Caribou is one of those artists where I celebrate his entire discography. A lot of people around the blogsphere would claim that this record is his weakest and while there might be some truth to it, it would be unfortunate to completely reject the album. Caribou suffers from what I call the “awesomeness syndrome”. Let [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Caribou’
Caribou – The Milk of Human Kindness (2005)
Posted in Music, tagged 2005, Caribou, The Milk of Human Kindness on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Caribou – Andorra (2008)
Posted in Music, tagged Andorra, Caribou, Polaris Prize Winner 2008, Psychedelic on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Winner of the prestigious 2008 Polaris Prize and my most played album of 2008.
Heard blind, you’d never know that Andorra is the work of a musician who made some minor waves in the IDM community. While there’s plenty of evidence that contemporary electronics helped realize this music, what hits your ears first is its debt [...]
Up In Flames – Manitoba/Caribou
Posted in Music, tagged Caribou, Manitoba, Psychedelic, Up In Flames on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is one of those albums that consumes you. It puts you in some sort of a hazy reverie that you never wanna break out of. Caribou (formerly known as Manitoba) aka Dan Snaith decides to take a complete U-turn after releasing the idm-esque “Start Breaking My Heart” in 2001. With Up In Flames, Caribou [...]