I'll be at the Dublin show on the 20th, somewhere near the front (I'd better get there early, as Crawdaddy is tiny).
― MacDara, Sunday, 8 June 2008 11:02 (sixteen years ago) link
gr8 g1g. would go again.
― warmsherry, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 15:53 (sixteen years ago) link
appetite = whetted
― Just got offed, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 15:53 (sixteen years ago) link
off to see them...NOW.
― m the g, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 18:14 (sixteen years ago) link
They were awesome in Dublin last night. Shame the support 'band' (some MySpace combo who clearly don't rehearse and treated the spot like they were playing to mates in their own living room) were so shite, though.
― MacDara, Saturday, 21 June 2008 10:06 (sixteen years ago) link
> you appear to have forgotten the 24th
i just c'n'p'd them from the official website, guess it was added in meantime. myspace page does show 24 cambridge but i can't check official pages as i don't have flash on this computer and all i get is boxes full of 'download plugin'...
― koogs, Saturday, 21 June 2008 16:14 (sixteen years ago) link
classic
― usic, Saturday, 21 June 2008 19:32 (sixteen years ago) link
A big C.
How I managed to miss them in my home town beats me up
― Fer Ark, Saturday, 21 June 2008 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Tonight is now at the Cambridge Soul Tree. Hope to see some of you there! I'll be the dude in a Cardiacs shirt (although I'll probably buy a M-B shirt too and wear it over the top).
― Just got offed, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 14:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Anyone?
― Just got offed, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
OK, the playing of punk should be BANNED unless you are THIS FUCKING AWESOME. Like, the most intense thrash-pop experience imaginable. And there are only four of them. And they're all really small. And that guitarist. Oh man.
I was at the front, in the middle, moshing my tits off, as you might imagine.
― Just got offed, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 01:11 (sixteen years ago) link
yay!
― sleeve, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 01:18 (sixteen years ago) link
It must be added that the frontwoman is probably the hottest I've ever seen. And the bassist the smallest.
― Just got offed, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 01:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, the song I really wanted to hear them play was their ENCORE. :D
(that being "Shield For Your Eyes, A Beast In The Well Of Your Hand")
― Just got offed, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 01:26 (sixteen years ago) link
How come no one on the internet has found or talked about the Saturday Night Live sketch from like 2001 where Horatio Sanz was Iann Robinsonn there was a japanese band called Crush Papaya featuring Poehler and Maya and them? And they played really short loud abrasive songs and then said all quiet.. "thankyoo."
Shouldn't that be like LOL OMG Noize D00d supermeme 4 alltime? But there's no trace of it anywhere on the internet :/
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 27 July 2008 22:27 (sixteen years ago) link
So I find out completely by chance they're back in Hull on Thursday. YEEEEEHAAAAAAAA :D
― e.e. cummingstonite (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 9 May 2009 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
saw these dudes in bozeman, montana (?????) and it was fucking amazing
why they played in a college town where no one's heard of them i'll never know, but i was intensely grateful----wanted to hug each one of those motherfuckers
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Saturday, 9 May 2009 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
esp the singer amirite
god she's hot
― sorry for british (country matters), Saturday, 9 May 2009 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
lol cool your jets hotshot this is more or less a purely musical love affair I got
― e.e. cummingstonite (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 9 May 2009 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
haha i was just channelling gbx's post into manifest truths
as for the music, shit they're up there with the finest i've seen or could imagine seeing
― sorry for british (country matters), Saturday, 9 May 2009 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't think gbx was being tumescencey, just affectionate.
― languid samuel l. jackson (jim), Saturday, 9 May 2009 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
last time was just overwhelming really. i spotted the poster in a shop window today from the top deck of the bus and our Joel couldn't understand why I was getting so excitable until we got home and I played him some Cellscape.
― e.e. cummingstonite (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 9 May 2009 21:13 (fifteen years ago) link
oh, the hugs would all be affectionate, but one would be laced with more than a twinge of outright adoration, were i the hugger, just sayin'
cellscape is massive but christ almighty it barely prepares you...even being told that they replicate EVERYTHING live isn't quite enough...they're like some sort of tidal wave
― sorry for british (country matters), Saturday, 9 May 2009 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
i have an awesome us maple/melt banana poster that says minneapolis is in michigan
― Domm P))) (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 9 May 2009 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
That was better than last time, if anything. Dunno if the stage divers* added anything.
