Altsounds — Very hotly tipped Vancouver twp-piece, Japandroids have set tongues wagging in North America with some of the most explosive and exciting live shows of 2009. Like a half-way house between The Sonics and Mclusky, Japandroids fuse together lo-fi prod... more info

Pitchfork - TV — More analog-to-digital goodness from our friends from the north as the Vancouver lo-fi twosome offer up a rumbling take on their signature song, "The Boys Are Leaving Town". Check back for more Japandroids tomorrow. more info

Spinner.com — Pop Montreal has had its share of great loft parties in the past. Word would travel via late-night text and festival-goers would soon find themselves wandering up a flight of stairs where the likes of Arcade Fire and Patrick Watson would hold nightly... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sufjan Stevens, Yo La Tengo, Fever Ray, Os Mutantes, Butthole Surfers, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Jay Reatard, Macachu & The Shapes, Clues, Slim Twig, Think About Life, Cadence Weapon, Sam Shalabi's Egyptian Light Orchestra, Japandroids, The Do , ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Oren Loloi "Thursday had been a long day by the time 11:00 rolled around and I was in need of some energy. I got to the Mercury Lounge just in time to catch the end of Mt. St.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: The Rifles - The Great Escape (MP3) London band The Rifles are playing three shows in New York this weekend: an early show tonight (9/24) (before the Japandroids show in the same venue) and a late... more info

Music For Ants — What better way is there to usher in the autumn season then with a heaping does of Pygmalion Festival, central IL’s premiere music event. This year the Chamapign-Urbana festival kicked off with the locally-based Polyvinyl Records showcase which fea... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Monday: Fanfarlo + Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ Bowery Ballroom 7pm $12 [tix]I've had lots of people telling me I should check out Fanfarlo for months now and I have to admit I haven't listened to those people or the band yet. I guess now would be as goo... more info

Culture Bully — Vancouver's Japandroids headlined a great triple bill at the Turf Club in St. Paul late Sunday night (and early into Monday morning). Unfortunately, copious amounts of booze lead to the end of Japandroids set dissolving into a bit of a train wreck, m... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Japandroids @ Siren Fest in July (more by Chris La Putt) Tickets are sold out for Japandroids' September 24th show with Mt. St. Helen's Vietnam Band at the Mercury Lounge. Fret not - the band has added another night at... more info