Introducing Grado Chief Cougar·July 15, 2016Grado is the brainchild of guitarist/songwriter Michael Bloss. Having quit his job in London to live in various...Album SpotlightEnglandIntroducing
Bear Hands release career defining “You’ll Pay For This” T.R. Wicks·July 14, 2016Flute synths, 70’s synths, 90’s synths, finger clicks, disco and ambient guitar licks and supremely danceable beats are...Album SpotlightUSA
ELKA release debut EP Sam·June 9, 2016Swaggering scuzzy riffs give way to a chorus of uplifting jangly guitars dancing their way round a house...Album SpotlightBritish IslesEngland
Ellie Ford releases ‘The Other Sun’ album T.R. Wicks·May 25, 2016With a minimalism and soul that simply takes your breath away, we are introduced to Ellie Ford. Ford‘s...Album SpotlightBritish IslesEngland
YUAR release evocative track “Signal” Chief Cougar·March 25, 2016YUAR have released the evocative “Signal” earlier this month. The track is a slowburner gradually revealing layer after...Album SpotlightIsraelRussia
Black Balsam releases ‘See You Later See You There’ album Chief Cougar·March 24, 2016Black Balsam, AKA Jesse Wooten, released the debut album ‘See You Later See You There‘ last month and...Album SpotlightUSA
Cougar Microbes Writer Picks 2015: T.R. Wicks T.R. Wicks·January 31, 2016 1. Leon Bridges – Coming Home Text 2. Ibeyi – Ibeyi Text 3. The Weeknd -Beauty Behind...Album SpotlightPersonal touch
CM Top Albums of 2015: Jamie XX – In Colour Chief Cougar, Roger, Jabes, Ledewitt and T.R. Wicks·January 31, 2016Following his respectful and intelligent work on the late Gil Scott-Heron‘s “We’re New Here”, Jamie XX finally delivered what...Album SpotlightBritish IslesEnglandremix
CM Top Albums of 2015: Courtney Barnett- Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Yifat and Jabes·January 31, 2016The legendary Jabes was the first to chime: as the resident Australian aficionado of Cougar Microbes, naturally my...Album SpotlightAustraliaPersonal touch