event Islands
Also Playing: Jemina Pearl and Toro Y Moi
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Aliya Naumoff
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Thu Oct 15
7 pm
http://www.ticketweb.com/snl/VenueListings.action?venueId=10693 Islands, Jemina Pearl, and Toro Y Moi at Subterranean
Montreal band Islands was born from the ashes of The Unicorns, a college-radio mainstay that effortlessly melded childlike instrumentation with brooding themes and a larger-than-life creation myth. The result proved a bit too volatile, so frontman Nick Diamonds dissolved the band and formed Islands, taking his old band’s knack for melody and fusing it with rich instrumentation—dueling violins, plenty of xylophone and organ—and a structural complexity that never ceases to surprise. Islands’ third album, Vapours, was released last month, with threads of disco laced throughout the usual tangled bits and pieces.
Subterranean 2011 W North Ave, Chicago, IL
Montreal band Islands was born from the ashes of The Unicorns, a college-radio mainstay that effortlessly melded childlike instrumentation with brooding themes and a larger-than-life creation myth. The result proved a bit too volatile, so frontman Nick Diamonds dissolved the band and formed Islands, taking his old band’s knack for melody and fusing it with rich instrumentation—dueling violins, plenty of xylophone and organ—and a structural complexity that never ceases to surprise. Islands’ third album, Vapours, was released last month, with threads of disco laced throughout the usual tangled bits and pieces.
Updated 02/14/2012
