Islands

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Islands sprouted out of the kindred x-ray vision of Nick Diamonds and J'aime Tambeur, two rag-tag youths from the weird side of the tracks. Previously, they'd worked together in sludge-crust band The Unicorns. This time they'd be exploring a music best catalogued as other, in what seems a tribute to the timeless sound of great pop music. The album combines rhythms and sounds of cultures in the southern and eastern hemispheres, as well as a dash of rap. Return to the Sea was recorded in the sweaty month of July while Islands was still merely couple of lonely icebergs, not yet an archipelago. So local friends, including Richard Reed Parry, Regine Chassagne, Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld, Dan Boeckner, Spencer Krug, and l'il Mikey Feurstack lent their valiant efforts to the recording process.

Islands w/ Crayonsmith, Sebastien Grainger (Singer/Drummer from DFA 1979), (Outside)

Mon. 06/23 | 7:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)

The sophomore album from Canadian indie-pop collective Islands has been praised by Rolling Stone and Spin for its morbidly sunny-sounding anthems. Ex-Death from Above 1979 frontman Sebastien …more»

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Unicorns are totally extinct, but in their place grew Montreal sixpiece Islands, which dropped the calypso beats heard on debut Return to the Sea (Equator), as well as Unicorn drummer Jamie Thompson, and under the guidance of alpha Nick Diamonds, recorded epic follow-up Arm’s Way (Anti-). Death From Above 1979 drummer/vocalist Sebastien Grainger shocks and awes with elusive and diverse new endeavor the Mountains. more at austinchronicle.com

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Hot Freaks! 2 Days of Free Shows at Mohawk and Club De Ville

Fri. 03/14 | 12:00PM - Sat. 03/15 @ The Mohawk (Downtown)

CLICK HERE TO RSVP Hot Freaks! bloggers are back again to bring you two days of fun in Austin, TX this South By Southwest. Aquarium Drunkard, Chromewaves, Daytrotter, Gorilla vs Bear, Largehea…more»

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