Artist: Islands Album: Ski Mask Genre: Indie Rock Label: Manqué Music Nick Thorburn has long since established himself as an indie rock mainstay beyond The Unicorns. When Islands first formed, people couldn’t help but compare his new band to his old, wondering if anything they would create could top Who Will Cut Our Hair When […]
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REVIEW: Islands – ‘Ski Mask’
September 13th, 2013 
Dan Bogosian 
Posted in Features, News, Reviews 
Tags: anti, anti records, harms way, islands, manque, Manqué Music, nick diamonds, Nick Thorburn, pitchfork, Ski Mask, the unicorns 
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Listen to Islands’ New Song “Becoming the Gunship”
August 6th, 2013 Nina Corcoran Canadian art pop group Islands are resurfacing from the ocean waves with “Becoming the Gunship” off their upcoming full-length album, Ski Mask. Where their first single, “Wave Forms,” was twitchy and sweet, “Becoming the Gunship” slows things down with vocal-driven swaying. Give it a listen after the jump. Pay close attention to the layers in […]
REVIEW: Islands – A Sleep & A Forgetting
February 24th, 2012 James Shotwell Artists: Islands Album: A Sleep & A Forgetting Genre: Indie Label: Anti Let’s break this down: there is no rule stating that sneaky backwards masking or computerized singing robot cats have to rest in the background of every song you write. There isn’t always the need to scream in order to break up the silence. […]
Posted in Features, Reviews Tags: a sleep & a forgetting, a sleep and a forgetting, album review, anti, indie (genre), islands, pop (genre), Reviews, this is not a song Comments Off on REVIEW: Islands – A Sleep & A ForgettingAcoustic video: Young The Giant
February 25th, 2011 Grant Trimboli Head over to Spin Magazine to listen to Young The Giant perform their song “Islands” acoustic. Click the link to watch and enjoy.
Michael Cera on tour with Mister Heavenly
December 2nd, 2010 Grant Trimboli Michael Cera has joined indie rock supergroup Mister Heavenly, as their bassist, for the remainder of the group’s West Coast tour. Dates and the official members of the group are revealed after the jump.
Posted in News Tags: Honus Honus, indie (genre), islands, Joe Plummer, Man Man, Michael Cera, Mister Heavenly, modest mouse, Nick Thorburn, rock (genre), sub pop, supergroup, tour Comments Off on Michael Cera on tour with Mister Heavenly9th Annual Reggae in the Desert
May 26th, 2010 Grant Trimboli [UTG] will be There!
Posted in News Tags: Barrington Levy, Brings, concert, Desert, Haleamano, islands, Las Vegas, Marcia Griffiths, Mystic Roots, Reggae In The Desert, Sly & Robbie, Yellowman 4 Comments »Islands music video “No You Don’t” (feat. Michael Cera)
January 11th, 2010 Grant Trimboli Islands start off their video off by text labeling it as a “zero tolerance production” for a “high school academic anti-drug supplementary.” Then we proceed to watch Michael Cera trip out on pills in the new video “No You Don’t”. Islands – No You Don’t (featuring Michael Cera)
Posted in News Tags: islands, Michael Cera Comments Off on Islands music video “No You Don’t” (feat. Michael Cera)Islands’ Latest Now Streaming
September 17th, 2009 Chris Vapours can be streamed in it’s entirety over on Myspace. This will be their third studio album, set to drop September 22. Produced by Nick Diamonds, a.k.a. Nicholas Thorburn (The Unicorns, Human Highway, Reefer, Th’ Corn Gangg) and Chris Coady (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blonde Redhead, TV On The Radio) and Drummer Jamie Thompson (a.k.a. J’aime […]