During their New Year's Eve performance they happened to cover Caribou's 2007 song 'Melody Day'. The band added a new touring member named Ahmed Gallab who had previously toured with Caribou, and maybe that went into the decision to cover it. Thanks to You Ain't No Picasso for the song. The cover doesn't stray too much from the original material besides Kevin's vocals. You can download the so...
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When Dan Snaith was blocked from recording under the name Manitoba—due to a lawsuit filed by an old punk rocker called Handsome Dick Manitoba—he was forced to come up with a new name and settled on Caribou; the name of an animal oft found roaming said Canadian Province.Maybe the London-based musician/doctor (he earned his PhD in 2005)—who will release a new album called Andorra via Merge Rec
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Daryn and Nyck of the amalgamated darynyck join me by phone for a chat about their soon-to-be-released Sasquatch Sessions. Your Favorite Assassin are releasing an e.p. this Saturday at Andyman's as well. There's a musical preview of the Caribou and Man Man shows. Some news I learned since I finished the show this morning: Ahmed of Sinkane is joining Caribou on drums for the remainder of Carib...
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Various Artists SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: THE REMIXES! (Merge) Releasing: 17 November This, the latest addition to the Merge Records 20-year celebration (the covers album came out in April), doesn't come out until November 17th, but the entire album is available to stream from the Merge website right now. The stream is only up for a limited time, but when it dries up you can check out a...
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Caribou's 2007 album "Andorra" won the 2008 Polaris Music Prize, the album saw a change in direction for the project. Dan Snaith had started to become a singer-songwriter diverging from his beginnings as just making beats on his laptop for his debut. Now in an interview...Click the link to read more
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For someone who's named himself after majestic deer and a lush foresty Canadian province — not to mention a sample and title songs that deal with nature — it's no surprise that Dan Snaith would want to save the earth. And since he's also a part-time teacher, Snaith seems like the kind of guy who likes to give rather than receive. Appropriately, Snaith, a.k.a. Caribou, announced last week that
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Caribou aka Daniel Snaith won the Polaris Music Prize and taking home the 20,000 cash prize for Canada’s best Canadian album. I gave the album 4 out of 5.I guess I’m not surprised at all. Reading an article on Friday on the artist’s choice for the prize hinted at Caribou’s Andorra. I’m not mad at [...]
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Dan Snaith (known in the music biz as Caribou, or formerly Manitoba) has taken home $20,000 for beating out 9 others to win the 2008 Polaris Prize.More of the story here.
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Any awards show that honours a band named Holy Fuck, and then allows a broadcast to go out across the (Internet radio) airwaves where the words "Holy Fuck" are constantly repeated is going to be a-okay in my books. It's a different experience listening to an awards show, but when the honourees are musicians, the visual experience would only ever be secondary. So it was that I sat down to list...
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