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Intercontinen7al "Love Is Everywhere" single cover.

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

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

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The classic album cover for London Calling by The Clash, Joe Strummer's biggest songs.

Joe Strummer, a Bologna Monsoon, and a Bumper Held On by Hope

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026

SJ·June 11, 2026

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

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Hip Hop June 2026

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Introducing Eoin Shannon

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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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Divorce Find Their Voice on ‘Drive to Goldenhammer’

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

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

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

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From the archives

Sidizen King releases breeze track “One Day”

Chief Cougar·June 3, 2016

To think it could have been a very different story for Sidizen King. He was all set to...

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#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...

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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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Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026 #4

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Pop June 2026

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026 #2

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026 #1

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Electronica June 2026 #1

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Hip Hop May 2026 #3

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock May 2026 #7

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Electronica May 2026 #7

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock May 2026 #6

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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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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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Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock May 2026

Ruby·May 8, 2026

A selection of new and/or relevant indie/rock tracks that have recently left an impression on us. For the...

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Electronica May 2026

Ruby·May 7, 2026

A selection of new and/or relevant Electronica and Electro-leaning tracks that have recently left an impression on us....

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COUGAR MICROBES SELECTS: POP APRIL 2026

Mike·April 15, 2026

A selection of new and/or relevant Pop and Pop-leaning tracks that have recently left an impression on us....

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Perfume Genius It's A Mirror promo by Cody Critcheloe

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

Olivia·January 25, 2025

Three years on from ‘Ugly Season’* — an album so deliberately closed-off it felt like a door locked from...

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Destroyer Press Photo for Dan's Boogie. Dan Bejar in black and white in what looks like a changing room.

Weekend Videos: Destroyer – Bologna

Chief Cougar·January 12, 2025

You’d expect Dan Bejar to make you work for it. He has built two decades of Destroyer records...

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

Sam·January 6, 2025

Cameron Winter dropped ‘Heavy Metal’ in December, and it was either terrible timing or a quietly brilliant act of defiance. Technically,...

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Antony Szmierek - Yoga teacher single cover, the artist practicing a yoga pause in a smoky dimly lit green room.

Weekend Videos: Antony Szmierek – “Yoga Teacher”

Sam·December 14, 2024

The yoga mat is out. The incense is lit. The instructor’s voice is soothing. And somewhere between the...

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