-- The Killers and Coldplay will play a benefit concert together in front of 2,000 people at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on February 18. These are bands that can regularly draw crowds ten times that size on their own; this is a special show. The two world-conquering entities are getting together in the name of humanitarian organization War ...

From the Unicorns to Human Highway, Islands' Nick Thorburn knows a thing or two about collaboration, and he has assembled quite an impressive lineup for an upcoming benefit show.On December 8, Thorburn (going under his previous moniker Nick Diamonds), David Cross, Marnie Stern, Trail of Dead's Conrad Keely, Leona Naess, and others will partake i...

GZA, Jay Reatard, Islands, Retribution Gospel Choir, Holy Fuck, Sebastien Grainger, Monotonix, Basia Bulat, Laura Barrett, Woodhands, Young Widows, Ron Sexsmith, Josh Ritter, and recently reunited locals the Inbreds head up the bomb-ass lineup for this year's Halifax Pop Explosion, which kicks off tomorrow (October 21) and runs through October 2...

When writing about Nick Thorburn's Reefer, we also made sure to mention his work with Human Highway and, his most popular project, Islands. As far as the latter, this creepy "Creeper" clip's the first we've heard from Islands since they covered Brian Eno and themselves at Daytrotter. But forget day -- this is all about night. The guys sit stoica...

This is pretty far-fetched, I know, but imagine right now you're sitting in your chair, just kind of staring off into space. Then Nick Thorburn from Islands walks in from outdoors, a paper airplane is thrown, and suddenly you're staring off into space. You know? That's pretty much the setup for the video to "Creeper", the sleekly catchy standout...