Best New Bands » Vancouver http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Album Review: Japandroids, Celebration Rock http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-japandroids-celebration-rock/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-japandroids-celebration-rock/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 01:28:11 +0000 This has been weird year for music. Rap is pretty much dead and this hybrid of hip-hop and pop has formed. Indie rock is more mainstream than what used to be alternative, which is now pretty much dead as well. And punk rock is reviving itself the way it did 20 years ago. To expound

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