Caribou – aka Dan Snaith – wooed us with his fourth album under this moniker, 2014’s Our Love. The Canadian musician/producer is known for his immersive, impassioned electronics, but his last record took it up a notch; we said: “It’s a smart, attentive, demanding progression that deftly captures various stages of love’s cycles.” He plays at Brixton Academy on Friday.
Announcement Of The Week
Festival announcements are pouring out at the moment, and the biennial Manchester International Festival is up there with the very best. This year is the event’s 5th outing, and takes place from 2-19 July at venues across the city. Of course music is only a portion of this arts festival, celebrating new, original work. Highlights of the music programme include Björk, Damon Albarn, FKA Twigs and Nico Muhly.
Monday 9 March
Franco Batiato and Joe Patti – Scala
Tyrannosaurus Dead – Shacklewell Arms
Tuesday 10 March
Desperate Journalist – Shacklewell Arms
Rhodes – Village Underground
We Were Promised Jetpacks – Garage
Matthew E White – LSO St Luke’s
Laura Groves – St John on Bethnal Green
Wednesday 11 March
Jose Gonzalez – Scala
Marina And The Diamonds – Oslo
The Veronicas – Heaven
Ella Eyre – Roundhouse
Thursday 12 March
Little Comets – Koko
Spector – Lexington
Laura Welsh – Electrowerkz
Echo Lake – Hoxton Square Bar And Kitchen
Coves – Corsica Studios
Friday 13 March
Royal Blood – Brixton Academy
Idlewild – Roundhouse
Saturday 14 March
Caribou – Brixton Academy
Tricky + Gazelle Twin – St John at Hackney
Caribou MP3s or CDs
Caribou on Spotify
