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M0n0 Jay Is Multiplying and “Variant” Is Undeniable Proof

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Weekend Videos: Casablanca Drivers – “No Mercy”

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CM Selects: Indie/Rock July 2026 #4

Ruby·July 7, 2026

This edition we bring you desperate, electrifying bangers, soulful musings on time, retrospectives on the worst pains of...

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Introducing Kiki Kramer

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Weekend Videos: Stereolab – “Aerial Troubles”

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Weekend Videos: Hiroki Tanaka – “Yamato”

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Weekend Videos: Little Simz – Flood

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Weekend Videos: Model/Actriz – “Cinderella”

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

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Interview with Chelle

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Track Spotlight: Mount Palomar – L’Aliment

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

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

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Track Spotlight: Montana Joanna – “Same Stars”

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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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Weekend Videos: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – 40 Day Dream

Chief Cougar·March 13, 2011

I have just returned from seeing Edward Sharpe & The Fantastic Zeros playing at the Old Vic Tunnels...

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PREMIERE: Lee Eller “What Would I Do”

Chief Cougar·September 24, 2015

We fell in love with Lee Eller‘s brand of lo-fi indie pop here at Cougar Microbes HQ from...

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SXSW 2013 Day 5 (Feat. Ramesh, The Orwells, King Tuff, Ester Rada, Haim and Delorean)

Chief Cougar and Nicole Kilpatrick·May 31, 2013

This year we sent some of our finest writers to witness SXSW first hand and mingle. there was also a lot...

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CM Selects: Indie/Rock July 2026 #2

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CM Selects: Electronica July 2026 #1

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CM Selects: Pop July 2026 #2

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CM Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026 #14

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CM Selects: Electronica June 2026 #5

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CM Selects: Pop June 2026 #4

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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