Herring and Future Islands will be “taking it on” at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines Monday, May 5, giving concert-goers the opportunity to experience their knack for performing in person. Herring ...

With our ears still ringing from last night’s stellar PJ Harvey show at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, we learned today that Future Islands will play the same storied venue on Thursday, October 5. The ...

Few modern electronic pop acts have made a mark as distinctive as Baltimore’s Future Islands. Riding a vivid line between New Romantic synth-pop and dance rock, they’ve become indie sensations with ...

Future Islands is one of those wonderful bands that are impossible to pigeonhole. Wikipedia calls it synth pop, and maybe a 21st-century version of that 1980s scene works as a descriptor. You can hear ...

I was initially not intoAmerica's Got Talent Live. A concert tour featuring finalists from the NBC talent competition? Sounds boring—why not take all of the funny losers who got booted early on and ...

A couple weeks ago a writer friend texted me a screengrab of an Instagram of a stocky guy in a tight black T-shirt tucked into pleated black slacks. The pants were held at his actual waist by a black ...