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By: Kendall | in: Music |

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I recently received a video in the mail from a group called Caribou. It turns out Caribou is Dan Snaith (AKA Manitoba). Snaith started his career with the theft of a high school music sampler that was aging in the corner of his High School’s music department. In the isolation of Ontario, Canada, snaith honed his skills with little else to do besides practice music and record. Obviously, this seems to have worked for the best. Caribou has just released a 4th full length record entitled Andorra. The album comes out courtesy of merge records (Spoon, The Buzzcocks, Dinosaur Jr., Imperial Team, and many many others). All of the music is created by Dan in the studio, but he does tour with a band. The music is similar to that of The Go! Team, but more psychedelic, and filled with vocals that sound like they came straight out of the 60’s in the middle of an acid test. My attention was originally caught by the tuneful bliss that slipped out of my laptop, but what really grabbed me is some of the videos I managed to have dug up. The amazing soundscapes filled with wandering strings, jangly guitars, and lots of interesting ambience blends amazingly with the dreamlike videos.

Trivia for the day:

In late 2004, in the most unexpected turn yet, Caribou was born out of the ashes of a lawsuit enacted by aging punk rocker turned wrestler Handsome ‘Dick’ Manitoba. In surely one of the most bizarre trademark lawsuits in recent years Handsome ‘Dick’ sued Snaith for unlawfully using the name Manitoba – a name incidentally shared by one of Canada’s ten provinces. Finding himself limited by the high-priced realities of trademark law, Snaith opted to take the high road and change his nom de rock to Caribou.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QklfmJ4vfLs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUctc2EViIQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QplxeexCcTE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVMlQtlS180

Caribou will touring North America heavily this fall.

09.28.2007 Hamilton ON The Casbah w/ Born Ruffians

09.29.2007 Waterloo ON Starlight Lounge w/ Born Ruffians

10.02.2007 Ottawa ON BabylonBabylon w/ Born Ruffians

10.03.2007 Montreal QC La Tulipe w/ Born Ruffians

10.04.2007 Northampton MA Iron Horse w/ Born Ruffians

10.05.2007 Cambridge MA Middle East Upstairs w/ Born Ruffians

10.06.2007 New York NY Bowery Ballroom w/ Born Ruffians

10.07.2007 Purchase NY SUNY Purchase w/ Born Ruffians

10.08.2007 Philadelphia PA First Unitarian Church w/ Born Ruffians

10.09.2007 Washington DC Rock N Roll Hotel w/ Born Ruffians

10.10.2007 Charlottesville VA Satellite Ballroom w/ Born Ruffians

10.11.2007 Chapel Hill NC Local 506 w/ Born Ruffians

10.12.2007 Atlanta GA The Earl w/ Born Ruffians

10.13.2007 Gainesville FL Common Grounds w/ Born Ruffians

10.14.2007 Orlando FL The Social w/ Born Ruffians

10.15.2007 Tampa FL United States Crowbar w/ Born Ruffians

10.16.2007 Tallahassee FL United States The Beta Bar w/ Born Ruffians

10.17.2007 Baton Rouge LA Spanish Moon w/ Born Ruffians

10.18.2007 Houston TX United States Engine Room w/ Born Ruffians

10.19.2007 Austin TX Club Deville w/ Born Ruffians

10.20.2007 Dallas TX Palladium Loft w/ Born Ruffians

10.21.2007 Norman OK Opolis w/ Born Ruffians

10.22.2007 Lawrence KS Bottleneck w/ Born Ruffians

10.23.2007 Denver CO Larimer Lounge w/ Born Ruffians

10.24.2007 Salt Lake City UT Urban Lounge w/ Born Ruffians

10.25.2007 Tucson AZ Plush w/ Born Ruffians

10.26.2007 Los Angeles CA Troubadour w/ Born Ruffians

10.27.2007 San Francisco CA Slim’s w/ Born Ruffians

10.28.2007 Portland OR Doug Fir Lounge w/ Born Ruffians

10.29.2007 Seattle WA Neumos w/ Born Ruffians

10.30.2007 Vancouver BC Richards on Richards w/ Born Ruffians

10.31.2007 Victoria BC Sugar w/ Born Ruffians

11.02.2007 Edmonton AB The Starlite Room w/ Born Ruffians

11.03.2007 Calgary AB The Warehouse w/ Born Ruffians

11.04.2007 Saskatoon SK Amigo’s w/ Born Ruffians

11.05.2007 Winnipeg Canada Royal Albert Arms w/ Born Ruffians

11.06.2007 Fargo ND The Aquarium w/ Born Ruffians


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Posted on September 18, 2007

Comments

5 Responses to “Caribou”

  1. SharkyX on October 11th, 2007 12:57 am

    His latest album, ‘Andorra’ is marvelous i gave it a 9.5/10 on my review.


  2. DThompson on October 11th, 2007 12:57 am

    These guys sound pretty cool, I particularly enjoyed the “old man on the carousel” vid, though “line drawings” and “beach” were nice too. “Big Heads” was amusing to watch but the music was a little low key for me. Despite my dislike for live music I think I’ll go see these guys. Thanks for the tip, Kendall. :)


  3. Rockness Monster on October 11th, 2007 12:58 am

    Troubadour show!


  4. Mozzer on October 11th, 2007 12:58 am

    nice songs, loved the videos!


  5. Charbarred on October 11th, 2007 12:58 am

    Caught them live in Berlin last night…only saw the last few songs of the show but they were amazing.


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