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Wisconsin, USA (2005 – present)
Cougar is an instrumental group formed in 2005 in Wisconsin, USA. They make music referred to, by themselves, as ‘emergency rock’.
The group’s lush, dynamic arrangements fall somewhere between Four Tet, Tortoise, Fugazi and perhaps Nick Drake imagined as more expansively pensive than eerily morbid. What separates Cougar from the post-rock pack is their keen sensibility of (and attention to) form/texture, which seems more in line with sample-based music and experimental/modern classical than indie rock, hence the preference for new genres.
The band leaps from the mournful acoustic to the anthemic electric in heartbeats, from subtle dynamic interplay to all-out gut-crushing riffs, from found sounds and sampled percussion to dancehall madness, and from studious minimalism to soaring density.
Verbosity aside, Cougar’s music is urgent, captivating and strangely moving. It is emergency rock.
Personnel:
D.H. Skogen - percussions
Dan Venne - guitars
Trent Johnson - guitars
Aaron Sleator - laptop, keys, guitars
Todd Hill - basses
http://www.cougarsound.com/
http://twitter.com/cougarsound
http://myspace.com/cougarsound
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cougar/22629237552?ref=ts
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18651073984&ref=ts
The group’s lush, dynamic arrangements fall somewhere between Four Tet, Tortoise, Fugazi and perhaps Nick Drake imagined as more expansively pensive than eerily morbid. What separates Cougar from the post-rock pack is their keen sensibility of (and attention to) form/texture, which seems more in line with sample-based music and experimental/modern classical than indie rock, hence the preference for new genres.
The band leaps from the mournful acoustic to the anthemic electric in heartbeats, from subtle dynamic interplay to all-out gut-crushing riffs, from found sounds and sampled percussion to dancehall madness, and from studious minimalism to soaring density.
Verbosity aside, Cougar’s music is urgent, captivating and strangely moving. It is emergency rock.
Personnel:
D.H. Skogen - percussions
Dan Venne - guitars
Trent Johnson - guitars
Aaron Sleator - laptop, keys, guitars
Todd Hill - basses
http://www.cougarsound.com/
http://twitter.com/cougarsound
http://myspace.com/cougarsound
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cougar/22629237552?ref=ts
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18651073984&ref=ts
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Top Albums
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Patriot
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Law
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Stay Famous
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- Amazon MP3 $3.96
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Living On The Edge Of A Knife
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callamweeks wrote:
any word of new material?
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flyingairplanes wrote:
i.likeyou.guyz..
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Seanny_Truant wrote:
great music, but definitely preferred law to patriot
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MarcPandaBear wrote:
Patriot is one the best album of 2009. One of the best post-rock album ever too.
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adwol wrote:
Can't believe I've missed such a great band. Awesome.
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Comet_Course wrote:
$64k Rainbow on the Ninja Tune XX set is a monster! Never listened to these guys before, so fucking good!
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Kwidzinski wrote:
They are really great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO-IUnaIAHk
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soundsaroundus wrote:
Come to Detroit!
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genuinedao wrote:
Sois mi rollo porque mi rollo es el Indie / You're my roll because Indie is my roll! un abrazo from Valencia :)
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sidewinder03 wrote:
Sure would like to see Cougar in Seattle soon.
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TheOMR3 wrote:
<3 Law was good, but Patriot is one of the best albums I've ever heard!
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smiddy012 wrote:
futuristic airline music on steroids.
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LasVegasCritic wrote:
Patriot made the Top 3 Instrumental Albums of 2009 on www.LasVegasCritics.com here: http://www.lasvegascritics.com/reviews/top-3-instrumental-albums-2009.html
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violhine wrote:
See them in London it was awesome!
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NinjaTune000 wrote:
"Ninja Tune 2009" Spotify Playlist http://open.spotify.com/user/ninja-tune/playlist/00fIzug77TJKrU1J10jSsC
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HeadShop wrote:
Cougar from France!
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MrDafman wrote:
@ wixle, that album appears of spotify when you search for them, its definitely not cougar, but I suggest you have a listen if you like awful metal music :)
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wixle wrote:
What's up with the album "Living on the Edge of a Knife"?! Doesn't sound like the same band.. A case of mistaken identity?
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exprof wrote:
In Brussels http://concerts-review.over-blog.com/article-ungdomskulen-cougar-a-l-ab-club-le-13-octobre-2009-37625099.html
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antoprince wrote:
never heard them before but they played at the bar i work in last night and blew me away
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US dates announced
4 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/cougarsound
Hello friends.
Cougar return to the States fresh off a European tour and the
release of their first
record - Patriot - for renowned indie powerhouse label Ninja
Tune/Counter, with shows in
Ch...
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US dates announced
4 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/cougarsound -
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19 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/cougarsound
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