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Japandroids have released a video for their single 'The House That Heaven Built'. They've also announced tour dates. Go see them. Seriously. 08-14 Ponte Do Lima, Portugal - Paredes De Coura  08-16 Dublin, Ireland - Workman's Club 08-17 Belfast, Ireland - Mandela Hall  08-18 Skipton, England - Beacons Festival 08-19 Leicester, England - UK Summer Sundae Festival 08-22 Reykjavik, Iceland - Gamli Gaukurinn 08-24 Hannover, Germany - Bootboohook Festival 08-25 Dornstadt, Germany - Obswiesenfestival 08-27 Frankfurt, Germany - Zoom 08-28 Dresden, Germany - Beatpol 08-29 Berlin, Germany - Magnet 08-31 Poznan, Poland - Fabrika 09-01 Warsaw, Poland - Hydrozagadka 09-03 Budapeset, Hungary - Akvarium 09-04 Vienna, Austria - Chelsea 09-06 Ljubljana, Slovenia - Kino Siska 09-07 Graz, Austria - Postgarage 09-08 Zagreb, Croatia - NKC Park 09-10 Prague, Czech Republic - Lucerna Music Bar 09-11 Munich, Germany - Feierwerk 09-12 Luzern, Switzerland - Treibhaus Luzern 09-14 B...

The best albums of the year, so far. 15. Death Dreams by PS, I Love You  Japandroids-esque scuzz/ noise rock duo from Ontario, Canada. Heavy on the distortion and probably the most under-rated album of the year, so far. Definitely one of the heavier albums from the list. Download: Princess Towers, Sentimental Dishes http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/death-dreams/id518437876 14. OFF! by OFF!  Ex- Black Flag/ Circle Jerks frontman, Keith Morris, still being suitably angry at the ripe old age of 56. Hardcore supergroup of sorts happily deliver short, violent blasts of old school hardcore on this fourteen track debut LP. Download: King Kong Brigade, Cracked  http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/off!/id518351298 13. Plumb by Field Music  Messy British Indie album. Filled with fifteen experimental, avant, prog-pop (yeah, they're pretty un-pigeonholeable) tracks, it's not Field Music's strongest album, but it is one that shows a band developing and refusing...