FRIDAY

Two things that are making me very happy these days

The Milk of Human Kindness
JUST SO YOU KNOW THIS IS MANITOBA’s NEW NAME- CARIBOU.
This is Dan Snaith’s (formerly Manitoba now Caribou-- seems the very lame frontman for punk band The Dictators, Handsome Dick Manitoba, sued Snaith for trademark infringement) first full length recording under the new alias and it does not disappoint; sweet beats, tweets, buzzes and all the pop hooks reminiscent of his last effort- Up In Flames. This new album seems to be an inspired electronic exploration and celebration of sixties psychedelia and swamp rock.

Everything Comes and Goes-Tribute to Black Sabbath
Four tracks into this compilation, which will blow your mind, is the Four Tet version of Sabbath’s “Iron Man”. This track alone requires that everyone own this CD, a tribute to Ozzy era Sabbath and never has the word tribute been more appropriate. These bands come from musical worlds far distant than that of the aubergine fog engulfed planet we know to be metal. There is incredible range here; a country folk interpretation of “Planet Caravan” by The Anomoanon as well as a noise version of Sabbath’s catalogue titled “Reversible Sabbath” by Japan’s The Ruins. Not one of these nine tracks is a toss off. Each is a well considered interpretation of music that changed the world.