Press, Release, Play: The Caribbean's Mini Media Blitz

THE CARIBBEAN'S MADE UP of a lawyer, a librarian and a teacher, but somehow this decidedly untropical band still manages to get together and do things other than sue people and fine dudes for overdue books (though perhaps the group's arty pop music could be called "edutainment" because of the tutor chap's presence).

Anyway, the jangle-drone-sorta-indie D.C. trio (which Tim Follos wrote about for Express in Nov. 2007) has announced a mini tour, a mini album of remixes and a mini recording session for the Daytrotter Web site.

The mini press release is below, which includes a link to download a free MP3.

Washington, DC's The Caribbean (Hometapes) is embarking on a flurry of tour dates over the next month, still in support of Populations (HT018), their most recent release. Scott Solter (Spoon, Mountain Goats, John Vanderslice) just completed a remix of five songs from said release -- tentatively titled Scott Solter RePopulates The Caribbean -- which will see release before the end of 2008. The band is also excited to be guests of Daytrotter on this current tour; those sessions will be made available in the next few months. Lastly, the band has just launched a new website to replace their infamous corporate send-up site that's been their home since the early 'oughts, although the old version is still available as a static, dust-collecting museum piece only. Catch the Caribbean live: Jul 28: Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines, IA Jul 29: Big V's, St. Paul, MN Jul 30: Daytrotter Session, Rock Island, IL Jul 30: Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL (w/The Boy Bathing) Jul 31: Mac's Bar, Lansing, MI Aug 1: Bela Dubby, Cleveland, OH Aug 2: Howler's Coyote Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA Aug 3: The Manhattan Room, Philadelphia, PA Aug 13: Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY

Populations, the critically-adored album from The Caribbean, was released in 2008 The super-literate bureaucrats from DC put together soft-spoken, artfully crafted, and slightly askew pop music that has tinges of jazz and experimental music laid over the band's typical wry musings about dinosaurs, German composers, and life.

Download: The Caribbean--"The Go From Tactical"