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CM Selects: Electronica July 2026 #3

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COUGAR MICROBES SELECTS: ELECTRONICA JULY 2026 #1

Mike·July 28, 2026

A selection of new and/or relevant Electronica tracks from July 2026 that have recently left an impression on...

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Introducing Lana Crow

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Introducing Eoin Shannon

Introducing Mt. Kili

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Introducing Kiki Kramer

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Weekend Videos

Weekend Videos: Stereolab – “Aerial Troubles”

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Weekend Videos: Hiroki Tanaka – “Yamato”

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Weekend Videos: Car Seat Headrest – Gethesemene

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Weekend Videos: Little Simz – Flood

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Weekend Videos: Model/Actriz – “Cinderella”

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Interviews

Interview with Evil Little Thing

Album Review + Interview: Emma Miller Drops A Physical Anchor In Digital Waters With “I Want To Be The Anchor”

Interview with Chelle

Editorial

Track Spotlight: Mount Palomar – L’Aliment

Quiet as a Mouse – Nostalgia is fine… But… This album is better

High Noon by Moon and Aries: A delightful taste of upcoming EP Prairie Souls

Track Spotlight: Montana Joanna – “Same Stars”

Irina Imme’s Y2K binds that 2000’s energy in pure sonic bliss

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Antoin Gibson’s “Diss Tribute”: A Fierce Rap Flip on the Algorithm Era

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From the archives

#10 Cougar Microbes Top Albums of 2010: Spoon – Transference

Chief Cougar and Kenny·January 7, 2011

A new Spoon album is usually cause for celebration and as expected ‘Transference‘ made its way onto a...

St Tropez offer fearsome track “Order”

Chief Cougar·March 25, 2016

St Tropez‘s latest offering “Order” is a lesson in controlled chaos. The track slugs along like a truck...

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A Place To Bury Strangers to release album ‘Worship’

Chief Cougar·June 4, 2012

A Place To Bury Strangers return this month with new album ‘Worship‘. The New York feedback junkies deliver an uncompromising slab of...

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M0n0 Jay Is Multiplying and “Variant” Is Undeniable Proof

Jen·June 29, 2026

M0n0 Jay’s “Variant” is sensory pop music with deep house running through its veins, and it knows exactly...

Talk in Vain rework “I Drove All Night” into a rock-driven sprint

Oliver·June 5, 2026

Talk in Vain’s rock-driven reinterpretation of “I Drove All Night”* is out today, and it gives a familiar song...

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Interview with M4TR

Valya·May 25, 2026

M4TR returns with ‘Reimagination: The Remixes, Vol. 1‘, a release that finds him handing key tracks from ‘Love...

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Sasha Joy’s “Got You Something” Gives Heartbreak a Glow-up

Jen·May 15, 2026

Breakup songs have a reputation problem. Too many of them want you to either sob into your pillow...

Divorce Find Their Voice on ‘Drive to Goldenhammer’

Chief Cougar·July 3, 2025

When I first heard Divorce’s self-titled EP back in 2022, it felt like a raw, jagged artefact from...

Great Grandpa Patience, Moonbeam album cover

Great Grandpa – Patience, Moonbeam: An Ambitious Indie Rock Comeback That Holds

Oliver·April 7, 2025

After years of near-silence and the threat of collapse, Great Grandpa return sounding less like a reunion and...

Courting’s Lust for Life Is a Fast, Frenzied, Brilliant Mess

Sam·March 12, 2025

The first real beat on ‘Lust for Life‘ does not so much drop as detonate, snapping Courting out of a...

Porridge Radio Sign Off With The Machine Starts To Sing, And It Stings

Olivia·February 27, 2025

It is a strange thing to make sense of a breakup when the music arriving alongside it still...

Art D’Ecco – Serene Demon: Pop Ambition Done Right

Sam·February 20, 2025

There is something quietly satisfying about being caught off guard by a record you almost skipped. Before 2025, Art...