For those of you unaware of Caribou, here is a little bit you should know. Caribou is a music project by Ontario native Daniel Snaith. He records everything solo in the studio, but while on tour has a five piece band including himself as percussionist. He formally went by the name of Monitoba, before being sued by a man who shared Monitoba as a last name. Caribou doesn't tour the states much so when I saw the opportunity to see him, I knew I had to take it.
It was a Wednesday night, and I was eager to get to Webster Hall to see the show whose tickets I have been holding on to for weeks now. Since I have only been living in NYC for a short time, I still get lost. Which is exactly what I did on the way to the show, but I quickly found my way and arrived as Caribou was going on stage. Although, the concert hall was packed full of people, I managed to make my way up to the first row. As close as I could get, I noticed a paper plate right next to the guitar pedals with the set-list written on it. The first song was going to be "Odessa", my personal favorite, the encore was "Sun", by far Caribous most popular. One of the best things about attending concerts, is the element of surprise. I figured now that I knew what songs they were going to play, that was no longer possible, but was I ever wrong.
Immediately after the music started, so did the background projections. Patterns and colors, mixed with politcal videos and creepy cartoons filled my vision. It was like nothing I had ever seen before, except maybe for a few Bonnaroo shows that I vaguely remember, but I'm not getting in to that. The combination of the two drummers and multiple synthesizers fit perfectly for a rainy night in Manhattan with a hundreds of drunk and drugged college students. I was also surprised by the variety of instruments they used everything from a flute to a washboard. As the show went on, the crowd got more into it, and by the time they hit the encore everyone knew that nine songs just wasn't enough. Although they only played an hour it felt like four, nobody wanted to go home. I attend a lot of shows, already more than most will see in a life time. Some of them stick out more than others, this was definitely one of those, and I will not be satisfied until I see some more Caribou.
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