http://www.cougarmicrobes.com Music Blog, Dilettante Photography Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:23:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/12/fixers-live-hoxton-bar-grill-london/ http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/12/fixers-live-hoxton-bar-grill-london/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:05:45 +0000 cougarmicrobes http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/?p=8061 “I know loads of you noticed that I dropped the shaker half-way through that song,” announces Jack Goldstein, the unassuming front man of Oxford band Fixers. After a brief apology and deliberation the group reach a mutual decision. “Let’s play it again.” Most people inside Hoxton Bar & Grill were too busy bopping to notice [...]]]> http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/12/fixers-live-hoxton-bar-grill-london/feed/ 0 http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/12/cougar-microbes-bbc-radio-6/ http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/12/cougar-microbes-bbc-radio-6/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:30:00 +0000 cougarmicrobes http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/?p=8055 Last month Cougar Microbes took over Tom Robinson‘s Now Playing @6Music program selecting some of our favorite tracks. By popular demand here is a full audio version of the show as well as the live tweets that accompanied it. Cougar Mircrobes Now Playing @6Music Takeover - “The little hand says it’s time to rock n [...]]]> http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/12/cougar-microbes-bbc-radio-6/feed/ 0 http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/11/competition-win-tickets-southern-comforts-juke-joint/ http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/11/competition-win-tickets-southern-comforts-juke-joint/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:30:29 +0000 cougarmicrobes http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/?p=7974 Cougar Microbes has teamed up with Southern Comfort to offer one lucky reader the chance to take three mates to the Southern Comfort Juke Joint party on the 17th November at Islington’s Metal Works. On the dance floor you’ll rub shoulders with live brass band musicians as they jam along to beats by DJs Blonde [...]]]> http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/11/competition-win-tickets-southern-comforts-juke-joint/feed/ 7 http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/10/melvins-play-thekla-bristol-4th-november/ http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/10/melvins-play-thekla-bristol-4th-november/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:10:20 +0000 cougarmicrobes http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/?p=7919   Melvins had already achieved cult status before some of their fans were even born. Still, the ‘Godfathers of Grunge‘ continue releasing albums and touring prolifically putting many of today’s artist to shame. The band are currently winding down their European date and are due to play the final show of this tour at Bristol‘s [...]]]> http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/10/melvins-play-thekla-bristol-4th-november/feed/ 0 http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/10/matt-kim-play-hammerstein-ballroom-years-eve-show/ http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/10/matt-kim-play-hammerstein-ballroom-years-eve-show/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:43:20 +0000 cougarmicrobes http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/?p=7881 Fresh off the back of a successful nationwide tour Matt & Kim have just announced a special New Years Eve show. The Brooklyn mischief makers will be playing at the Hammersmith Ballroom on December 31st for what is set to be an electrifying way to end the year and usher in 2012. For those of you who are interested tickets are available [...]]]> http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/10/matt-kim-play-hammerstein-ballroom-years-eve-show/feed/ 0 http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/10/bestival-2011-reviewed/ http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/10/bestival-2011-reviewed/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:17:22 +0000 cougarmicrobes http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/?p=7814 Cougar scribe Olivia was already heading to the Isle Of Wight when we asked if she could write a short account for us. Here is what she liked: If there was one festival I was looking forward to this summer it definitely had to be Bestival. The Isle of Wight based festivity boasted an incredible lineup [...]]]> http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/10/bestival-2011-reviewed/feed/ 0 http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/09/announce-acoustic-piano-uk-dates-october/ http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/09/announce-acoustic-piano-uk-dates-october/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:18:23 +0000 cougarmicrobes http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/?p=7773 Cougar favourites WHY? Are returning to England with some special dates planned for October. The multi-talented trio have announced a set of unplugged and personal shows and have handpicked some intimate and warm venues this time round. Expect to hear all the classics from “Oaklandazulasylum” and “Elephant Eyelash“, “Alopecia” and “Eskimo Snow” as well as [...]]]> http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/09/announce-acoustic-piano-uk-dates-october/feed/ 0 http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/09/weekend-videos-girls-vomit/ http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/09/weekend-videos-girls-vomit/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:23:42 +0000 cougarmicrobes http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/?p=7729 When Girls released ‘Album‘ in 2009 they were a rare band whose buzz was equal to their talent. The follow up EP, ‘Broken Dreams Club‘ further cemented my infatuation with it’s Everly Brothers meets fuzzed out pop sound. The San Francisco band have been gearing up for the release of their second full length ‘Father, [...]]]> http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/09/weekend-videos-girls-vomit/feed/ 0 http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/09/big-chill-20011-reviewed/ http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/09/big-chill-20011-reviewed/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:14:15 +0000 cougarmicrobes http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/?p=7739 After answering the previous week’s call from Kendal Calling, it is on to Big Chill for team Cougar Microbes‘ next stop off in a marathon of summer festivals. Right from the off this is the friendliest I have encountered yet. Stewards wish you a jolly good knees-up. Caterers willingly smile without gritting their teeth. Furthermore [...]]]> http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/09/big-chill-20011-reviewed/feed/ 0 http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/09/introducing-il-abanico/ http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/09/introducing-il-abanico/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:07:27 +0000 cougarmicrobes http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/?p=7718 Il Abanico hail from Colombia but call Boston home these days racking a number of shows on the East Coast. Guitarist Nicolás Losada and singer Juliana Landero have taken a modern shoegaze approach and soaked it in influences from other Massachusetts bands such as Dinosaur Jnr and the Pixies. What is exciting about Il Abanico [...]]]> http://www.cougarmicrobes.com/2011/09/introducing-il-abanico/feed/ 0