Best Ever Albums

Re: Why don't people listen to caribou?

BARDAMU — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:53:57 GMT

Author: BARDAMU

Posted: 09/11/2019 12:53

Skinny wrote:

Everybody I met at afterparties in the early 2010s loved Caribou.

^ ^ ^ basically came here to post this. It's probably an age thing?

Re: Why don't people listen to caribou?

Hayden — Mon, 9 Sep 2019 10:52:59 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 09/09/2019 14:52

craola wrote:

wouldn't this indicate people keep their caribou records?

True, true. Meant 'new' shelves.

Or maybe they sell out like hotcakes.

Re: Why don't people listen to caribou?

craola — Wed, 4 Sep 2019 11:47:34 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 09/04/2019 15:47

Hayden wrote:

I've dug through a lot of shelves in the last decade, and I don't think I've ever seen a copy of Swim or Andorra anywhere (Our Love has popped up few times though).

wouldn't this indicate people keep their caribou records?

Re: Why don't people listen to caribou?

corenfro — Wed, 4 Sep 2019 11:28:20 GMT

Author: corenfro

Posted: 09/04/2019 15:28

But seriously: if anyone knows artists that do his style but just better let me know. I like artists like Boards of Canada aphex twin and brian eno yet they are not as dense or rich of a sound as Caribou and more on the ambient side of things

Re: Why don't people listen to caribou?

corenfro — Tue, 3 Sep 2019 22:16:32 GMT

Author: corenfro

Posted: 09/04/2019 02:16

I don't know just wanted to rant a bit. I did not find much in the search for him even on BEA (most of the hits were indeed for the elton john) so wanted to see if anyone was a fan.

I also feel like "p4k" has gone and lost what little credibility they had left by going and retroactively rating Taylor Swift. I'm surprised this forum is not all up in arms about it haha.

Re: Why don't people listen to caribou?

cestuneblague — Tue, 3 Sep 2019 22:02:32 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 09/04/2019 02:02

I never want to see another P4k decimal number ever again

Anyways, yeah, he's pretty dang popular, especially with the indie and BEA style crowd, is this asking why he isn't mainstream popular (whatever that means anymore)

Re: Why don't people listen to caribou?

rkm — Tue, 3 Sep 2019 15:47:13 GMT

Author: rkm

Posted: 09/03/2019 19:47

Because of Elton’s outfit?

Caribou by Elton John

Re: Why don't people listen to caribou?

Tap — Tue, 3 Sep 2019 14:30:57 GMT

Author: Tap

Posted: 09/03/2019 18:30

don't forget about the stuff he released as Manitoba. Up In Flames is so good.

Re: Why don't people listen to caribou?

Skinny — Tue, 3 Sep 2019 13:21:56 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 09/03/2019 17:21

Everybody I met at afterparties in the early 2010s loved Caribou.

Re: Why don't people listen to caribou?

Hayden — Tue, 3 Sep 2019 12:11:37 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 09/03/2019 16:11

corenfro wrote:

Sure but Taylor Swift is 468 on the list of best artists...

Yeah, but she's P4k 9.0 certified now.

And, outside of online communities, I actually have found Caribou oddly unpopular in Canada. I've dug through a lot of shelves in the last decade, and I don't think I've ever seen a copy of Swim or Andorra anywhere (Our Love has popped up few times though). His music is very accessible and even radio friendly, so maybe it's a little weird. I dunno, yeah, sure... shout out to Caribou.

Hope he comes through with a new record come 2020.

Re: Why don't people listen to caribou?

craola — Tue, 3 Sep 2019 11:48:11 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 09/03/2019 15:48

people don't listen to caribou? this is news to me. i've listened to all of his records. good stuff for the most part.

Re: Why don't people listen to caribou?

corenfro — Tue, 3 Sep 2019 11:36:48 GMT

Author: corenfro

Posted: 09/03/2019 15:36

Sure but Taylor Swift is 468 on the list of best artists...

And yeah Andorra is awesome! There's no way though that there were 129 albums better than Andorra in 2007. It is too bad almost no one has heard about this guy. Maybe there are artists that have dramatically better music in this genre than him? I'm admittedly not a fan of the genre, had listened to "Our Love" for many years now but visited these other guys and they are just stunning to listen to on a quality set of IEM's. In fact - "Our Love" was one of the records that I most noticed the biggest increase in sound quality when I was looking for things to demo vs. my low end headphones and it caused me to visit the rest of his stuff.

Maybe caribou is the gateway drug to psychedelic electronica? Are there artists that do this genre a lot better? I have never liked EDM, have always found it too repetitive and not engaging at all on a musical level but this is just.... different (in a very good way)

Re: Why don't people listen to caribou?

baystateoftheart — Mon, 2 Sep 2019 16:52:51 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 09/02/2019 20:52

I love all three of those albums, especially Andorra. #704 in the artist rankings isn't too shabby. So many amazing artists are below that.

Why don't people listen to caribou?

corenfro — Mon, 2 Sep 2019 15:50:16 GMT

Author: corenfro

Posted: 09/02/2019 19:50

Our Love is good but Swim and Andorra are off the charts awesome

for the genre he is in