I promise to tone down the Caribou posts after this one, but this was too good to pass up. ‘Twas truly an amazing show. Filmed at the First Unitarian Church two weeks ago. I think I remember seeing Rubens change his pants shortly after this song. Video from Eat Tapes.
Published by October 20th, 2007 in Music and Video.
Tags: Caribou, Eat Tapes, Philadelphia, R5 Productions. 1 Comment
Caribou put on a fantastic show last night at the First Unitarian Church. If you want the poetic version check with Rubens, but I will say this: Drums. I’ve been having a bit of a love affair with all things rhythm lately (still dreaming of Mahogany’s bassist) and the dual drum kits last night were almost worth the price of admission. Snaith (as pointed out numerous times elsewhere) has a talent not only for crafting beautiful melodies, but also for banging out a mean backbeat. When he and Brad Weber were going at it simultaneously, everything else had no choice but to fall into place, and it did. Most shining example of the merits of having two drum kits right up front; Sandy, which they played pretty early in the set.
Now for the gripe, and I’ll keep it brief: There wasn’t enough material from Andorra. Rubens said it best when he described the show as a “greatest hits.” I know Rubens was reveling in the older songs, but I was expecting/hoping for more from the latest album. With that said, it was great to hear them play stuff that I missed when they came through last time. It was especially nice to hear a song like Crayon, which I just assumed I’d never get to hear live (and performed perfectly I’ll add). Here’s hoping that when they tour for the next album, we’ll get to hear more from Andorra. 
You can see the rest of the pictures I took in this Flickr set.
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This show was fantastic despite the horrific level of heat in the venue. I mean there’s hot, and then there’s pizza oven hot. This place fell somewhere in between. The band brought a boatload of energy which resulted in a much more “rocking” set than I was expecting, but Luke and I were in agreement that it worked on every level. These guys just love to play and it shows. If you get a chance to see them, don’t hesitate.
Photos all came out crap as I was only toting my pocket camera that night. The above photo is of a very nice, limited edition print that they handed out for free at the show. It’ll have to serve as my visual representation of the evening.
Tags: First Unitarian Church, Luke Romer, Peter Bjorn and John, R5 Productions, Shows. 5 Comments