Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Baltimore’s Future Islands have shared a brand-new song, “Glimpse ”.

Future Islands, “Singles” (4AD). A recent performance on David Letterman’s show certainly grabbed some attention for this Baltimore synth-based trio. Frontman Samuel T. Herring turned Future Islands’ ...

Sometimes listening to melancholy music actually makes you feel better, especially if it has a catchy beat over otherwise morose lyrics. Bands such as the Smiths and the Cure introduced, and perfected ...

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 ...

Future Islands kicked off the year with the release of People Who Aren’t There Anymore. Since then, they've celebrated 10 years of their viral Letterman performance and frontman Samuel T. Herring ...

Hemlock Ernst, the rap alter-ego of Future Islands singer Samuel T. Herring, is gearing up to release a new album, Studying Absence, on October 16 via Beans’ label Tygr Rawwk Rcrds (pre-order). The ...

Welcome to the 29th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Jim Scott, and Scotty Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 50 songs and ...

Baltimore synth-pop band Future Islands first came to prominence with the release of their fourth album in 2014, after the lead single “Seasons (Waiting On You)” was cited among the year’s best tracks ...

Future Islands are all sorts of fun. Fantastic fun. Weird fun. Progressive fun. We've been waiting for them to return our way for quite a while now, on the back of the brilliant 'Tin Man' and the ...

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 ...

Future Islands released a new album, People Who Aren’t There Anymore, in January via 4AD. Now they have returned with a one-off single, “Glimpse,” shared via a music video. Jayla Smith directed the ...

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 ...