Cougar Microbes

My ipod spat up Saves The Day‘s classic 2001 track “At Your Funeral“. I was lucky enough to catch the band a few times on the ‘Stay What You Are‘ tour and I’m sure that anyone else who was there will hold a special place for this song.

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Saves The Day – At Your Funeral

In a slight diversion from the usual Cougar Microbes material here is a short film I was sent earlier in the week. I really enjoyed the decision to tell the story through the young protagonist’s monologue. Although it’s in a foreign language I think you can appreciate the pacing and location changes as well as the unspoken on-screen tension.

I was looking for a song that would be a suitable companion for this video and I think that Electric Owls‘ track ‘Magic Show‘, off of the debut Vagrant release Ain’t Too Bright, matches its equal dose of optimism and uncertainty.

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Electric Owls – Magic Show

Out of intense envy for everyone who is going to SxSW I considered a silent protest for the duration of the event. However, having featured Nevada‘s Burning Man Festival a few days ago I figured the awesome Austin event deserves some Cougar loving too.

Besides, as you can see from the flyer above the guys at Vagrant are putting on showcase next week is below featuring some of the bands we have been covering on these pages. If you are out there drop by and make sure you tell them Cougar Microbes sent you.

Talking of Vagrant bands, It has been a while since I have written about Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros and that just can’t be right so here is a new remix of  ’Home‘. Considering this is my personal favourite track anybody fiddling with is heading into risky territory. I’m glad to say André Anjos of RAC manages to pull it off creating a track that is unique in its own right yet doesn’t hide the source material entirely from the listener.

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