The Independent — Thurston Moore, Future Islands, The Wytches and Lovepark have been announced as new additions to this summer’s Field Day line-up.     more info

Stereogum — This week marks the release of Singles, the stupendous 4AD debut and apparent breakout LP by Baltimore synth-pop weirdos Future Islands. And if you, like David Letterman, are among those hypnotized by frontman Samuel T. Herring’s singing and dancin... more info

NME — Plus new albums from Howler, Foster The People and The Hold Steady more info

NME — The Barcelona festival will be headlined by Arcade Fire, The National, Queens Of The Stone Age and more more info

The Telegraph — Everyone is talking about Future Islands' strangely intense performance on David Letterman. But what's their album like?     more info

Stereogum — Future Islands are ready to take over the world. At SXSW, the Baltimore synthpop weirdos were this year’s Odd Future — the one live show that nobody could stop talking about. (This, even though they’ve been touring steadily and consistently gre... more info

NME — The group's fourth album is released next week more info

Stereogum — Even before the horrible, tragic hit-and-run last night, Austin was dark last night. I’ve been coming to SXSW for six years now, and while prevalent drunkenness and corporate sponsorships have been a big part of the throwdown for as long as I can r... more info

Stereogum — This was one of those weeks where the best music-related video wasn’t a music video. It was Future Islands performing on Letterman and just fucking going for it. Letterman has already introduced frontman Samuel T. Herring’s dancing as a recurring... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this week, Future Islands performed for the first time on the Late Show With David Letterman, and they absolutely ripped shit, eliciting straight-up giggling glee from Letterman himself. And Letterman has not forgotten it. He called back to i... more info