Spectrum Culture: Japandroids Live Review

New on Spectrum Culture, my review of the best show I have attended this year so far, Japandroids with Cadence Weapon at Chicago's Lincoln Hall:

In a recent Spectrum Culture interview, Japandroids guitarist Brian King told me, “Punk is no more a music genre than Pluto is a planet.” He went on to discuss the limitations and irrelevance of musical labels. It’s not surprising, then, that the opener for the Vancouver-based duo’s Lincoln Hall show was not another garage rock band, but a rapper originally from Edmonton, Alberta named Rollie Pemberton, otherwise known as Cadence Weapon. The crowd admittedly looked a bit skeptical at first, but they quickly warmed up to Pemberton’s brand of articulate, personal hip-hop. The rapper gave the audience plenty of chances to get involved with songs like “Jukebox” and “Real Estate,” shouting out lines for them to chant along with.

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