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Fri. October 18th 2013 Capital Ballroom Victoria BC

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Japandroids (*SOLD OUT*), Tough Age

Plus Tough Age Atomique Productions and The Zone @ 91-3, Modern Rock in Victo...
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Fri. October 18th 2013 + Add to Calendar Capital Ballroom (No Minors)
8:00pm SOLD OUT

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Japandroids (*SOLD OUT*)
from Vancouver BC
Unknown
Tough Age
from Vancouver BC
Available for Shows/Gigs

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Atomique Productions
All Genres, All Venues, mainly leading touring acts. We are ...
Victoria BC
Open / Operational
The Zone 91.3
The Zone @ 91.3fm
2750 Quadra Street Victoria BC

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Plus Tough Age

Atomique Productions and The Zone @ 91-3, Modern Rock in Victoria present

- JAPANDROIDS -

"The House That Heaven Built" (Official Music Video):
http://youtu.be/TRVCtbfuDqw

Japandroids is a two piece band from Vancouver, BC. This ‘band’ started in 2006 and consists of Brian King and David Prowse. Originally intending to be a trio, the boys decided to forego the logistical nightmare of having a ‘lead singer’ and do it themselves. As a consequence, Japandroids 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.

After self-releasing two EPs, 2007’s All Lies and 2008’s Lullaby Death Jams, Japandroids released their critically acclaimed debut album Post-Nothing via Polyvinyl in 2009. The boys toured extensively throughout 2009–2010, playing over 200 shows in more than 20 countries, and quickly gained notoriety for their extremely energetic live performances. Finding it difficult to write and record a second album in the midst of such a heavy touring schedule, Japandroids released a series of 7’’ singles throughout 2010, each one recorded during a brief interval between tours. The same year, Japandroids re-released their first two EPs as a compilation titled No Singles, which included a booklet detailing their early history.

5 long years in 2 short paragraphs. Not bad.

Perhaps the most pertinent detail omitted from said paragraphs is the fact that at no point during this time did Brian and David even discuss the possibility of writing, let alone recording, a second Japandroids album. With the band having more or less imploded late in 2008 (after what was considered to be a valiant but ultimately fruitless effort), one single regret still lingered, and despite their wounds and subsequent estrangement, continued effortlessly to slander them and their attempts to move on, like the subtle scent of skin on the sheets days after the desecration. Ipso facto, the sole motivation for revisiting the band many months later was simply to see if they could exploit their sudden newfound internet popularity and take Japandroids on the road. Due in part to the unexpected (and untimely) discovery of the band early in 2009 by certain online entities and their congregations, what previously seemed reserved for only the most ardent hearts, presented itself to Japandroids like a deal from the devil himself. Cautiously seduced, Brian and David decided in favour of their romantic notions of the open road, and set upon a crusade to swindle the soul of a continent. Tour was the fire to which they fed themselves.

As days became weeks, so too did months become years. Finally, having exhausted themselves, as well as the immediate charm of Post-Nothing, and with only one final recording session looming on the horizon, the boys found themselves at a crossroads. Would they abandon their days on the wind and nights on the rocks in favour of the gentle lull of a geographic coma? No one knew; not even the boys themselves. That is, until one cool New York night, when under the spell of the city’s swill, they cast off the demons of doubt, having come in through the out door, back out through the window.

For months, they laboured. Through the endless rains and windless chills of a northwestern winter, Japandroids fought tirelessly against their own creative limitations, struggling to expand their sound beyond the simple sloganeering that dominated Post-Nothing. Stuck knee deep in the swamp of summer, time had chased them down, and caught them waiting patiently. Had it not been for the fever of fall, with the boys back on tour where they belong, all might have been lost. Run out of town, they vowed not to return in anything less than triumph. Settling under the sulfurous skies of the south, Japandroids continued to labour through the dying months of 2011, returning reluctantly with nothing short of an album.

As with countless previous recording sessions, the boys would bestow their faith solely upon Heaven’s native son, Jesse Gander. An inexhaustible rocket of patience and dedication, Gander’s unique ability to build cathedrals out of criminals was pushed to its absolute limit, as Brian and David demanded he coax only the purest nectar from their delinquent hearts. And so he did:

“Let’s make this one a little more cruising down the highway, and a little less doing crystal meth on New Year’s…”

“That take was the perfect mixture of pee and poo – it had the fluidity of pee, and the solidness of poo…”

And so on and so forth, until not even the deepest and darkest of nights could extinguish what can only be described as living fireworks. Celebration Rock – a title in and of itself so controversial that at first utterance, it was so feared and hated that Polyvinyl felt compelled to plead for an alternative. But the band would not yield. Hell was just going to have to come and get them.

So there you have it. 1 year, 8 songs, 35 mins. Not bad.


http://japandroids.com/
http://www.facebook.com/japandroids
http://twitter.com/Japandroids

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Advance tickets: $15.00 - Available at Lyle's Place, Ditch Records & CDs and online here: http://tktwb.tw/18GpnYn

No Minors. 2 Pieces Of ID Required.

http://atomiqueproductions.com/
http://thezone.fm/

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Capital Ballroom
858 Yates Street
Bar / Nightclub
Capacity600
Not Accessible
Open / Operational

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Japandroids (*SOLD OUT*), Tough Age @ Capital Ballroom Oct 18 2013 - Dec 22nd @ Capital Ballroom

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