scene, Phoenix came along to...
#05 Cougar Microbes Top Albums of 2009: Iran – Dissolver
With 2008 ending on a massive TV On The Radio high following the release of the brilliant ‘Dear...
#06 Cougar Microbes Top Albums of 2009: Cursive – Mama, I’m Swollen
My admiration for Tim Kasher‘s output with both The Good Life and Cursive has grown with each release...
