https://www.cluas.com/indie-music RSS feeds for CLUAS Irish Indie Music 60 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/93/Caribou-live-in-Dublin#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=93 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=93&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/93/Caribou-live-in-Dublin Caribou (live in The Button Factory, Dublin) Review Snapshot: Studio whizzkid with a strong live reputation brings his album of the year - Swim contender to the slushy streets of Dublin. The Cluas Verdict? 8 out of 10 Full Review: Dublin is getting back on its feet (literally) after as severe a bout of cold weather as this gig-goer can ever remember enduring, Grafton Street is a slushy muddy hive of after work Christmas drinkers and shoppers. We beat a path down through the shopping thoroughfare, across Temple Bar and over a beggar strewn Halfpenny Bridge before settling into the Grand Social (Formally Pravda) on Liffey Street. The Grand Social is a very welcome addition to the Dublin indie pub scene, Gil Scott Heron's ‘Lady Day and John Coltrane‘ is playing on the stereo which for me denotes bar staff with rather excellent taste in music. They also have Leffe beer on tap which they serve by the pint - fantastic.    We trotted back across the Halfpenny Bridge and up through the cobblestones to The Button Factory buried right in the Heart of Temple Bar.   Caribou is essentially a recording moniker for Dan Snaith, a prodigious mathematician by account who on relocation to London fell in with electronica genius Kieran Hebden of Four Tet. Initially as Manitoba and then as Caribou he released two of my favourite albums in recent years, songs such as Sundialling of Andorra and Leave House of album of 2010 contender Swim have featured on more than a couple of this reviewer's mix tapes. Having read strong live reviews of previous visits to this shore I was interested to see how the records were going to translate in a live environment.   Given the nature of his music it comes as no surprise to see that percussion instruments are to the fore, strings and keys somewhat to the back. Four guys take to the stage and they start into 'Kalli' from Swim. This song feels like a tease, Snaith stands jabbing at a keyboard while the other three musicians on stage fidget about and look a bit uncomfortable. They look as though they will break into a full dance freak out mode but they somehow hold back.    The set is well paced and it’s probably just as well because I don’t think I am fit enough for an hour and twenty minute freak out, certainly not in snow worthy boots. 'Melody day' is dropped quite early in the set and is as fantastic as this reviewer imagined it could be. 'Hannibal' sounds as if it has been tweaked by the good guys at DFA. Swim's closing track - 'Jamelia' -  kicks off like an R'n'B classic and the lyrics find Snaith at his most open, honest and bare. Odessa is a piece of pure majesty. These three songs are highlights which, as a sample, show how diverse and dexterous the sound Snaid has created truly is.    Elsewhere there are moments that deliver the promised freak outs. As moments, they pass and as you attempt to digest what you have just witnessed you are already being challenged by something else. Every now and again Snaith looks up and flashes a grin as if the studio driven vision is being brought to fruition. I cannot argue with that. They encore with Sun which feels like a perfect climax. Nothing is left on stage at the end, not even Snaith himself as he is dragged from the stage and is passed around the fervent crowd before carving his way back to the stage and off into the night. Phil Gill More ... Phil Gill Wed, 22 Dec 2010 02:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:93 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/95/Local-Natives-live-in-Dublin#Comments 0 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/RssComments.aspx?TabID=36&ModuleID=728&ArticleID=95 https://www.cluas.com:443/indie-music/DesktopModules/DnnForge%20-%20NewsArticles/Tracking/Trackback.aspx?ArticleID=95&PortalID=0&TabID=36 https://www.cluas.com/indie-music/Home/ID/95/Local-Natives-live-in-Dublin Local Natives (live in The Village, Dublin) Review Snapshot: LA Hipsters Local Natives roll into town to play a work unfriendly Monday night at The Village in Dublin, the reviewer can't help but be reminded of sunnier times the previous July. The Cluas Verdict? 8 out of 10 Full Review: Ado decided to drive in so I sat in the house watching Australian Masterchef waiting for the lad to pull up outside the door in his ridiculous PlayStation-like BMW. The phone rings. It's himself, too lazy to get out of the car and knock on the door and, to be honest, when it is this cold I don't blame the buck one bit. Local Natives all the way from California playing The Village on a Monday night. I got into them during the summer in my uncle's vacant house on the Aran Islands, my girlfriend from Montreal was playing albums on her iPod for myself and two friends while we drank wine in the long grass and watched the sun set out over the west coast of Mayo. Happy memories that seem so far away as we spin down the N11 into Donnybrook on a bitterly cold November night. We made our way past the group of shivering, nicotine-addled hipsters with enough time to grab a bottle of O'Hara's stout and pick a position in front of the awful overhang which is the curse of the Village as a venue. The trick is to get far enough forward so you can't hear the chattering from the peeps who shelled out 20 odd quid to talk at the bar. The band walk on reflecting a straw poll of the audience themselves: comical tashes, low cut oversized tees and skinny jeans-a-gogo. They launch into the percussion-driven 'Camera Talk' (scroll below to listen to it). The first thing that hits you is how loud they are playing. Having not seen them before this was unexpected. The second thing that hits you is that these guys really can sing. And not just one of them. They all seem fit to hold a note, with the exception of the enormous bass player. Next up is 'World News' which starts off as a thumping footstomper, immersed in vocal and strung-up hooks that evolves into another shout-out loud vocal singalong. A Talking Heads cover followed by a string of songs from their debut album Gorrilla Manor. After 3 or 4 songs I would imagine it would be impossible not to be completely taken in by these guys. They are impressively tight, something which comes from two years or so on the road. The hooks are plentiful and the boys can more than just hold a note. Kudos must also go to the crowd for this gig. Sun Hands in particular involved a 'sing along' which required the lead to sing a bit louder to be heard over the Monday night hardcore indie element. We left The Village as far awaty as ever from a summer's evening on Inis Mor but very happy nonetheless. Phil Gill Camera Talk by Local Natives More ... Phil Gill Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:00:00 GMT f1397696-738c-4295-afcd-943feb885714:95