Maybe the third time really is the charm. Canadian indie-rockers Islands released their third album, Vapours, only a few weeks ago and it not only packs quite a punch, but it has also garnered widespread acclaim that it is their best album to date.It's pretty much what you might expect from the band. Islands' drummer Jamie Thompson returned to work on this album, and the band apparently decided...
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Photo by Devyn ManiboNew York by-way-of Montreal’s Islands, the brainchild of front man Nick Diamonds, are on the road hard this fall, with dates stretching across most of North America, in...**Summary** Go to website for downloads, videos & more.
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via Exclaim: Vapours is due out September 22 on Anti-.
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Islands, the project of former Unicorns member Nick Diamonds, has a new LP produced by Diamonds and Chris Coady (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV On The Radio) due out September 22nd. The title track from Vapours is a bouncy and uplifting ditty featuring a funked-out bass riff and brass section.Islands - "Vapours" (from Vapours)
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A while back we posted that Islands would be releasing a third album, titled Vapours. Strangely, between the time we got that news and now, The Tape heard a rumor of Nick Thorburn’s (known to many as Nick Diamonds) death in a plane crash. After much research, we can safely assume that it never happened, [...]
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In 2005 Nick Thornburn (vocals, guitar, keyboard) and Jamie Thompson's (drums) band Islands was born upon the demise of their previous group, the very successful The Unicorns. Since then, they have featured a regularly changing lineup of contributing members: Alex and Sebastian Chow- the 1993 and 1994 World Super N.E.S. Fest champions (I'm not really sure what that means, maybe something to do...
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Islands dials back the excess just like you like it, you damn hipster rube.Islands have a problem. It's you. And it’s me. Vapours is their sugar-coated, poison response to their detractors. The prog-rockish Arm's Way alienated listeners looking for the band to replicate the Graceland-tinged, pre-Vampire Weekend, genre-hopping of their debut, Return to the Sea. The Arm's Way Era can now be viewe.
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Maybe the third time really is the charm. Canadian indie-rockers Islands released their third album, Vapours, only a few weeks ago and it not only packs quite a punch, but it has also garnered widespread acclaim that it is their best album to date.It's pretty much what you might expect from the band. Islands' drummer Jamie Thompson returned to work on this album, and the band apparently decided...
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An “impromptu” track-by-track review of Nick Diamonds’ latest album-of-the-year contender by Matthew R. Perrine: Islands releases just belong on the open road. To be fair, I’m probably more than a little biased. My first “moment” with the genius of frontman Nick Diamonds was listening to the second Islands outing, “Arm’s Way,” while traversing up and down Highway 53 late last
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Over the course of two albums Montreal's Islands have defied labeling. That doesn't change with the band's third full length Vapours (out this week). Under the guidance of mastermind Nick Diamond, the band deliver another package of pop songs dressed up in electronics.Diamond and company again run the gamut with Vapours. There are plenty of electronically based songs such as "Tender Torture"
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The sound of the Islands‘ “Don’t Call me Whitney, Bobby” echoes in the Parisian street and neither you nor I am there to hear it.It was filmed in July, sometime in 2006.Seeing the jovial quintet performing there, in the dead of night, in the abandoned street, is powerful. As blood still pumps through my veins, [...]
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ISLANDS on MySPACE . [ MP3 ] "The Arm" [2007's #7: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN : MAGIC ] [2006's #7: THE PIPETTES : WE ARE THE PIPETTES ] [2005's #7: THE CARDIGANS : SUPER EXTRA GRAVITY ]
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Just a quick note to my fellow moggers about what happened here today. I feel bad that my post made a lot of people angry, and that was never the point of it. I tend to be a pretty positive person, I guess most teachers are. It was an article that I had seen when I woke up in the morning, and thought that it would make for an interesting discussion. Oh well, life lesson learned. Since I forgot ...
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I've been hooked on this CD lately. The musical twists and turns throughout the CD always keep you guessing at what's coming next. If you like the downloads and the track I'm posting, listen to the whole CD by clicking the cover. It really is the kind of CD you should listen to in total, start to finish. The Arm - Long VersionCreeperI Feel Evil (Creeping In)
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Montreal's Islands have announced the release of their third studio album. Vapours (notice the proper use of the 'u') will be released on September 22nd.The album was produced by Chris Coady (TV On The Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and should be a solid listen.More details will be provided when available.Islands' Myspace
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