In photos: Islands in London

not sure. i saw them at bristol thekla on the 21 feb (the day before they were due to play Glasgow) and they didn't appear to be too happy with things. the sound at the bristol gig was awful and the crowd weren't really into it either. still cool band though. bx

I don't think it was a reflection on the band - just didn't seem to be as vibey as previous times i've seen them.

I didn't really enjoy it all that much. Though that might just be because I'm not familiar with the new stuff, which there was obviously plenty of.

although it should have been amazing. Musically it was superb, and as someone who doesn't really know much about Islands (except a couple of songs) the fact it was mostly new stuff wasn't an issue.

The atmosphere was totally off though- the band obviously didn't want to be there, and the lack of familiar songs combined with Hoxton soullessness meant the audience wasn't up for it either. Once the new album comes out and everyone's more familiar with the tracks, I reckon they could put on a truly outstanding show, but as it stands I came out slightly underwhelmed.

and even Swans felt a bit anti-climactic in the encore. I definitely thought there were hints of Arcade Fire there as well, particularly when they did that Sinead O'Connor cover (which I quite enjoyed).

Thought that support band was pretty shit, though.

..but this may have been due to the amount of double vodkas i consumed that evening.

could someone tell photographer Lucy Johnston that it's common knowledge (and courtesy) that you don't take photos past the 3rd song. She was snapping away right till the end, and it was getting pretty fucking annoying. Assuming it was Lucy, but I didn't seen any other female photographers with decent kit taking photos right till the end (Apologies if it wasn't). Otherwise, i enjoyed it, regardless of whether they seemed like they wanted to be there, they were incredibly tight (bar a few false starts), and the new stuff sounds awesome.

Unless a venue outlines such a policy, generally photographers are free to shoot for as long as they wish. Unless prompted by disgruntled crowd members, chances are they'll shoot right through.

If it truly annoyed you, you should have asked if she minded stopping. I know I've done that to photographers before.

Of course Diver is completely right that otherwise stated its general policy to shoot through.

I wouldn't mind but not all were taken with flash. Anyway I had in fact stopped taking shots by the last few songs (bar few shots taken during the encore). Anyway i really don't have to justify my professionalism to such an arsey post.

And yeah you should have spoke to me - i would have of course have been considerate.

Nick Diamond?