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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...