Metric remixed
When Metric released ‘Fantasies’ back in April I was convinced it would easily make my top albums of...
Best of 2009
#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...
#03 Cougar Microbes Top Albums of 2009: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz
Yeah Yeah Yeahs flirtation with synth-pop was one of the talking points of 2009. Seemingly everyone (with the...
#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...
#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...
#09 Cougar Microbes Top Albums of 2009: Florence + The Machine – Lungs
Of all the British starlets that burst onto the airwaves in 2009 miss Florence Welch was the undisputed...
#10 Cougar Microbes Top Albums of 2009: WHY? – Eskimo Snow
For a little while I thought there was no chance this album would ever make this list such...
