May 13, 2021 By Emma Goad

After five years in the making, Islands are releasing their long-awaited new album, Islomania, on June 11 via Royal Mountain. More

Apr 15, 2021 By Emma Goad

Islands are releasing their first new album in five years, Islomania, on June 11 via Royal Mountain. Now they have shared another song from it, “Set the Fairlight.” More

May 19, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Islands just released two new albums on the same day, Taste and Should I Remain Here At Sea?, both via Manqué Music. Now the band has shared a video for Taste track “The Weekend.” Sebastien Grainger of Death From Above 1979 directed the clip, which was shot on an iPhone in Bogotá and Santa Marta, Colombia. Watch it below, followed by the band’s upcoming tour dates.

Apr 02, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Despite having just released Ski Mask last fall, Islands’ Nick Thorburn recently premiered a new song on Exclaim! TV. More

Dec 16, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Earlier this fall Montreal pop group Islands’ released their brand new album Ski Mask. More

Sep 17, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

This week and next sees the release of a number of notable new albums. More

Jul 09, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Islands have announced the release of their fifth studio album, Ski Mask. More

Feb 23, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

In the video for his track “Hallways,” featured on his latest album A Sleep & A Forgetting, Islands frontman Nick Thorburn takes on his toe-tapping piano pop tune with a backing band of skeletons. More

Dec 23, 2011 By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus

Under the Radar‘s Best of 2011 Issue has shipped out to subscribers and will be hitting newsstands soon. The issue features three unique covers, each featuring an artist behind one of our Top 5 albums of the year: M83, The Horrors, and Bon Iver. The issue also takes a look back at other artists who have made a splash in 2011, including Beirut, Anna Calvi, EMA, Florence and the Machine, Gang Gang Dance, Neon Indian, PJ Harvey, R.E.M., SBTRKT, Slow Club, St. Vincent, Summer Camp, tUnE-yArDs, and Yuck. More

Dec 05, 2011 By Mi Tran

Islands has been quiet since the release of their last album, Vapours in 2009. With a new album set to release on February 14 via ANTI-, the band has released the first single from A Sleep & A Forgetting, and it’s confusingly called “This Is Not a Song.” More

Nov 29, 2010 By Lauren Barbato

Nick Diamonds of indie rock outfits Islands and Unicorns, Man Man’s Honus Honus, and Joe Plummer of Modest Mouse fame have teamed up to form Mister Heavenly. The trio have just signed to Sub Pop, with an album due in 2011 and tour dates with Passion Pit in the works. More

Aug 06, 2009 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Subscribe or Renew between August 5th and August 20th and enter to win A PAIR OF TICKETS* to Sunset Junction in Los Angeles on August 22-23rd! (*No hotel or airfare provided.) The line-up includes Conor Oberst & The Mistic Valley Band, Built to Spill, Islands, Local Natives, and others. More

Jul 27, 2009 By Kyle Lemmon

You’re staring at the steamy cover for the new Islands longplayer, Vapours, coming out September 22nd on ANTI-. More

Jun 20, 2009 By Kyle Lemmon

Montreal’s Islands have already made two albums of schizophrenic pop music and on September 22nd, Anti- will release their third musical hallucination, Vapours. Of course, the latest Islands’ full-length comes at us from the adventurous mind of former Unicorn and current Human Highway hombre, Nick Thorburn, aka Nick Diamonds. More