Islands

In Depth

A Month In Records: May 2008

Among the fine selection of spring lambs to emerge in May, we've been bleating on about LPs from No Age, Bon Iver and The Futureheads»

Armed Forces: on the gallows with Islands

In Depth by Alex Denney

Precocious Canadian indie sorts Islands talks DiS through their insanely overwrought new record Arm's Way, kitchen sinks and all»

Track By Track: Islands on Arm's Way

In Depth by Alex Denney

Sprawling Canadian indie-poppers Islands are back with second album, Arm's Way, next month. It's dark, proggy and a lot to get your head round - here's the band to ease your worries»

In photos: Islands in London

In Depth by Mike Diver

DiS trundled down to Hoxton on Tuesday to catch Canadian pop-oddballs Islands on their DiS-sponsored tour of these isles. Here, we have some yummy snaps. Yummy»

DiS has been to Iceland! Actually, we've been to Iceland for the past three Airwaves Festivals, but this year one was really different. For a start it was the second excursion of 2006 after April's debaucherous trip for the Rite of Spring Festival, and also because we had a whole night of DiS-sponsored fun. Also, we did a blog and generally pissed around...»

DiS Radio: DiScover Three

In Depth by Colin Roberts

A delicious mix of bleeding edge new tracks and a couple of relatively unknown favourites from recent times. The Chap, Jonquil and Dananananakroyd hit the new music buttons with delicious aplomb, whilst the dubstep drama of Skream is showcased perfectly at the end.»

DiS is 6! Our 66, part 2

In Depth by Mike Diver

So here we are, fellow travellers through the last six years of DiS’s favourite sounds: part two of Our 66. Believe you me, this section – which collects together the albums we’ve placed at numbers 44 to 21 – was no easier to assemble than the preceding chapter (click here if you’re yet to look over our selections from 66 to 45). In fact, we’ve suffered more headaches over the last few weeks, because of this undertaking alone, than at any other time in our lives. Perhaps, anyway: we do enjoy the odd pint...»