Win tickets to Japandroids

      After three years out of the spotlight, Japandroids new album Near To The Wild Heart Of Life was released on January 27, 2017 on Anti- Records. Additionally, they released the first single of the same name, prompting Pitchfork to say "...a new Japandroids record feels like hero's return," and Noisey concurred, "thank the good lord for Japandroids."

      Near To The Wild Heart Of Life, was written clandestinely throughout 2014 and 2015 in Vancouver, Toronto, New Orleans, and Mexico City. It was (mostly) recorded by Jesse Gander (who had previously recorded both Post-Nothing and Celebration Rock) at Rain City Recorders in Vancouver, BC (September-November, 2015). One song, True Love And A Free Life Of Free Will, was recorded by Damian Taylor during an exploratory recording session at Golden Ratio in Montreal, QC (February, 2015). The album was mixed by Peter Katis at Tarquin Studios in Bridgeport, CT (May, 2016) and mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in New York, NY (July, 2016).

      Like Post-Nothing and Celebration Rock, the album is 8 songs. This is because 8 songs is the standard template for a great rock n roll album: Raw Power by The Stooges, Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen, Marquee Moon by Television, IV by Led Zeppelin, Horses by Patti Smith, Paranoid by Black Sabbath, Remain In Light by Talking Heads, Master Of Puppets by Metallica, etc.

      Like Post-Nothing and Celebration Rock, the album was sequenced specifically for the LP. On Near To The Wild Heart Of Life, side A (songs 1-4) and side B (songs 5-7) each follow their own loose narrative. Taken together as one, they form an even looser narrative, with the final song on side B (song 8) acting as an epilogue.

      Tickets available for Thursday Arpril 26: http://www.mrgconcerts.com/event/1632846-japandroids-vancouver/

      Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 are SOLD OUT

      Tickets also avail at Red Cat Records

      Doors at 8 p.m. / 19+

      Tickets from $19.99 + s/c

      PRIZES

      A pair of tickets to Japandroids at Fortune Sound Club on April 26 at 9 p.m.

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      Contest Deadline: Thursday, April 26, 9:00 am
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