Metric remixed
When Metric released ‘Fantasies’ back in April I was convinced it would easily make my top albums of...
Personal touch
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...
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...
So this is the new year…and I don’t feel any different
Happy new year everyone! Here is to another decade filled with amazing music. TRACK: Death Cab For Cutie...
#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...
#07 Cougar Microbes Top Albums of 2009: Brand New – Daisy
Brand New‘s 2006 release the ‘The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me‘ was seen as a natural...
