Japandroids' raucous sophomore LP is one of our favorite albums of the year so far, an achievement all the more notable because, as they told us in a recent Progress Report, they basically broke up…   Read Story »

Name: Japandroids Progress Report: Brian King talks about the duo’s highly anticipated sophomore album, Celebration Rock. Canadian pop-thrash duo Japandroids will release their sophomore album,…   Read Story »

A couple of months ago, someone I follow on Twitter posted a video of some kids goofing around in their basement/rec room area to the soundtrack of Japandroids' "Younger Us." Even though the footage…   Read Story »

Last week, we posted "The House That Heaven Built," the excellent new track from ragged Canadian destroyers Japandroids. That track is the first single from Japandroids' new album Celebration Rock,…   Read Story »

HBO's medieval drama Game Of Thrones premieres April 1, and this season's plot involves five different claims to the throne and these respective factions' ongoing clobbering of one another…   Read Story »

In the buildup to Japandroids' new album, Celebration Rock, the duo has been playing some awesome-sounding new stuff, so it's no surprise that the new single, "The House That Heaven Built," also…   Read Story »

Vancouver fuzz-rock duo Japandroids may just have a fistful of new songs. Earlier this month, we posted live footage of them playing the new track "Adrenaline Nightshift." And at the Pop Montreal…   Read Story »

It's been a second since we heard anything new from these dudes, but last night, punk pop standouts Japandroids debuted a new song called "Adrenaline Nightshift" in Dallas. Check it the uptempo…   Read Story »

This weekend in Las Vegas, Matador Records is celebrating 21 years of shaping the ship of independent music with a fearsome deepdive through its roster, headlined by the reunited "classic" lineup of…   Read Story »

Japandroids mix-up that blurry, punked post-Lync sound on "Heavenward Grand Prix," a mid-tempo track that might remind you of slightly older (to say, younger) Thermals in its half-spoken vocal…   Read Story »