Photos by Ben Rowland

A big stuffed bear head
Party. Thanks Death and Taxes
Bros and little beers.

More extreme Droidage
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shameless sing-a-long.

The Japanbros of Japandroids have added some second-night appearances and festival dates to their current headlining tour. They sold out both of their upcoming NYC and Chicago shows therefore calling for extreme measures..2nd shows! They’ll be at Mercury Lounge in NYC again on Sunday September 27th and Chicago’s Schubas on October 10th. They’ll also be visiting the UK for a few headline dates and a support tour with A Place To Bury Strangers. Stop reading this jargon and check the full dates below:

9.16 Urbana, IL @ Pygmalion Festival
9.17 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stik
9.18 Guelph, ON @ Albion
9.21 Columbus, OH @ The Summit
9.24 NYC @ Mercury Lounge
9.27 NYC @ Mercury Lounge
9.28 Buffalo, NY @ Big Orbit’s Soundlab
9.29 Hamilton, ON @ Casbah
9.30 Peterborough, ON @ The Montreal House
10.3 Ottawa, ON @ Mavericks
10.4 Quebec City, QC @ Le Cercle
10.5 Boston, MA @ Great Scott
10.6 Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary
10.7 Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks
10.8 Cleveland, OH @ Now That’s Class
10.9 Chicago, IL @ Schubas
10.10 Chicago, IL @ Schubas
10.13 Dallas, TX @ The Cavern
10.14 Austin, TX @ Emos
10.16 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
10.17 Atlanta, GA @ 529
10.18 Chapel Hill @ Local 506
10.19 Washington, DC @ Rock N Roll Hotel
10.24 Halifax, NS @ The Paragon (Halifax Pop Explosion)
10.27 London, UK @ Madame Jojo’s
10.29 London, UK @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
10.30 London, UK @ Barfly
11.6 Nottingham, UK @ Socia
11.7 Birmingham, UK @ Flapper
11.8 Cardiff, UK @ Barfly
11.9 Dublin, IE @ Whelans
11.11 Belfast, IE @ Auntie Annie’s
11.12 Glasgow, UK @ Captains Rest
11.13 Edinburgh, UK @ Sneaky Pete’s
11.14 Manchester, UK @ Moho Live
11.15 Leeds, UK @ Cockpit
11.20 St Louis, MO @ Billiken Club
11.21 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
11.22 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
11.25 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
11.27 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
11.29 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
11.30 Portland, OR @ Holocene
12.1 Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
12.2 Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore Cabaret

Yo La Tengo’s songs have always been popular in our hearts. Unfortunately our hearts ever so rarely translate into Soundscan numbers these days, or Japandroids would have done some Miley Cyrus numbers (they basically sing about the same stuff!). But at least now they can be popular in title too, as their upcoming Popular Songs is currently streaming in its entirety on NPR. Check it out!

(Via Stereogum via NPR)

The preliminary lineup for this year’s CMJ Music Marathon in New York has been announced. The event, which will run from October 20 to 24 at music venues across Manhattan and Brooklyn, will include School of Seven Bells, Broadcast, Japandroids. Mum, Atlas Sound, the Budos Band, Pitbull, the Very Best, Crystal Antlers, Cymbals Eat Guitars, the Antlers, Suckers, Pissed Jeans, and Screaming Females.

Register for the CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival at cmj.com/marathon.