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Cameron Winter’s Precocious ‘Heavy Metal’ Debut Rewrites the Rules

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CM Selects: Indie/Rock July 2026 #1

SJ·July 4, 2026

In this edition, we bring you a combination of honest indie-folk storytelling, a grittier hip-hop sound, and a...

CM Selects: Pop July 2026 #2

Artist Spotlight Introducing

Weekend Videos: Stereolab – “Aerial Troubles”

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Track Spotlight: Mount Palomar – L’Aliment

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Introducing Lana Crow

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Introducing Eoin Shannon

Introducing Mt. Kili

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Intercontinen7al "Love Is Everywhere" single cover.

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Weekend Videos

Weekend Videos: Hiroki Tanaka – “Yamato”

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Weekend Videos: Car Seat Headrest – Gethesemene

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Weekend Videos: Little Simz – Flood

Weekend Videos: Casablanca Drivers – “No Mercy”

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Weekend Videos: Perfume Genius – “It’s A Mirror”

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

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

Track Spotlight: Montana Joanna – “Same Stars”

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

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

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Divorce Find Their Voice on ‘Drive to Goldenhammer’

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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...

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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Weekend Videos: Adi Ulmanksy – “Gurl Powa”

Chief Cougar·July 14, 2013

Adi Ulmansky is a veritable burst of fresh color both in a literal sense- her bright hair tones...

Weekend Videos

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CM Selects: Pop July 2026 #1

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CM Selects: Hip Hop May 2026 #3

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Artist Spotlight Featured

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...

Artist Spotlight Featured

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...

Introducing Kiki Kramer

SJ·May 4, 2026

Born of New York City nightlife and the restless energy of the digital age, Kiki Kramer is an alt‑pop artist who understands...

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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...

Antony Szmierek - Service Station at The End of The Universe album cover

Antony Szmierek: Words That Make You Think, Beats That Make You Drift

Sam·March 12, 2025

Two years ago, Antony Szmierek was teaching English and self-publishing novels. Now he has made a debut that...

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...