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...recalls the best of Caribou’s previous releases, that song and “Jamelia” are strange fits on an album dominated by pulsating drum-and-bass beats. Still, they’re a welcome break from the indecisiveness of “Swim??s” fallow middle section...
...Odessa,” venturing daringly into various subgenres of dance but with a firm safety line linking them to Caribou’s dreamy home territory. Soon enough, though, that line starts to drag the record back towards Caribou’s earlier sound, and “Swim?? experiences something of an identity crisis. Caribou seems to lose his nerve, and the meandering, spacey sounds of “Andorra” reappear...
This indecisiveness, rather than the music itself, is what holds “Swim?? back. The album seems to reside in an odd limbo, demonstrating superb dance tracks and Caribou’s continuing mastery of his familiar fields, but failing to commit to a cohesive vision of either. The album’s confusion might induce a little nostalgia for the sweeping sounds of “Andorra.” But more than anything, Caribou should be applauded for his courage in releasing a record that strays far from the formula of his previous releases...
...greater Boston area yesterday prompted a bomb scare that shut down Longfellow Bridge and parts of Interstate 93. The hysteria eased, however, when investigators discovered that the packages were in fact part of an outdoor Turner Broadcasting marketing campaign. The network had placed the packages to promote Adult Swim??s animated television show, “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” according to a statement from Turner reported in The Boston Globe. The statement said the packages were “magnetic lights that pose no danger.” The first of the packages...
...struggling to make things work. Nevertheless, the fact that there is a happy outcome for most students does not mean that their first-year suffering is justified. On the contrary, Harvard College should do a lot more for its first-year students. Certainly, a “sink or swim?? mentality produces accomplished individuals, but the costs are far too high. If the Curricular Review lessens freshmen’s requirements and increases their chances of mixing with upperclassmen and taking real Harvard classes, being a student here might not involve so many growing pains.Alexander Bevilacqua...