"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Based on 47 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Islands is rated as a watchable live performer, with decent shows overall. Islands concert reviews describe live shows and performances as incredible, mysterious, nostalgic, charming, eclectic, and entertaining.
Islands is an indie rock band formed in 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and currently based in Los Angeles, California Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Islands is a 6 piece band founded in 2005 by The Unicorns co-founder/songwriter Nick Thorburn (often performing as "Nick Diamonds") and drummer J'Aime Tambeur.
The guy next to me must have said “beautiful” at least 10 times over the course of Islands’ set at Le Poisson Rouge whether to his equally eager friends or over the lip of the stage to frontman Nick “Diamonds” Thorburn.
It can seem like every Monday a new wave of Pitchfork-approved Brooklynites rises to blogosphere fame and rides the inevitable backlash into obscurity before the weekend.
During the group's performance at the Rickshaw Theatre however it was clear that front-man Nick Thorburn still hasn't abandoned his glam rock pretensions.
While the space was T-shirt-clingingly hot and a bit tough for the shorties in terms of sight lines the cheesy '80s feel (though clearly not retro just not updated) gave it a warm charm.
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