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

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Cameron Winter Heavy Metal Album cover

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

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026 #13

Jen·June 28, 2026

From queer grunge anthems and political fire to dreamy textures and first flights, this week’s picks cover every...

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026 #12

Interview with Evil Little Thing

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Introducing

Eoin Shannon promo photo

Introducing Eoin Shannon

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Mt. Kili

Introducing Mt. Kili

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Intercontinen7al "Love Is Everywhere" single cover.

Introducing Intercontinen7al

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Kiki Kramer by Katherine Cook

Introducing Kiki Kramer

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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

M4TR

Interview with M4TR

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

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Antoin Gibson - Diss Tribute

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 Lust For Life Album Cover

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

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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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Porridge Radio

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

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From the archives

Introducing Electra

Chief Cougar·September 29, 2010

Tel Aviv three-piece Electra are at the forefront of the Israeli indie rock scene. The sound of The Clash...

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Asher Parkes releases artful and bewitching new single “Represent”

Chief Cougar·July 18, 2017

There are artists out there who can reflect the world by just being themselves. Producer Asher Parkes is...

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Weekend Videos: Pop Etc. – “Please Don’t Forget Me”

Chief Cougar·April 2, 2016

Pop Etc. is a band we have been following on and off for several years. Under their former...

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Pop June 2026 #4

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026 #10

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Pop June 2026 #4

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Electronica June 2026 #4

Cougar MIcrobes Selects Hip Hip

Cougar Microbes Selects: Hip Hop May 2026 #3

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026 #9

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Electronica June 2026 #3

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026 #8

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026 #7

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Electronica June 2026 #2

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Cougar Microbes Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026

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Train In Vain cover art

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...

Cover for Sasha Joy's Got You Something

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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Art D'Ecco serene demon album cover

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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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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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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Father John Misty’s Mahashmashana: Smashing Through The Fourth Wall

Sam·December 2, 2024

Before ‘Mahashmashana‘, I had often found myself on the fence with Father John Misty. Josh Tillman existed behind...

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