Stereogum — After what felt like forever, Vancouver rock warriors Japandroids are about to return with Near To The Wild Heart Of Life, the follow-up to 2012's triumphant Celebration Rock . We've already posted the crashing, anthemic album-opening title track. A... more info

Stereogum — The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn has lately been staying busy even when his band is on break. He's released two solo albums, and he'll spend this spring opening for Japandroids on tour. And now he's got another solo album in the can. Finn will rel... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — It’s hard to believe that it’s been four years since Japandroids released Celebration Rock, their big breakthrough sophomore release. The band has been quiet in the years since their extensive touring of that album, but back in late October the d... more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus: Bon Iver, The xx, Van Morrison, Grace Jones, Solange, Run the Jewels, Miguel, Mac DeMarco, Japandroids, and many more. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The STACKED Barcelona festival also has Solange, Van Morrison, Run the Jewels, Miguel, Flying Lotus, The Magnetic Fields, Death Grips, Descendents, Angel Olsen, Broken Social Scene, Japandroids, Swans & still so much more. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Recently we announced Young Mopes, the new album from Vancouver musician Louise Burns, and shared her video for lead single “Storms.” Today the Japandroids associate is back with another track from the album called “Who’s The Madman,” a gor... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — There's Beach Slang covering Japandroids, of Montreal covering Jacco Gardner, Braid covering Alvvays, Tancred covering Owen who covers Rainer Maria who covers Owen's cousin/American Football bandmate Birthmark... Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — For Polyvinyl Records’ 20th anniversary, the label is putting out a compilation made up of bands on their roster covering other bands on their roster. Back when the set was announced in September, we got a string of them: the Dodos doing American F... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Many cool NYC shows go on sale today. Continue reading… more info

Yahoo! Music — Our guide to this week's (and last week's) album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like Metallica, Green Day, and Nick Cave, plus brand new streaming music from the Chemical Brothers, Sleigh Bells, Bob... more info