Nick Diamonds and his Islands are some album details and one MP3 into the promotional swing for their forthcoming Arm's Way followup, Vapours. Today they reveal the set's title track, which does more in under three minutes to pique interest in the new LP than the previous weeks of PR nuggets combined. "Vapours" is Islands at their most nostalgic...

In addition to giving us a listen of lead MP3 "No You Don't" and revealing that steamy album art, today Nick Diamonds' reconfigured Islands offer a glance at the song titles that will constitute their forthcoming Vapours LP. The followup to last year's Arm's Way is out in September and sees the outfit welcome back original member Jamie Thompson ...

Yesterday we heard Sonic Youth cover an old Beck song and vice versa. Today we've got Islands' Nick Thorburn covering an even older Beck song. "Cyanide Breath Mint" can be found on the newly reissued One Foot In The Grave. Islands' take adds drums and synths and is streaming on MySpace.

-- Vancouver psych-rock travelers Black Mountain are the sort of unrepentant stoner band who actually sometimes forget to show up to their own shows. (Seriously, I once saw them apologize for missing a show, and that was their excuse.) When you do get them onstage, though, they just destroy. They'll tour the West Coast next month with the Sadi...