Nite Jewel made their take on “Odessa” shimmer, but Junior Boys amplify the songs most jarring (and most awesome part), the little monkey cry that punctuates each phrase, then put in a new, funkier synth base for Dan Snaith’s vocals. It’s a totally different feel from the organic lushness of the original.(...

Dan Snaith’s immediate jam “Odessa” bounces by on dank techno whoomps, bass bubbling as if submerged in liquid, so L.A. duo Nite Jewel shift the orientation some on this remix with guitars and hand percussion that shimmer off the water’s surface. The girls step in with some new harmonies, smeary synth, and...

Caribou’s nine-song Swim follows his nine-song 2007 Polaris Winning-Andorra. The last one was 42:59. This one’s 43:10. Just a quick, statistical way of pointing that that since Dan Snaith founded his project as Manitoba ten or so years ago, at least on the surface (and by the numbers) he’s been incredibly consistent...

The liquid, pliant lead single from Caribou's upcoming album Swim now has a video that's equally soft-edged. No concrete storyline here -- just lots of wintry nature shots blending into one another, and a woman driving, then walking through the snow, with a sort of Into The Wild vibe to the beginning/ending. Like the song's protagonist, the vide...

When Dan Snaith stopped by and gave a Progress Report on Swim, his followup to 2007's Andorra he let Jessica know that "rather than planning and writing out structures as he did with with Andorra ... [he] recorded bits of pieces of things he likes to see what sticks and what doesn't."One thing that's emerged: Snaith has decided to combine the da...