Caribou / Fuck Buttons - TOMORROW NIGHT!!!

There was a little scare yesterday concerning whether or not Caribou were going to cancel some shows on their current tour (including the Athens date) due to an injury suffered by their drummer on 3/30...well worry no more, Caribou has found a replacement drummer and the shows are still on! This would've been a serious bummer, since I've been anxiously awaiting this show for months now. Plans were made, people are involved (I'm pretty sure that some of them are prone to crying ;) ), but now it's back on and I AM EXCITED! This is sure to be one hell of a show, I strongly suggest you scrape up 12 bucks and hit this up.

Wed. 4/02/08 - Caribou, Fuck Buttons @ The 40 Watt Club

Caribou - website | Myspace
Fuck Buttons - website | Myspace

CONTEST / GIVEAWAY: 2 Tickets - Fuck Buttons, Caribou @ The 40 Watt Club, 4/02

To help promote the upcoming (and bad-ass BTW) debut full length from Fuck Buttons, "Street Horrrsing"(which comes out 3/18 via ATP Recordings), ICTH will be giving away a pair of tickets to see the Fuck Buttons, Caribou show at The 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA on 4/02/08. Just email itcoversthehillsides (at) gmail dot com with your full name and FUCK BUTTONS GIVEAWAY as the subject and that's it. I'll try to pick a winner by the end of next week.

I can only describe the material contained on "Street Horrrsing" as electronic/psyche/noise/drone/spazz/fun. It is not for your grandmother. It IS however, for fans of Jesu/Ministry/Animal Collective/Mogwai (which I am). Wrap your head around the extremely alluring track "Bright Tomorrow" streaming below.



FUCK BUTTONS ::: CARIBOU :: 2008
Mar. 18 – The Casbah - Hamilton, ONT
Mar. 19 – Starlight Lounge - Waterloo, ONT
Mar. 20 - Lee’s Palace - Toronto, ONT
Mar. 21 - Lee’s Palace - Toronto, ONT
Mar. 22 – Babylon - Ottawa, ONT
Mar. 23 – La Tulipe - Montreal, Quebec
Mar. 24 – Strafford Room - Durham, NH
Mar. 25 – Iron Horse - Northampton, MA
Mar. 26 – Paradise - Boston, MA
Mar. 27 – Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY
Mar. 28 – Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
Mar. 29 – Johnny Brenda’s - Philadelphia, PA
Mar. 30 – Rock and Roll Hotel - Washington, DC
Mar. 31 – Satellite Ballroom - Charlottesville, VA
Mar. 01 – Cat’s Cradle - Carrboro, NC
Mar. 02 – 40 Watt Club - Athens, GA
Mar. 03 – Common Grounds - Gainesville, FL
Mar. 04 – The Social - Orlando, FL
Apr. 05 – Culture Room - Fort Lauderdale, FL
Apr. 06 – Crowbar - Tampa, FL
Apr. 07 – Club Downunder - Tallahassee, FL
Apr. 08 – Mercy Lounge - Nashville, TN
Apr. 09 – Wexner Center - Columbus, OH
Apr. 10 – Illini Union Courtyard Café - Urbana, IL
Apr. 11 – Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
Apr. 12 – Triple Rock Club - Minneapolis, MN
Apr. 13 – Royal Albert Arms - Winnipeg, Manitoba
Apr. 14 – Amigos - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Apr. 15 – Starlite Room - Edmonton, Alberta
Apr. 16 – Grand Theatre - Calgary, Alberta
Apr. 18 – Biltmore Cabaret (two shows) - Vancouver, BC
Apr. 19 – Sugar - Victoria, British Columbia
Apr. 20 – Chop Suey - Seattle, WA
Apr. 21 – Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
Apr. 23 – The Independent - San Francisco, CA
Apr. 24 – El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
Apr. 25 – Plush - Tucson, AZ
Apr. 26 – Club 101 - El Paso, TX
Apr. 27 – Emo’s - Austin, TX
Apr. 28 – Palladium Loft - Dallas, TX
Apr. 29 – The Continental - Tulsa, OK
Apr. 30 – The Record Bar - Kansas City, MO
May 01 – The Bilken Club - St. Louis, MO
May 02 – Waldron Auditorium - Bloomington, IN
May 03 – Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH
May 04 – Big Orbit’s Soundlab - Buffalo, NY

Fuck Buttons - website | Myspace

VIDEO: Caribou "She's The One"

VIDEO: Caribou "Melody Day (live)"

One of my favorite songs this year from one of my absolutely favorite albums this year as well. Caribou is coming to Atlanta on Oct. 12 to The Earl, I highly suggest you make it out for this one.



TOUR DATES:
09-28 Hamilton, Ontario - The Casbah *
09-29 Waterloo, Ontario - Starlight Lounge *
10-02 Ottawa, Ontario - Babylon *
10-03 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe *
10-04 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse *
10-05 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs *
10-06 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
10-07 Purchase, NY - SUNY Purchase *
10-08 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *
10-09 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel *
10-10 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom *
10-11 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *
10-12 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
10-13 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds *
10-14 Orlando, FL - The Social *
10-15 Tampa, FL - Crowbar *
10-16 Tallahassee, FL - The Beta Bar *
10-17 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon *
10-19 Austin, TX - Emo's Jr. *
10-20 Dallas, TX - Palladium Loft *
10-22 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck *
10-23 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge *
10-24 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
10-25 Tucson, AZ - Plush *
10-26 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *
10-27 San Francisco, CA - Slim's *
10-28 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
10-29 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
10-30 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards *
10-31 Victoria, British Columbia - Sugar *
11-02 Edmonton, Alberta - The Starlite Room *
11-03 Calgary, Alberta - The Warehouse *
11-04 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Amigos *
11-05 Winnipeg, Manitoba - The Collective Cabaret *
11-06 Fargo, ND - The Aquarium *
11-07 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club *

* with Born Ruffians

Caribou signs to Merge Records, new album in August.

Caribou (formerly Manitoba) has officially signed to Merge Records, home of Spoon, Neutral Milk Hotel, Arcade Fire, M. Ward, Destroyer, The Clientele, The Rosebuds, and many other indie elite. They will be releasing his new album "Andorra" on August 21, 2007. Dan had this to say about the new album on his website: "I'm super-happy with the way the album has turned out. I've put seemingly endless hours into it over the last year or so getting everything exactly as I wanted it and have never been this madly excited about my music. I can't wait for you all to hear it and hope you'll like it too."

Merge will be releasing a CDEP of “Melody Day”, the first single from Andorra, on July 10th.

Caribou will go on tour in North America in October and November 2007.