CARIBOU

A few years ago, mathematician Dan Snaith was cruising along, writing songs and recording under the name Manitoba. He got struck with a lawsuit from "Handsome" Dick Manitoba, lead singer for the '70s band The Dictators, who informed Snaith he would either have to relinquish the name Manitoba or suffer a bout with the legal system. Rather than endure expensive litigation, Snaith (like any logical mathematician) severed himself from the Manitoba moniker. Nowadays the music is much more focused and the name is Caribou, a pseudonym Snaith came up with while tweaked out on LSD during an outdoor trek through the Canadian outback. So how did it happen? MORE