SHONEN KNIFE
Cut it out, cook it up, rocket on…
Japan’s infamous girl guiding rockers led by the ebullient Naoko whip the supergroup sensation to finally return the creamcake to Australian rockhouses for the first time since their 1997 Big Day Out tour. Currently touring the UK Naoko, Etsuko and Ritsuko rip the sponge from the rack as they trail bake Australia and New Zealand before a US tour in October…
Shonen Knife/The Lovely Eggs/Islet : Buffalo Bar, Cardiff : 18/06/09
…includes obsessive Ramones love, benign smileyness – and Status Quo-style synchronised guitar nodding helps too: basically Team Knife bring the sugared garage pop and keep it rolling all night. Cutesily perfect two minute cherry bombs that arrive from old sources (Ramones, Buzzcocks) yet somehow remain timeless and kitten fresh. New stuff equals old stuff equals greatness. Their addictive conveyor belt even inspires some embarrassingly repressed homoerotic shovefest in the pit. Boistrous! Shonen Knife crush the dickless and joyous alike.
The all-female Japanese garage pop punk legends Shonen Knife, championed by Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Red Kross etc return with latest album Super Group. Formed in Osaka, Japan in 1981, heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups and early punk rock ala The Ramones, Naoko and the girls craft stripped-down songs, rooted in edgy instrumentation and D.I.Y. aesthetics, expressing infectious melodies and simplistic, exuberant lyrics sung in Japanese and English, which over the course of their twenty-seven-year career has earned them a worldwide cult following. They have released 15 albums since debut 1982’s Minna Tanoshiku along with Brand New Knife (1997) and Happy Hour (1998 featuring Banana Chips). They were invited by Kurt Cobain to support Nirvana on their 1991 UK tour.
THE SHONEN KNIFE SUPERDATES…
Sept 22 Tues – Wellington SFBH
with I Heart Hiroshima and more…
Tickets from www.undertheradar.co.nz and real groovy auckland and wellington.
Sept 23 Wed – Auckland BACCO ROOM (under Monte Christo)
with I Heart Hiroshima and more…
Tickets from www.undertheradar.co.nz and real groovy auckland and wellington.
Sept 24 Thur – Melbourne CORNER
with Ouch My Face and more…
Tickets from Corner Box Office (57 Swan St Richmond 12-8 Mon-Sat), phone 9427 9198, online www.cornerhotel.com and http://consume.oztix.com.au
Sept 25 Fri – Sydney ANNANDALE HOTEL
with Ouch My Face and more…
Tickets from www.annandalehotel.com (ph 9550 1078), the venue and http://consume.oztix.com.au
Sept 26 Sat – Brisbane SOUNDS OF SPRING FESTIVAL
with The Living End, I Heart Hiroshima, Josh Pyke, Frenzal Rhomb, Quan, The Hard Ons, The Fauves, My Disco and more…
Sept 27 Sun – Perth AMPLIFIER
with I Heart Hiroshima and The Novocaines
Tickets from Bocs, Moshtix, 78 Records, Mills records, Planet Video and online www.bocsticketing.com.au
www.moshtix.com.au and http://consume.oztix.com.au
Playing music is an exciting thing like eating a giant cake during my whole life.
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Super Group music video
SHONEN KNIFE – NEW ALBUM SUPERGROUP featuring Supergroup and Jet
OUT NOW ON VALVE/MGM