Caribou, School of Language, D_RRadio, JayMay, THIS THUSDAY @ Independent

Portions For Foxes are ultra-pleased to be bringing one of modern electro-pop’s most consistently inspiring acts Sunderland. This November, Dan Snaith, multi-instrumentalist, virtuoso, and most recently. Doctor Of Mathematics, will be warming up our dreary and overly be-Greggsed little city with sunny Krautrock crescendos aplenty.

Caribou’s latest CD, ‘Andorra’ sees Snaith make the hop from Domino Records to Merge (home of Camera Obscura, Neutral Milk Hotel, Arcade Fire etc.) with conquering flair and style. More hooks and chord changes per square minute mark an obviously departure from the looped drones that characterised his earlier work, and led him to rarely be mentioned without a nod to Fourtet but a move into verse and chorus hasn’t meant a move to pop at the lowest common denominator. Something the atomic glow of Andorra’s critical reviews reflects:

‘a multi-layered masterpiece, refreshingly sweet, with beautiful baroque touches’
- NME 8/10

‘Andorra will undoubtedly win Caribou a lot of new fans and rightfully so; it's a big, bold, tuneful collection that impresses with its ambition and meticulous arrangement.’
- Pitchformedia 8.3/10

‘expertly melds experimental electronica with pop sensibilities, a momentous addition to Caribou’s enviable discography.
- Tiny Mix Tapes – 4.5/5

Caribou live is renowned for deploying multiple drummers and synchronised visuals to bring to life the incredible melody filled explosiveness of their tunes. An absolute bargain (seriously) at five quid an advance ticket, with some brilliant local supports and DJs, and free entry to Cool For Cats club night afterwards, we’re even more certain than usual that this one is un-missable.

Click For:

Caribou Myspace

Caribou Official

Recommended for fans of:

Fourtet, M83, LCD Soundsystem, Neu!, Boards Of Canada, Can, Captain Beefheart

Photos:

Caribou Flickr page

Support:

D_rradio


Tickets £5 adv + booking fee:
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Okkervil River thanks. Simon Joyner in Newcastle

The party's done, the cake's all gone, the plates are clean.*

and after this past month's relentless to-froing, I have to say I'm bloody knackered.
But then so many people have mentioned how much they enjoyed the gig (and it was incredible if i do say so myself)...that a little fatigue is nothing to moan about.

This was the biggest gig we've done so far and went swimmingly well...

I don't think I've had such a kick looking around at the mass of people one of our shows pulled in since Final Fantasy in October last year. That show had the same sense of satisfaction that comes from watching your best efforts paying off.

as usual there were more than just Rachel and i involved in this one:

Claire Dupree of Narc magazine ran a sweet interview with Okkervil for their November issue...

Jimmy Asquith and Ruth Sleighthome, editors at Newcastle University's Pulp Magazine, made the interview we did with Okkervil their cover story for the week...

Matt Marlow and Katy offered to put the band up in their flat and have my bedroom mattress taking space up there right now.

Scrumpy Willow And The Singing Kettle cafe for driving along a stackload of their incredible Veggie Breakfasts for the band. They also graciously lent us the aforementioned plates.

Minotaurs played a blinder of a support slot.

I'm sure there will be others that I forget. So thanks a ton to everyone involved, and so glad you had as good a time as I did!

I managed to forget to record anything or take any photos. bugger.

SIMON JOYNER @ THE STAR AND SHADOW CINEMA, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 21st:

In other news, we had to turn down a show with Jagjaguwar/Team Love's Simon Joyner recently, but have found out that he's playing the Star And Shadow Cinema on November 21st anyhow. Score!
Simon Joyner fact: John Peel only ever played two records from start to finish on his show, one of which was a Simon Joyner record, the other was Bob Dylan's Desire.
i think its about £5 a ticket, what a bargain!

cheers,

David / Foxes

O'Death At The Head Of Steam Halloween Party

to say this show was fun is an understatement of some freakin' magnitude.

let's thank everyone who was involved:
www.myspace.com/freediamonds
www.myspace.com/chippewafalls
www.myspace.com/odeath

Daisy from the Head Of Steam, whose effort in making the place look flash was nothing short of incredible. Rachel Portions carved up some totally sweet pumpkins.
John Egdell of Fake Indie Label did an incredible job with the sound as well as putting the show on with us.

The Devil did a shit hot Djing job too:





more photos as soon as they get developed.

in the meantime, here's some live mp3s from the show:



enjoy!

David

what a mess

my mate john sent me this vid today.
had me skanking around my room something rotten. awesome.



time we booked some ska methinks
David