BLUEDOT FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR ITS THIRD YEAR, TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE

Bluedot Festival: Official | Facebook | Twitter “Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.” The words of the great cosmologist Carl Sagan, the spiritual godfather of Bluedot Festival, the annual celebration of music, science, arts, culture and exploration that this month returns for its third instalment. For the first time the […]

I fell hard for Future Islands when I heard ‘Seasons (Waiting For You)’ from their last album – 2014’s Singles. To be more accurate I fell in love when I saw them play the track on Jools Holland – that lush, buxom electronic backdrop and lead singer Samuel T. Herring’s impassioned vocals. Actually to be […]

ALBUM: FUTURE ISLANDS – THE FAR FIELD

LIVE: FUTURE ISLANDS – 08/09/2015

– ACADEMY 1, MANCHESTER – You just know the night’s going to be good when – even before you’ve stepped foot inside The Academy – someone undercharges you for a beer, Rooney beats Bobby Charlton’s goal scoring record and you bump into old, old friends, long lost, somehow having got away from you. So I […]

Following the release of ’Welcome Back to Milk’, DU BLONDE (Beth Jeans Houghton) has lined up a series of shows with Future Islands and Torres this September. As well as playing End Of The Road and other festival spots still to come later this year, Du Blonde will support Future Islands at Manchester Academy this September. The new […]

DU BLONDE ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER LIVE DATES

DU BLONDE TO RELEASE ALBUM FEATURING FUTURE ISLANDS COLLABORATION NEXT MONTH

Du Blonde, the new project of Beth Jeans Houghton, will release her new album next month. Welcome Back to Milk was produced by Bad Seed and Grinderman member Jim Sclavunos, and also features a guest spot from Future Islands frontman Samuel T Herring. The album will be released on Mute on May 18, and she […]

Sufjan Stevens will play his first ever UK festival show when he headlines End of the Road Festival in September. The songwriter will play the event, which is held at Larmer Tree Gardens in Wiltshire, on Saturday, September 5. He joins the previously announced headliners Tame Impala, who are currently readying their third album and […]

SUFJAN STEVENS TO HEADLINE END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL

FUTURE ISLANDS DOCUMENTARY SHARED ONLINE

A documentary following synth-pop band Future Islands on the road has been made available online. Road Dawgs follows the three piece on last year’s world tour, after the success of their fourth album, Singles, released through 4AD. The film, which was directed and produced by Jay Buim, who was also behind the video which accompanied […]

The Future Islands video (directed by Jay Bulm) shot in black & white and using an innovative 360 panning style, documents the band’s typical day on the road. ‘Grease’ is the last track taken from their acclaimed album ‘On the Water’ which was released last year.