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Japandroids @ DC9
To the vociferous power duo Japandroids, rock, it seems, can be an adjective, noun, or verb. In a sprawling set at a nearly packed DC9 last night, the Vancouver band—shambolic, self-conscious, in its best moments inspired—played the bulk of its well-received 2009 debut, Post-Nothing, while rarely failing to remind an appreciative audience just how hard it intended to rock.
To wit: Japandroids’ set was heavy on foreplay and harder on banter, and throughout, guitarist Brian King promised that he and drummer David Prowse would “rock hard,” “commence rock,” and “rock out.” He asked the audience to forgive an obscure tune with “extensive rocking on our behalf,” and seemed to apologize for two concise, angular numbers that, one supposes, didn’t rock hard enough. The audience didn’t mind, of course; they were too busy … well, you know.
