Video: Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built - SXSW 2012

There is absolutely no reason for you to ever stay in on any night of the week. Well, except for the night that Nickelback are playing. You can stay in that night. Thursday, June 14th Japandroids, Cadence Weapon at The Independent This Vancouver, BC duo has been bubbling under the mainstream consciousness for a numb [...]

There have been better writers and hispter-er hipsters write about this album so I'll keep it short and sweet. I thought their debut Post-Nothing was OK, but I didn't get what all the fuss was about. But after reading a million and one great reviews on Celebration Rock, I got home from work and cranked it up on the ol' soundsystem. In the 35 minutes of fist-pumping, donkey-kick inducing; air-guitar playing, blast of straight up rock and roll - I downed two beers and a bourbon. If these guys were around when I was in college, I might have blacked [...]

On this brilliant sophomore record, rock music isn't rebellion. It's not "fuck their rules", it's "let's make our own". Just to survive. Just to continue to be us . Something interesting has happened to rock music in the past few years. First of all, the digital age has turned into a place that doesn't champion collective experience and, by extension, the true power of rock music. Artists create music in their bedrooms, creating lush records that we then listen to in our bedrooms. We're inundated with and celebrate the shut-in wunderkinds, the Garage-Band layering, the headphones record. The [...]

This week, Vancouver art punk duo Japandroids –more specifically, drummer David Prowse and guitarist Brian King-release their second full-length, Celebration Rock . A bombastic, sharply focused effort layered in fuzz, Celebration Rock takes the raucous noise from the band's debut, Post-Nothing to a bigger, badder plane. Having effectively dissolved their partnership prior to the debut's release, their unexpected re-discovery at a Canadian rock festival created a fervor that eventually led to the band touring the world for two years in support of the record, during which time King nearly lost his life due to [...]

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Japandroids at Bumbershoot 2010 / photo by Brittney Bollay Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s selection, featured on the Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is “The House That Heaven Built” by  Japandroids  from the 2012 album Celebration Rock on Polyvinyl . Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built ( MP3 ) [...]

• Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built

Japandroids and Chromatics were added to the Pitchfork Music Festival lineup in July. The three-day fest has gotten stronger with each new band announcement. Japandroids play Friday and Chromatics play Friday. Also, see Wild Flag, Atlas Sound, Ty Segall, Thee Oh Sees added to Pitchfork fest and The Men, Iceage, Sleigh Bells, Dirty Projectors added to [...]