Chicago’s only “busy music” band proves themselves worthy of the title. Having just gotten off their tour with Ratboys and Woozy, The Island of Misfit Toys premiered a music video for “Burble”, from their Broken World Media debut album I Made You Something that came out last year, with Stereogum. …
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2015 surely had plenty of indie rock artists around the globe making big noise through social media. Whether they belong to any of the genre’s myriad varieties—dreamy, grungy, folky, jangly, or anything in between—these artists simply deliver what the mainstream fails to offer. Since I’ve started reviewing new music, I …
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Chicago’s premier (and probably only) nine-piece “busy music” outfit The Island of Misfit Toys released their second full-length LP I Made You Something on Broken World Media this past August to acclaim from Stereogum, Mind Equals Blown, Funeral Sounds and others. In support of that release, the band has announced …
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The latest in the Fear Mint split series features contributions by Anthony Jay Sanders (The Island of Misfit Toys) and Cameron Boucher (Old Gray, Sorority Noise). Accordingly, both artists express candid anecdotes of their experiences with that inexplicable force of silent destruction: fear. While the contrasts of the previous EP …
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When it comes to music, The Island of Misfit Toys is the exact opposite of what its name implies. Truthfully, it is a bright, intelligent team effort of bonded friends. To this day, the band has retained the same vision: expand the scope of musicality, and keep rawness intact. Just …
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