Shonen Knife

For the encore returned sporting leather jackets which would lead to their homage to the legendary Queens band . From there we got seven song high-powered set of Ramones classics…

Little Scream @ Metro on 06/11/2011 (more by Grant MacAllister) Little Scream are currently on tour with BOBBY (who recently played Schubas) and will hit the Empty Bottle this Wednesday (11/3) with support from Judson Claiborne…

Fucked Up at House of Vans in July (more by Chris La Putt) Bruise Cruise II, which will take place February 10-13, 2012 off the coast of Miami, added a few more artists to their lineup earlier this month…

CMJ takes over NYC venues from October 18-22, and they just announced another round of bands that are playing. They are:J Mascis, Shonen Knife, Gang Gang Dance, Boy & Bear, Cloud Nothings, Free Energy, T…

Japanese pop punkers Shonen Knife are celebrating their 30th Anniversary this year with Osaka Ramones: A Tribute to the Ramones. The album features covers of 13 Ramones classics including “Pinhead,” “Beat on the Brat,” “Psychotherapy,” and others, and will be released on July 19 in the US via Good Charamel Records…

today in NYC * Mike Birbiglia in a window * Oh Land @ Hiro Ballroom * Areni Agbabian @ The Stone * Marc Ribot @ Le Poisson Rouge * Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes * Kyoko Kitamura Duo @ The Stone * Liz Phair @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * Gerald Cleaver, Uncle June @ Barbes * Kneebody, Wayne Krantz @ Southpaw * Modra, Llilw Gray, Tamio Shiraishi @ Zebulon * The Decemberists, Wye Oak @ Beacon Theatre * Suuns, Dreamers of the Ghetto @ Shea Stadium * Karsh Kale & Midival Punditz @ Highline Ballroom * Carlene Carter, Tammy Faye Starlite @ Joe’s Pub * Cloud Runner (Matisyahu & Friends) @ Mercury Lounge * People Get Ready, Holy Spirits, Skeletons @ Union Pool * Alexander Hacke, Danielle de Picciotto @ Issue Project Room * Yuck, Total Slacker, Darlings, Fergus & Geronimo @ Glasslands * K Holes, Adult Themes, Fables, Signal Break @ Death By Audio * MiniBoone, Ava Luna, Miracles of Modern Science @ Brooklyn Bowl * Kylesa, Rosetta, Fight Amp, East of The Wall @ Santos Party House * Vaz, Xaddax, Radiation Blackbody, Fall of Another Year @ Bruar Falls * The Big Terrific Comedy Show w/ Max Silvestri, Gabe Liedman, Jenny Slate and special guests @ Cameo Gallery Kneebody is now in residency at Southpaw…

The Shonen Knife US tour has officially come to a close. Along that tour the peppy and colorful Japanese pop punk band played two NYC shows…

words and Japanese trio Shonen Knife performed at the Asia Society Museum on Saturday (9/25) as part of the programming in support of the excellent Yoshitomo Nara exhibit Nobody’s Fool that opened earlier this month…

by BBG Now that Shonen Knife have revisited their LPs Free Time and 2007’s fun! fun! fun! to give them the English workover complete with bonus tracks (order them), the Japanese band are about to invade our shores with their overtly cutesy Japanese pop-punk…

Pop Montreal 2009 (more by Ryan Muir) POP Montreal, sort of like the CMJ of Montreal, but less industry-like, returns for the 9th time from September 29th to October 3rd…