The best shows in Atlanta (November 10 - 16): Monday: Future Islands, Nomen Novum @ 97 Estoria Diplo @ The Masquerade Tuesday: M83, School Of Seven Bells @ The Earl (SOLD OUT) Wednesday: Caithlin De Marrais (Rainer Maria), El May, Nerdkween @ Drunken Unicorn The N.E.C. [...]
For those who have just, or are about to, finish the semester, this summer break is very well deserved. For the very few who have just handed in their final thesis and are graduating next year, my sincere congratulations. For those pondering about the future and decided to take a prolonged break next, may you enjoy it. For the majority who are just getting back to routine, or lack thereof, enjoy your days basking in the sun. This month's mixtape will hopefully get you ready for summer. [MP3] Sparkadia – Too Much To Do [...]

Future Islands feat. Vic from Beach House (below), Mortal Kombat monologues, Adventure(s) with Mark Brown's lid-popping animation, Double Dagger feat. Blue Leader/Ed Schrader, Nuclear Power Pants in green shark skulls, Wham City theatrics and plenty of raw, unfiltered BO - it was like Whartscape with AC, bouncers and $7 Stellas. Probably the best act I hadn't seen before was Denny from Smart Growth , who has transformed his sets lately from drumming over Phil Collins needle drops to rocking the crowd Girl Talk style; no mike, just [...]
Monday: Love Is All, Titus Andronicus, + Abe Vigoda @ Maxwell's 8:30pm $12 I swear Titus Andronicus get to play on all the best bills! Friday night it was with Man Man, tonight it's sanwiched in between Love Is All and Abe Vigoda! That's some straight up regular lineup right there and this is gonna be one sweaty fun show! Love Is All - "Sea Sick" Titus Andronicus - "My Time Outside the Womb" Abe

You heard about it a few months back , and this weekend the Bmore Round Robin is all up in our NYC kitchen. Here's the rub: Friday's Eyes Night includes Beach House, Jana Hunter, Wzt Hearts, Nautical Almanac, Lexie Mountain Boys, and more, and puts the focus on "a mixture of folk, noise, theatrics, improvisation-- music that is spiritual, dreamy etc." Saturday's Feet Night brings music that you dance, thrash, or otherwise move around to and includes the Death Set, Double Dagger, Videohippos, Future Islands, Adventure and Deacon [...]
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Today 307 Knox Records releases a limited edition 7" split from Dan Deacon and Future Islands (our favorite post-wave rockers) containing new/rare material recorded between 2002 and 2006. Here's a little taste » [MP3] Dan Deacon - Mark Brown [MP3] Future Islands - Follow You (Pangea Version) You can preorder the 7" for just $8 , totally worth it for die hard Dan Deacon (and vinyl) aficionados. If you just read this post [...]

So when Girl Talk fans who downloaded Feed the Animals for free make unauthorized mashup videos of Girl Talk mashups, what happens? Is that like when Diet Sundrop tried to sue Sundrop for taste infringement? Girl Talk - Don't Stop (Mashing) Is Trey Told 'Em team playing on Sunday supposed to be a hip hop version of Garfield minus Garfield , where Girl Talk = Garfield? Because that just sounds like a ripoff [...]

Eigentlich wäre ich jetzt schon seit Monaten im Besitz des Debütalbums von Future Islands aus Dan Deacons Ecke von Baltimore, aber wie das manchmal so läuft wenn man sich nicht nur für die "großen" Bands der Welt interessiert schlug das Unglück zu und ihr Label ging pleite kurz nachdem ich Wave Like Home geordert hatte. Nächsten Monat aber bringt das geschmackssichere UTR die Platte endlich heraus, bin auch nach der verlorenen Zeit noch darauf gespannt denn die Songs die man davon schon hören kann wie das gebellt-soulige Beach Foam haben nicht an [...]

I've been pumping this Future Islands track off of their MySpace page for the last week or so. I can't get enough of the ramshackle exuberance. And that keyboard melody! It's like Jack Black making The D into a Rentals cover band. [mp3] Future Islands | Nu Autobahn Since it's listed on their MySpace, I am pretty sure Future Islands will be playing Whartscape again this year, even though they were not in the first round of artists announced yesterday . I covered the [...]

Open this post for upcoming shows/beats and let us know what else you're up to. Thrushes - Into The Woods [...]
I love all those quiet voiced, poppy singers just as much as the next person. But sometimes I tire of hearing perfect pitch singers capable of making a castrato envious. And all those wavering soft voiced songs seem to lack conviction after a certain point. Don't get me wrong, I still am awed by the likes of Beirut, but a lot of it seems to lack to quality to offend*. Which is why Future Islands is my new best friend (Myspace friend request still pending). At points it sounds like a more erratic Elvis skipped a few steps [...]

It's been about a year and a half since we last heard from Greenville, NC's neo-wave synth rockers Future Islands . Back then they had just released a debut EP called Little Advances , a collection of eight hook-laden synth-rock tracks that reminded me of a more danceable CYHSY-- something which at that time I was just a lil' obsessed with. This year they're back and better than ever, having perfected their own unpredictable brand of new wave-ish indie dance rock. More than half of the songs have a seriously [...]