The Cougar Label

Up The Empire Loose Ends - OUT NOW!

Cougar — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:56:18 +0000

Up The Empire’s new EP Loose Ends is out now! Get your copy here. See the band LIVE (for the first time in 10 month’s) and get your hands on a physical copy of the new disc TOMORROW NIGHT at Mercury Lounge in NYC with Bon Savants and Ford & Fitzroy!

Mrs. Claus is getting her stocking stuffed this year…

Cougar — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:42:36 +0000

The holiday season is upon us… and we think it’s only right that we offer you up a free download of Doug Keith’s new, and so very naughty, Christmas track “Hey, Mrs. Claus”. Santa’s got somethin’ big under the tree for Mrs. Claus this year… and he can’t wait to get those cookies!

Download “Hey, Mrs Claus” here.

Doug’s new album Here’s to Outliving Me is in stores January 13, 2009. Until then, catch up with him at the Up The Empire record release show tomorrow night at Mercury Lounge in NYC.

Up The Empire EP Release Show!

Cougar — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:09:47 +0000

Details for the Up The Empire release party for their new EP Loose Ends are in! UTE will be taking the stage with numerous guests, and is bringing Boston’s Bon Savants and our own Ford & Fitzroy along for the ride. It’ll be one hell of a fantastic night… and, just so you know… probably your only chance to get your hands on a physical copy of the new CD. We haven’t pressed very many of these puppies… so, first come, first serve. Get there early and don’t miss a minute!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Up The Empire ::::: 11pm
Bon Savants :::: 10pm
Ford & Fitzroy : 9pm

Mercury Lounge
217 E. Houston St
New York, NY

Doug Keith: FREE Show Tonight!

Cougar — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:45:19 +0000

Just a quick update today to let you know that Doug Keith is playing a FREE SHOW TONIGHT at The Living Room in NYC. He’s on at 9pm sharp and will be joined by a lovely crew of ladies and one gentleman… Kendall Meade of Mascott, Lindsay Sullivan of Clair, Margaret White of Portastatic and Craig Chin of, well, Craig Chin (and Mascott).

Doug Keith’s new album, “Here’s To Outliving Me” is out January 13th. Prepare yourselves.

Clair and Ann Courtney Show at Rockwood this Friday!

Cougar — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:07:16 +0000

Clair and Ann Courtney & The Late Bloomers take over RockWood Music Hall this Friday. The show is totally FREE and starts at 10pm sharp. It’s a surefire way to start (or if your the earlybird type, finish) your night off right. We’ll see you there!

Ford & Fitzroy CD release show review

hewins — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:35:56 +0000

photo: Jonny Leather

The show last week was great. Ford & Fitzroy killed it. Jonny Leather was there and wrote up a great review of the show and took some awesome pictures.

Click here to read it.

Ford & Fitzroy Canyons - OUT NOW!

Cougar — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:12:01 +0000

Ford & Fitzroy’s debut album Canyons is out now! Get your copy here.

Ford & Fitzroy CD Release show: Nov. 13

hewins — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:52:01 +0000

Ford and Fitzroy at Studio at Webster Hall Nov. 13

Hey there folks. What a week! Obama is the new President Elect and there were parties in the streets. We’re keeping the good times rolling next week because Ford & Fitzroy are having their CD release show on Nov. 13th at the Studio at Webster Hall. They will be playing to celebrate the release of Canyons, which will hit the electronic shelves on Nov. 11! The Studio is located at 125 E 11th Street in Manhattan (same as Webster Hall). The show starts at 8:00 so come on by and party with us.

CANYONS will be released on Nov. 11 in all online shops and stores so look for it in your favorite one, be it iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody, Napster, or whatever. You can read more about Ford & Fitzroy (the newest edition to the Cougar Family) and listen to tracks from CANYONS here.

See you there!

Dianogah’s qhnnnl gets reviewed on Pitchfork

hewins — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:49:10 +0000

Dianogah’s latest album qhnnnl got a great review on Pitchfork yesterday. Go check it out.

In September, we launched At Home Anywhere, our podcast series, with Dianogah. They came to Brooklyn and recorded three songs for us, one of which, “snowpants,” is on the new album. Go take a look at our recent post about it.

We are eagerly awaiting the returns from the election today. Fingers crossed!

Listen to a breaks b (from the album) here

At Home Anywhere :: Catfish Haven

Cougar — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:43:32 +0000

At Home Anywhere is back for Round 2 with Chicago Soul Rock power trio Catfish Haven. The tracks were recorded on Oct 6, 2008 on the band’s tour in support of their new album Devastator (Out Now on Secretly Canadian). We caught pretty spectacular, stripped down, versions of two tracks from the new album, “Every Day,” and “Blue Sun,” plus, a particularly killer version of a “Crazy For Leaving” from their previous album Tell Me (2006).

At Home Anywhere is a new podcast series where we will be bringing bands traveling through NYC into The Fort, a 1200 sq. ft. recording studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn to record a few tracks that we will then give to you for FREE. The songs were lovingly mastered by Dave Roman at 4130 Mastering.

The tracks are:
01. Crazy For Leaving
02. Every Day
03. Blue Sun

You have a few options for getting / hearing the podcast:

Subscribe in iTunes! Make sure that you stay up to date and automatically receive future episodes.-or-
Subscribe to the RSS feed (copy this URL to the podcast ‘Subscribe’ box in your favorite audio player)-or-
Download the Individual MP3 files.

Stay tuned for Episode 3 where we bring you an individual who is about as devoted to the road as they come, Paleo. More photos of Catfish Haven after the jump.

All Photos by Craig Chin