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Raw Power. Born to Run. Let It Be. Pet Sounds. Celebration Rock. What do Japandroids have to do with Iggy Pop, The Replacements, The Beach Boys or The Boss? Celebration Rock is an 8-song, 35-minute paean to the sheer joy of rock music. Like previous 8-song (Raw Power, Born To Run) or 35-minute (Pet Sounds, Let It Be) albums, Celebration Rock is a living firework of a record that not even the darkest shadows of night can extinguish.
A two-piece guitar-and-drum duo formed by Brian King and David Prowse during their school days at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada, Japandroids eschew the “logistical nightmare” of appointing a lead singer and instead share vocal duties. They are one guitar, one set of drums, and two vocalizers. Japandroids are maximal – a two-piece band trying to sound like it’s a five-piece band. Their ‘songs’ run the gauntlet of rock & roll subgenres, with the boys ripping off too many different bands to sound like any other duo making music right now.
Japandroids – Fire’s Highway at Pitchfork Music Festival 2012
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King and Prowse self-released two EPs and seriously considered giving up on the band prior to the release of their debut Post-Nothing. Initially put out by Canadian label Unfamiliar Records, Post-Nothing proceeded to rake in praise from both the likes of indie tastemakers (Pitchfork Best New Music, NME, Stereogum) and mainstream media (New York Times, Billboard). Buoyed by the success, the band signed with Polyvinyl Records (Deerhoof, of Montreal) in 2009 and embarked on a world tour promoting the album.
Japandroids recorded Celebration Rock with engineer Jesse Gander, whose invisible hand guided the band to songs that were “a little more cruising down the highway, and a little less doing crystal meth on New Year’s…” Composed and recorded by the band to sound like what they thought the audience would sound like while listening to them, the result is 8 fist-pumping anthems tailor-made for summer singalongs and beer spilled on your head. See you in the mosh pit.
JAPANDROIDS // CHINA TOUR // SUMMER 2013
【BEIJING】
Friday August 23, 2013
8:30 PM
MAO Livehouse
No. 111 Gulou Dongdajie, Dongcheng District
Support: SUBS & Yantiao
Tickets: 100 RMB (Presale) / 120 RMB (Door)
【SHANGHAI】
Saturday August 24, 2013
8:30 PM
Yuyintang
No. 851 Kaixuan Rd., nr. Yan’an Rd. (W)
Support: Himdong & Death to Giants
Tickets: 100 RMB (Presale) / 120 RMB (Door)
Japandroids：www.japandroids.com
Split Works ：www.spli-t.com[:zh]
“让人肃然起敬…… 属于这个世纪的摇滚乐” —— Pitchfork (8.8/10)
“这是一场真正派对摇滚！就好像是最棒的一晚，让你汗流浃背，筋疲力尽，但还准备再重头来一场。”—— The Line of Best Fit (9/10)
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Japandroids在去年发行的专辑《Celebration Rock》可以说是2012年度摇滚乐迷必听的作品。这张专辑最终进入《滚石》杂志评选出的“2012年年度50佳”榜单, 更被Ballast （加拿大热门文化类网站）推举为“加拿大史上最佳50张专辑”之一，并且几乎所有知名乐评网站都给这张专辑打出了至少8分的好成绩。
乐队的两名成员：Brian King （吉他/主唱）和David Prowse （鼓手/合唱）把自己给乐队构想的名字：Japanese Scream和Pleasure Droids结合，诞生了“Japandroids”这个怪异的名字。King 和Prowse在维多利亚读大学时认识，两人因相同的音乐品味一拍即合，迫切地想组个乐队，Prowse转学去温哥华，King也跟着一同移居。受到The Sonics乐队的深刻影响，两人从2006开始真正的乐队创作和录音。他们起初在温哥华“混得并不好”，从组织演出到租借演出器材都不得不一手包办。之后的两年内虽有些零零散散的演出，但仍然没有受到太大关注。2008年的秋天，乐队录制完他们的第一张专辑《Post-Nothing》，并打算在2009年发行，但这时候King 和Prowse已接近心灰意冷，准备解散乐队。
在当地独立厂牌的坚持下，Japandroids不太情愿地发行了《Post-Nothing》并偶尔做些现场演出。也正是在这一年，独立乐圈的风向标Pitchfork 注意到了他们。对Japandroids生猛、无所顾忌、激情四射的音乐风格大加赞赏，并给予 “最佳新单曲”和“最佳新音乐”的赞誉。很快地，Japandroids就被著名厂牌Polyvinyl Record相中，紧接着，乐评圈对他们的好评如约而至，从NME、Spin到A.V Club、Pop Matters…这张处子专辑都在各类年度最佳中榜上有名。
Japandroids – Fire’s Highway at Pitchfork Music Festival 2012
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宛如打了一剂强心针，此后的Japandroids重新振作，展开了大量的世界巡演，为A Place To Bury Strangers、The Walkmen等乐队做北美巡演嘉宾，也在忙碌的巡回演出中为第二张专辑《Celebration Rock》的新歌试水。2012年，乐队的第二张专辑发行，他们的音乐变得更为朗朗上口，所到之处无比带上一场场能量槽爆满的摇滚派对。
Japandroids的现场总能让乐迷们尽情跳舞，忘我地释放，演出完后每个人都大汗淋漓……在这个炎热的八月，还有什么比享受一场充满100%能量的演出和冰爽的啤酒更让人畅快的事？快来加入我们吧！
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【北京】
时间：2013年8月23日 周五 晚8：30
地点：MAO Livehouse 东城区鼓楼东大街111号
嘉宾：眼跳（http://site.douban.com/yantiao/）
SUBS（http://site.douban.com/subs/）
票价：100元（预售）/120元（现场）
【上海】
时间：2013年8月24日 周六 晚8：30
地点：育音堂 长宁区凯旋路851号近延安西路
嘉宾：董黑木 （http://site.douban.com/HIMDONG/）
Death to Giants （http://site.douban.com/deathtogiants/）
票价：100元（预售）/120元（现场）
相关链接：
Japandroids官网：www.japandroids.com
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