Japandroids embrace the journey on big, bold new album `Near to the Wild Heart of Life´
(WorldNews Music)

The first two Japandroids albums, `Post-Nothing` and `Celebration Rock,` each followed a dogmatic but simple formula: Singer-guitarist Brian King and drummer David Prowse banged out eight loud and raw rock songs just as they would play them live. The albums´ covers even looked the same: Each had a black-and-white photo of the pair framed with []> ......