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Weekend Videos: Model/Actriz – “Cinderella”

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

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

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CM Selects: Indie/Rock July 2026 #2

Ruby·July 4, 2026

In this edition, we bring you tender musical nostalgia, sensual tracks that are sure to be earworms, deep...

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CM Selects: Electronica July 2026 #1

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CM Selects: Indie/Rock July 2026 #1

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CM Selects: Pop July 2026 #2

Introducing

Lana Crow promotional photo

Introducing Lana Crow

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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Weekend Videos

Stereolab - Aerial Troubles

Weekend Videos: Stereolab – “Aerial Troubles”

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Weekend Videos: Hiroki Tanaka – “Yamato”

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Car Seat Headrest Promo

Weekend Videos: Car Seat Headrest – Gethesemene

Little Simz B&W photo by Thibaut Grevet

Weekend Videos: Little Simz – Flood

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Casablanca Drivers band promo

Weekend Videos: Casablanca Drivers – “No Mercy”

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Interviews

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Interview with Evil Little Thing

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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

Editorial

Mount Palomar L'aliment

Track Spotlight: Mount Palomar – L’Aliment

Track Spotlight

Nostalgia is fine...But...

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

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High Noon

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

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Montana Joanna single cover

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 - Diss Tribute

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

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From the archives

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Introducing Grado

Chief Cougar·July 15, 2016

Grado is the brainchild of guitarist/songwriter Michael Bloss. Having quit his job in London to live in various...

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WHY? Yoni Wolf by Madeleine Hordinski

Weekend Videos: WHY? – “Jump”

Sanch·July 21, 2024

WHY?’s musical evolution, from edgelord backpack rap with live instrumentals to a fully-fledged twee indie pop with rap...

Icarus Phoenix - I Should Have Known Album Art

Relentless Resilience: Icarus Phoenix Soars Through Heartbreak

Kurt·August 16, 2024

“I Should Have Known the Things You Never Said“, the new album by Icarus Phoenix, is the fourth...

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CM Selects

Cougar Microbes Selects POp

CM Selects: Pop July 2026 #1

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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: Indie/Rock June 2026 #13

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CM Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026 #12

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CM Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026 #11

Cougar Microbes Selects POp

CM Selects: Pop June 2026 #4

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CM Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026 #10

Cougar Microbes Selects POp

CM Selects: Pop June 2026 #4

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CM Selects: Electronica June 2026 #4

Cougar MIcrobes Selects Hip Hip

CM Selects: Hip Hop May 2026 #3

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CM Selects: Indie/Rock June 2026 #9

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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...

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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...

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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...

Kiki Kramer by Katherine Cook

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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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 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...

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Courting Lust For Life Album Cover

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 - 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...

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Porridge Radio

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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