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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Photo by Alexandra SerioISLANDS played a great show at NYC's Bowery Ballroom this past Thursday replete with rhinestone-studded wardrobe and the cheeky showmanship that we have come to expect from Nick Thorburn. The former Unicorns front man strut around stage in a make-shift striptease of sorts disrobing systematically from an outfit that looked like the bastard love child of Elvis and Ziggy S...
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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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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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Islands Arm's WayRoxy Satarzadeh6 out of 10You went to all of their shows. You sent in the $7 needed to join their fan club. You wore their T-shirt everyday straight for a week. And how did they repay you? By breaking up. Such is the relationship saga of many fans of the phenomenal indie rock band the Unicorns. May they rest in peace. As in other areas of life, however, there are never any r
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The concept is quite simple: a group of people listen to the same song and give their opinion as if they were in the same room listening to the radio at the same time. Stein said a bus is a bus is a bus, some said it was post-modernism, others said it was unreadable. Duchamp's The Fountain is called art by some, nonsense by others. Stein hit Duchamp in the nose and put it the wrong way up, Stei...
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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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Maybe it sounds like it's a benefit for Knitting Factory because of how we worded it, but whatever. That's not what it is. The ex-Unicorn/now-Islands lead Nick Diamonds is curating a benefit concert for New York Cares and it just...
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On September 22nd, Islands are releasing Vapours, which is their third album and followup to their 2008 Arm's Way.I can't even keep track of all the band changes going on, maybe someone else can.Unicorns > IslandsIslands - No You Don't
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Not as readily accessible, eclectic, or catchy as their first album, the Islands new album is, none-the-less, a grower.I found myself with this track embedded in my skull around 2am in bed last night. That's always either a very good sign, or very bad.Since I'm posting it for all the world to see, I think you know which it is...
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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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