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The 20 best songs of January

Featuring Burial, NewDad, Youth Lagoon, Romare, Bootie Grove, The Last Dinner Party, Sprints, Marika Hackman, Bullion, The Smile, Pillow Queens, Joy Orbison, Plus One, Sheer Mag.

10 new songs to love this week

Featuring R.A.P. Ferreira, Jamie xx, NewDad, Serpentwithfeet, Sheer Mag, Faye Webster, Lil Yachty, Future Islands, OMNI, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, Four Tet.

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All Together Now: The National, Jorja Smith, Future Islands and more announced

All Together Now has announced the first five acts for the 2024 edition of the…

The best songs of October 2023

Featuring Kojaque, CMAT, The Last Dinner Party, Sufjan, Floating Points, VTSS, Boys Noize, Future Islands, Earl Sweatshirt, Lil Yachty, J. Cole, Danny Brown, The Mary Wallopers, Serpentwithfeet, Casisdead, ØXN, Aby Coulibaly, Tandem Felix.

10 songs we love this week

Featuring Kojaque, Rachael Lavelle, The Scratch, Future Islands, Yard Act, ØXN, Serpentwithfeet, Rory Sweeney, Ahmed With Love, EMBY, Curtisy, Elaine Mai, Soft Centre, Jordan Nocturne.

Future Islands announce new album People Who Aren’t There Anymore

The Baltimore synth-pop foursome have announced a new record out on January 26th 2024 on…

Future Islands for Dublin show at Collins Barracks

Future Islands are the latest act announced for Singular Artists’ Wider Than Pictures series at…

Future Islands for Dublin & Belfast shows

Baltimore synth pop band Future Islands will return for live shows to these shores with…

Nialler9 Podcast: Kevin Morby’s depiction of a Middle American twilight

It’s Episode 110 of the Nialler9 Podcast with Niall and Andrea and with Lockdown 2 having begun we are taking a transportive trip to the American midwest with Kevin Morby, and focus on the good things.

Nialler9 Podcast: Loah & Bantum talk 2020 and Future Islands are in retrograde

This week’s episode we chat to close collaborators Loah & Bantum about their 2020 experiences, review the sixth album from the Baltimore synth-pop band, swoon over Julia Jacklin’s lyrics, Dre takes up knitting, Niall doesn’t have COVID and Pepe the Frog is in the mix somehow.

Handpicked new tunes: God Knows, Tame Impala, Marie Davidson, TSHA, Phoenix, Alex Gough, Bitch Falcon, Angel Olsen & more

Friday is release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…

Handpicked new tunes released today: Wyvern Lingo, James Blake, !!!, Brién, Sufjan, Future Islands & more

Friday is release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…

Mercury Rev to perform Deserter’s Songs at Future Islands Donnybrook gig

After performing some 20th anniversary shows of their 1998 album Deserter’s Songs, Mercury Rev will…

New albums to look forward to in 2018

Time to look into the internet crystal ball and see who may (and who may…

Future Islands are next for Donnybrook Stadium gig

Future Islands are the next band following The National to be announced for a gig…

Future Islands – ‘Cave’

Following on from ‘Ran’, Future Islands return with their signature bass-lead synth rhythm on ‘Cave’…

Future Islands playing Galway, Limerick & Cork

After the announcement that they are to play Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens in July, Future Islands…

Watch Future Islands perform (& growl) their new single ‘Ran’ on Fallon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krDh9m6eTpA While it’s nigh-on impossible to repeat the impact of Future Islands performing ‘Seasons (Waiting…

Future Islands are back with a new chest-beating single – ‘Ran’

Future Islands play Iveagh Gardens this summer. Usually when a band trods back on the…

Future Islands play Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens this summer

I ruminated earlier in the week that Future Islands are likely to have a new…