LargeHeartedBoy — Allison Crutchfield's debut solo album Tourist In This Town is easily my favorite new release this week. One of the year's first new music weeks brings a host of impressive new albums, including Cloud Nothings' Life Without Sound, Japandroids'... more info

New York Times — This two-man rock band returns five years after its breakthrough, “Celebration Rock,” with an album that’s as much about the words as the noise. more info

Chorus.fm — Craig Manning reviews 'Near to the Wild Heart of Life,' the long-awaited new album from Japandroids. The post Japandroids – Near to the Wild Heart of Life appeared first on chorus.fm. more info

DrownedInSound — “When you remove the rules, you open up a whole new world” more info

Consequence of Sound — Japandroids, Cloud Nothings, Real Estate, and others contend with a genre’s never-ending death. more info

Consequence of Sound — After five years, the Canadian rock duo return and leave listeners wanting more. 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 Gorillaz and Father John Misty, plus brand new streaming music from Arcade Fire, Spoon, Goldfrapp, Japandroids, C... more info

Stereogum — You have to feel for Japandroids. For their second album, they achieved such a perfect distillation of their sound, a rock record so nourishing and exciting and fun, that it was hard to imagine that they'd ever hit those heights again. So they take t... more info

Chorus.fm — Japandroids stream their new album. The post Japandroids Stream New Album appeared first on chorus.fm. more info

Consequence of Sound — One of the year's most sought-after records has arrived. more info