Tag Archive for the term: islands

To the INDYISH block,
We, a freelance music writer and a multi-media geek, having many irons in the fire, bring to you VIDEO INTERVIEWS with bands and solo acts, namely outfits like Phoenix, The Most Serene Republic and Band of Skulls. We’ll be posting them or [at the very least] links to our full HD videos.
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A nice little myspace surprise waited for me on the main page yesterday when Islands’ Nick Thorburn teams up with the great Jim Guthrie to create a beautiful pop album that you can stream in it’s entirety on their myspace. Here it is, the music I was waiting for all summer!! Human Highway’s first album [...]

Tessa’s already written a review complete with videos of the show last Wednesday (read it here), so here are some photos!They’re mainly all taken from our little spot on the balcony at Le National.
Opening band the Magic:

I liked that last night’s concert at Le National was all ages, along with the rest of Islands‘ Canadian and American tour dates. I guess the demographics of their fanbase sort of necessitate it.
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The opening band was The Magic who basically do everything they should do as good indie [...]

Montreal’s Islands visited Club Lambi last night with a packed show to warm up for their UK tour. The band is getting ready to release their second record in May under a new label, a change that frontman Nick Thorburn says he “could not be happier about!” They switched their formerly all-white color scheme for [...]

It happens every year, it’s time to get used to it, but it’s just so unexpected and sudden. On the last day of the festival, after the Making Music film, I walked home and retreated to the futon in my hallway that was still there from having some houseguests and collapsed until the next morning. [...]

The Void Magazine fundraiser (Sala Rosa), January 19th 2007:
Photos and text by brand new Indyish Intern, Marilis Cardinal
The Alex Chow Symphony Orchestra consisted of, low and behold, Islands‘ very own violinist Alex Chow, joined by filmmaker Sinbad Richardson who toyed with the beats. They played 4 songs including a cover of Feist’s Secret Heart.
Takashi Egashira [...]

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Subtitle, the most adored of all 6″8 motermouth MCs, has just moved into our fair city for good. This is his first official welcome to our town party, where he’ll be backed up by J’aime Tambeur (the percussive mastermind behind Islands, The Unicorns, and Th’ Cornn Gangg). His new album [...]