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Future Islands Unveil New Video For “Balance”

September 1, 2011
By Brandon Weigel
Future Islands Unveil New Video For “Balance”

"Beach" The plot of the music video for the new Future Islands song, “Balance,” is fairly simple: two love-struck kids thumb rides with little more than a sign that reads “Beach.” But in the same way, say, the Smashing Pumpkins’ video for “1979” was able to capture the doldrums of being a teenager in...
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Future Islands Announce New Record, Release Tracklist

July 20, 2011
By Brandon Weigel
Future Islands Announce New Record, Release Tracklist

By Frank Hamilton Future Islands will release their third album, On the Water, on Oct. 10 via Thrill Jockey. The synth-pop trio spent March of this year living and recording in their home state of North Carolina, in Elizabeth City. Naturally, the town is located on the banks of a river and is just...
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Future Islands Unveil New Track, “Before the Bridge”

June 17, 2011
By Brandon Weigel
Future Islands Unveil New Track, “Before the Bridge”

7-inch cover art What made In Evening Air, the second full-length from post-wave trio Future Islands, work so well was a certain sense of unity, a clear declaration of purpose. Sam Herring’s woeful tales of heartbreak, backed by synths and beats from Gerrit Welmers and bass rhythms from William Cashion, were pieced together like...
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Future Islands Rein It in for NPR Tiny Desk Concert

May 17, 2011
By Brandon Soderburg
Future Islands Rein It in for NPR Tiny Desk Concert

Erin Schwartz/NPR The secret is that pretty much every Future Islands song is a huge bummer. Recent acoustic shows (and the EP, Undressed) have revealed the heavy heart behind the super-fun dance beats and, here, as part of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series, the group’s kinda stripped down take on new-ish songs like “On...
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Meet Your New Friends: Bmore Musically Informed Starts A Label

April 6, 2010
By Michael Byrne
Meet Your New Friends: Bmore Musically Informed Starts A Label

There’s been stirring about it for a while, some pre-announcement announcements, and now it looks like Friends Records, a collaboration between Bmore Musically Informed head-guy Brett Yale and the Sound Garden‘s manager manager Jimmy MacMillan, is getting off the ground this spring. “All three spring releases are off at the pressing plants, and will...
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Noise in Brief, Sept. 4: All the Baltimore Music News That Isn’t Fit to Print

September 4, 2009
By Michael Byrne
Noise in Brief, Sept. 4: All the Baltimore Music News That Isn’t Fit to Print

Mz. Streamz straight owns some rapper from Philly. Thrill Jockey strikes again. Former Wzt Heart Jason Urick’s solo album arrives this October, has awesome cover art (see left). R&B crooner Mario ups his developer friend Pat Turner, shoots his “Break Up” video at Silo Point. Future Islands debut a new, brutally...
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