Baltimore's Future Islands have an uncommon touch with injecting grit and claustrophobic stains on otherwise melodic new wave. Calling the first single from their new LP "Balance" has certain poetry…   Read Story »

Baltimore-via-Greenville trio Future Islands is a great band, one that remains unduly overlooked and underrated. If you missed 2010's In Evening Air, go back and discover it. If you're uninterested…   Read Story »

Strange weather, wasn't it for !!!'s free show down at the Williamsburg Waterfront on Sunday. Photographer Chris Person braved the ominous skies, intermittent rain, and the free rum lines at the VIP…   Read Story »

Future Islands' In Evening Air is a great album that's unexpectedly become something I listen to almost once daily. (Actually, maybe me liking smart, shaggy, sorta dark DIY new wave isn't…   Read Story »

This four-song In The Fall 12" is a great warm-up for synthesized North Carolina-to-Baltimore "post wave" trio Future Islands super second album In Evening Air. They're like seasoned, salty '80s UK…   Read Story »