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Champ Reissue Coming March 5 Via Mom + Pop
Jan 12, 2021
By Caleb Campbell
Tokyo Police Club have returned, after a handful of years off, announcing a reissue of their 2010 fan-favorite album, Champ. Along with the reissue, the band has also brought along some deep cuts, remixes, demos, and never before heard tracks for fans to dig into. For the first single the band brought on fellow indie pop vets Matt & Kim to remix “Gone,” premiering with Under the Radar. More
TPC Due Out October 5 via Dine Alone
Jul 11, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Tokyo Police Club have announced a new album, TPC, and shared two songs from it, “Hercules” and “DLTFWYH.” TPC is due out October 5 via Dine Alone. It was produced by Rob Schnapf and includes “New Blues,” which the band shared back in April. More
Due Out Digitally April 20 and on Flexi Disc on Record Store Day via Dine Alone
Apr 17, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Tokyo Police Club have shared a new song, “New Blues.” It’s due out digitally this Friday, April 20 via Dine Alone Records. It will also be released on flexi disc on Record Store Day (this Saturday) at Dine Alone’s Toronto record store, as well as on the band’s tour. Details on a new album will be announced soon. More
All Signs Point to Yes Due June 16, Listen to "Gasoline" Now
May 13, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Tokyo Police Club frontman Dave Monks has announced his debut solo EP, All Signs Point to Yes. It’s due out June 16 via Dine Alone Records. More
Forcefield is out now Via Mom+Pop
Mar 26, 2014
By Marie Noble
Tokyo Police Club’s new album Forcefield is out now. Here’s a video for album single “Hot Tonight.” More
Out March 25 On Mom + Pop
Mar 19, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Tokyo Police Club will release their new album Forcefield on March 25 via Mom+Pop. More
Ambitious 10 Songs in 10 Days
Aug 10, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
Tokyo Police Club has announced a covers project, where the band will spend 10 hours a day for 10 days recording cover songs. (10 in all, naturally). More
"Shirts vs. Skins" Due June 28
Apr 27, 2011
By John Everhart
Tokyo Police Club keyboardist Graham Wright has announced details of his debut solo full-length. We have the tracklisting. More
Challenge the Band to Anything and Everything
May 19, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Tokyo Police Club are heading out on tour, supporting Passion Pit though June and then breaking off in July for a string of headlining dates. In the spirit of their upcoming album Champ (due June 8th) the band is accepting a series of challenges at each stop on the tour. We have the dates and details. More
Champ will be released June 8
Mar 29, 2010
By Hong Le
It has been confirmed! Tokyo Police Club’s second full-length album will be titled Champ and it will be released June 8 on the band’s new label mom+pop. They will also be on tour. We have the dates. More
Interviews
Dec 14, 2018
By Mark Redfern
To end out the week, we ask Graham Wright of Tokyo Police Club some questions about endings and death. Wright talks about how he’d like to die, what song he’d like performed at his funeral, his favorite endings to books and movies, his concepts of heaven and hell, and his unique plan for not dying. More
Working the Hi-hat from Both Sides
Jun 21, 2011
By Matt Fink
It’s an oft-repeated maxim that most musicians secretly want to be comedians and comedians secretly want to be musicians, and it often follows that drummers are seen as the most reliable resources of humor within bands. Looking over the history of rock music, there seems to be some truth to this. More
Reviews
Oct 01, 2018
By Matt the Raven
Instead of mailing it in and ending Tokyo Police Club’s decade long career with a whimper, singer/bassist and principal songwriter Dave Monks convinced the band to come together in the studio, shed all expectations and past pressures, and just have fun being in a band making rock music. More
Apr 02, 2014
By Danielle Sills
Take a time machine back 10 years. Tokyo Police Club‘s Forcefield would have fit right in. Pop music fiends would stick the lead single, “Hot Tonight,” on their mix CDs, right between Plain White T’s’ “Hey There Delilah” and The Strokes’ “12:51.” It’s like we’ve traveled to 2004, we’re still using MP3 CD players and some of the cool kids even have iPods.
