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Cougar
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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/
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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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Patriot
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Stay Famous
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Thundersnow / Rhinelander
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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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harshreverb wrote:
Patriot is excellent. Good work guys.
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mi1ez wrote:
Amazing Hoxton gig guys!
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elyador wrote:
awesome
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sidewinder03 wrote:
Just got Patriot in the mail today! Really good on first listen. I've just played Law again...so damn beautiful.
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layered wrote:
connect with cougar on: twitter - http://twitter.com/cougarsound facebook (fan page) - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cougar/22629237552?ref=ts facebook (group) - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18651073984&ref=ts myspace - http://www.myspace.com/cougarsound
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Zombiepope wrote:
i agree with Pancho-. post-rock? WTF?
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JamesHeather wrote:
Free Cougar track with Paul Smith of Maximo Park. This was the B Side to the Stay Famous single... http://cougar.bandcamp.com/
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TMVRadio wrote:
Boomf!
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citizendickorg wrote:
Here's a review of the new Cougar album, 'Patriot' and a free MP3! http://citizendick.org/2009/08/12/cougar-patriot-album-review/
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DirtyWolves wrote:
rhinelander such a good song
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radiozak wrote:
Thundersnow is this week's Powerplay at Student Radio Zak of Technical University of Lodzi. Keep on rocking! :)
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joiletblog wrote:
My support their incoming 2nd album (first for Counter Records): http://joilet.blox.pl/2009/05/Cougar-zamienia-sie-w-patriote.html - Polish; http://joilet.blox.pl/2009/05/Cougar-tranfigures-to-patriot.html - English; cheers
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capturethesong wrote:
It's a great album. Please don't berate me for downloading it pre-release: I bought an LP player just for Cougar:Law on Vinyl : p
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sidewinder03 wrote:
jagoe416 wrote: "new album, patriot, leaked. " - wow, late summer release and it's already leaked? I'm waiting. And anxious.
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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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theconstantdose added Cougar to theconstantdose’s library. Tuesday morning
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hosh0815 tagged Cougar with indie, rock, instrumental and one other tag. Saturday evening
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