29), fans knew a new tour, a new album - a new something - was brewing, but more from the fact Japandroids were proving their IRL existence in front of them than from anything they could find online.īack-in-the-day browbeating isn’t Japandroids’ game either, though. But really - how much would you miss publicists tweeting about pre-sale bundles on their artist’s behalf? When was the last time a staged studio shot posted on an artist’s Instagram really got you going? And - be honest - how many people from bands are actually funny on Twitter? At that Knitting Factory show Saturday night (Oct. Japandroids’ official Twitter account has tweeted a grand total of one time and their other platforms have scarcely been touched since they wrapped up promotion for Celebration Rock.
King and Prowse are similarly staunch in their aversion to social media. Past or present, stadium or D.I.Y., bands coming out for obligatory encores on queue are exceedingly boring. So that’s Japandroids - they’re old souls for sure, but clever enough to side-step tired tropes without succumbing to crippling rock traditionalism. It’s take two of a song that opens with a line about being “lit up tonight, and still drinking” to end the night with crowdsurfers cycling towards King and Prowse, you can imagine how this goes over a few minutes before midnight.
It’s especially familiar because they already played it once before that night, a fact that the band acknowledges but ultimately chooses to ignore, much to the delight of the delirious crowd. “Younger Us” is busted out, but that’s not all submitting to the true encore spirit, exuberant Celebration opener “The Nights of Wine and Roses” follows to close the set.
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