*Strictly speaking you can't dive from the Adelphi stage. It's more about clambering upward and booting people in the ear.
― Dom P's Rusty Nuts (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 14 May 2009 23:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I hope I get to see them in Brighton on Monday.
― warmsherry, Friday, 15 May 2009 00:15 (fifteen years ago) link
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, July 27, 2008 11:27 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark
THIS:
http://snl.jt.org/detail.php?i=2002040612
― warmsherry, Friday, 15 May 2009 00:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey, I was there! So, so good. Too bad the guitar player has the swine flu.
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Tuesday, 19 May 2009 18:21 (fifteen years ago) link
New LP. "MELT BANANA - Lite Live Ver 0.0" . with added electronics.
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=236333
oh, it's old songs (based on my sample of 3), done live, with synths.
― koogs, Friday, 30 October 2009 13:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Just been added to spotify, I'll hopefully give it a go tonight
http://open.spotify.com/album/5wxbpJgu7YrHSQqXh8gqeq
― I'm Still Stanning (onimo), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 15:35 (fourteen years ago) link
played Monkey Man by the specials last time i saw them. ruled.
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 15:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Why have I never gotten into this band before? They're just incredible, and on tour:
http://www.myspace.com/AZAPhttp://www.songkick.com/artists/152850-meltbanana/calendar
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 22 July 2011 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
SO GOOD live
― Trip Maker, Friday, 22 July 2011 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Melt Banana/Daughters(not so much)/Lightning Bolt still ranks in the best shows I've ever seen. That was about 7 years ago too.
― kkern, Sunday, 24 July 2011 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
new lp
http://www.geocities.jp/azaplink/mb/mxbx.html
― koogs, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
bah, frames
http://www.geocities.jp/azaplink/mb/i_az009.html
― koogs, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
whoa, geocities
so, who's in the band at this point?
― original bgm, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
just the two of them judging by the bit i just read.
sample here:http://www.tinymixtapes.com/chocolate-grinder/premiere-melt-banana-the-hive
interview here:http://ghettoblastermagazine.com/2013/from-the-horses-mouth-agata-and-yako-melt-banana-on-fetch/
north american tour dates:http://www.geocities.jp/azaplink/mb/i_2013tour.html
― koogs, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
that new track ain't bad. sounds like melt banana alright.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
Hooray, I was wondering when their next thing would be out
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 13 September 2013 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
whole album streaming:http://www.spin.com/articles/melt-banana-fetch-a-zap-records-interview-album-stream/
― Michael F Gill, Saturday, 28 September 2013 19:04 (ten years ago) link
"now touring as a Sparks-gone-grindcore spazz-pop duo"
Aw... I'll miss the rhythm section. The bassist was great and I saw them with their original drummer and also with Dave Witte filling in. Always a great show.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 28 September 2013 22:11 (ten years ago) link
everyone's on the internet are saying the album is great.
now i say that too.
― nostormo, Thursday, 24 October 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
this album reminding how much Marnie Stern owes to MB. Not even sure it's a conscious thing w her, but so much of this sounds like tighter, no-nonsense (and less pop, but that's not really where I'm going w this) takes on what she does
― Dominique, Thursday, 24 October 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
how is the show these days? missed the gig last night due to my car getting towed and being overdrawn, so somebody say they are not as good in 2k13, thx
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 24 October 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
they are not as good in 2k13, thx
(never saw them, just to make you feel better)
― nostormo, Thursday, 24 October 2013 20:05 (ten years ago) link
I've seen them about ten times over the yrs and last night, while certainly different, was still great and as awe-inspiring in its way as the "classic" line-up. It was insanely loud, almost too loud, approaching Sunn-levels. When I read about "crazy" dance music or electronic music or what have you, it never sounds particularly crazy or intense to but MB was very crazy and intense last night.
Glad I went.
― chr1sb3singer, Thursday, 24 October 2013 20:35 (ten years ago) link
I can confirm that they are brainblastingly good in 2K13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66nVdjVHs48&hd=1
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Sunday, 3 November 2013 09:23 (ten years ago) link
Nice clip! I'm excited to see them for the first time this week.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 3 November 2013 13:04 (ten years ago) link
that was like the 3rd and 4th song of the set, things got crazier from there. kind of impressed with a vocalist and guitarist keeping up that kind of energy level over an entire set with just backing tracks.
― a hard dom is good to find (Edward III), Sunday, 3 November 2013 16:49 (ten years ago) link