Caribou @ Le National 9/16
Last Thursday, Caribou played a show at Theatre Le National which I was, unfortunately, unable to attend. Luckily, my friend Kevin did check it out, and he was so blown away that he wrote a short review for us.
“As Caribou first took the stage at Le National, the first thing that struck me was the light setup. Their strobes would cause any self-respecting epileptic to flock to an Ibiza rave, and as if that wasn’t enough, their psychedelic on-stage projections made LSD look like cigarettes. Along with such a stunning introduction, there comes a certain pressure to deliver musically, and with an electrifying set that jumped between dreamlike ambiance and pulse-pumping electronica, Caribou delivered and then some. Alternating between synthesizers, drum kit, guitar and vocals, and backed by an army of talent (notably the featured wind section consisting of saxophones, flute and trombone), front man Daniel Snaith truly proved to be a real renaissance man of modern music.
The eight-piece band drew material primarily from the 2010 album Swim, but also dug into the vault for a few tracks, much to the pleasure of the aging die-hards. The tracks often ascended into electrifying crescendos, culminating in a lo-ish-fi wall of sound (watch out, Yo La Tengo) that was gasoline to the towering hipster dance-party inferno that raged on the floor. If you hail from Toronto or London Ont. mark off your calendar because this is not a show to be missed!”
-Written by Kevin McWhinnie
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Brothers (Caribou Remix)- Hot Chip
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