EeeeeXeeeeZeeeXXeeeeeyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s the sound of Melt-Banana transcribed into a modern English dialect known as Bloggish. It translates roughly to “Frog Swims the River Down Giggling” + SHEER EXCITEMENT OMG MELT-BANANA!!!! + whiskey + “oh my gawd they’re touring for basically two straight months and I have to format ALL those tourdates”? Which is pretty much what their raging hot punk rock noise jams sound like, too: moody, raw, weirdly charming, and totally, totally insane. Which sounds like the perfect soundtrack to America these days, no? MELT-BANANA FOR PRESIDENT 2012!
So what issues do these upstanding Japanese rockers stand for? Which new release are they touring in support of? Well, the core Tokyo-based trio of Yasuko Onuki, Ichirou Agata, and Rika Hamamoto haven’t released a proper studio album since 2007’s Bambi’s Dilemma, and their most recent release was MELT-BANANA Lite LIVE:ver.0.0 — a live album in case you can’t tell — which came out two years ago. But, as you can guess if you’ve ever seen the group’s frenetic live show, this is a band that has a little trouble standing still, so they’re back in the saddle again, ready to set off once more on their annual North American tour. Welcome back, Melt-Banana! And seriously, consider this election thing would ya? Imagine the sheer joy of a Michele Bachmann vs. Melt-Banana live debate. EeeeeXeeeeZeeeXXeeeeeyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dates:
10.01.11 - Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
10.02.11 - Portland, OR - Star Theater
10.03.11 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
10.04.11 - Missoula, MT - Badlander
10.06.11 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
10.08.11 - Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
10.09.11 - Kansas City, MO - The Record Bar
10.10.11 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room
10.11.11 - Iowa City, IA - The Mill
10.12.11 - Sioux Falls , SD - Boonies Bar
10.13.11 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
10.14.11 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
10.15.11 - Milwaukee, WI - The Cactus Club
10.16.11 - Chicago, IL - Subterranean
10.17.11 - St. Louis, MO - Cicero’s
10.18.11 - Bloomington, IN - The Bishop
10.19.11 - Newport, KY - The Historic Southgate House
10.20.11 - Lansing, MI - Mac’s Bar
10.22.11 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
10.23.11 - Ithaca, NY - The Haunt
10.25.11 - Toronto, ON - Wrongbar
10.26.11 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore
10.27.11 - Cambridge, MA - TT The Bears
10.28.11 - Hamden, CT - The Space
10.29.11 - New York, NY - Santos Party House
10.31.11 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
11.01.11 - Washington, DC - The Red Palace
11.02.11 - Baltimore, MD - The Ottobar
11.04.11 - Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
11.05.11 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
11.15.11 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Cafe
11.16.11 - Mobile, AL - Music Box
11.17.11 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s
11.18.11 - Dallas, TX - The Prophet Bar
11.19.11 - Austin, TX - Mohawk
11.20.11 - San Antonio, TX - Jack’s
11.22.11 - Tucson Club, AZ - Congress
11.23.11 - Mesa, AZ - Hollywood Alley
• Melt-Banana: http://www.geocities.jp/azaplink/mb/mxbx.html
