Shonen Knife "Super Group"
Shonen Knife “SUPER GROUP” Tour
2009 NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES
10/16 Fri - New York, NY - Santos Party House
10/17 Sat - Ithaca, NY - Cornell University
10/18 Sun - Toronto, Canada - Horseshoe Tavern
10/19 Mon - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
10/20 Tues - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
10/21 Wed - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
10/22 Thurs - Day Off
10/23 Fri - Missoula, MT - The Badlander
10/24 Sat - Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern
10/25 Sun - Vancouver, Canada - Biltmore Cabaret
10/26 Mon - Bellingham, WA - The Nightlight
10/27 Tues - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
10/28 Wed - Day Off
10/29 Thurs - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Shop
10/30 Fri - San Jose - Blank Club
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10/31 Sat - Visalia, CA - The Cellar Door
11/1 Sun - Oakland, CA - Uptown
11/2 Mon - Los Angeles, CA - Echo
11/3 Tues - San Diego, CA - Casbah
11/4 Wed - Tucson, AZ - Plush
11/5 Thurs - Day Off
11/6 Fri - San Antonio, TX - Sam’s Burger Joint
11/7 Sat - Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Festival
11/8 Sun - Houston, TX - Numbers Nightclub
11/9 Mon - Day Off
11/10 Tues - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
11/11 Wed - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone
11/12 Thurs - Atlanta, GA - E.A.R.L.
11/13 Fri - Richmond, VA - Plaza Bowl
11/14 Sat - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwells
11/15 Sun - Allston, MA - Great Scotts
11/16 Mon - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
11/17 Tues - Brookyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
11/18 Wed - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place
•Shonen Knife was born in Osaka.
Shonen Knife is the legendary all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka, Japan in 1981.
Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, and early punk rock acts, such as The Beach
Boys and The Ramones, the trio plays stripped-down songs with infectious melodies and simplistic,
exuberant lyrics sung both in Japanese and English. Despite their pop-oriented nature, the trio maintains
a distinctly underground garage rock sound rooted in edgy instrumentation and D.I.Y. aesthetics.
The bands twenty-seven-
tour), Sonic Youth, the BMX Bandits, and as part of Lollapolooza. They recorded sessions for John
Peel, appeared on MTV’s Beavis and Butthead, 120 minutes, the Conan O’Brian show and recorded
“Buttercup (I’m a Supergirl)” for that for the hugely popular cartoon ‘The Powerpuff Girls’.
•Shonen Knife’s return to being a trio.
Since the original member and bassist Atsuko moved to Los Angeles and left the band, Naoko and
Etsuko played with support bassists. On the new album “Super Group”, support bassist Ritsuko has
joined the band as an official member. Now Shonen Knife has become a 3 piece band again and a
super group was born.
•Very active Shonen Knife!
In 2007, they released an album “fun! fun! fun!” in Japan. Since then, they’ve spent very busy days
playing lots of shows, they enjoyed a North American tour, recorded a cover song for an AC/DC tribute
album and played at many international rock festivals. In 2009 Shonen Knife signed a deal with Good
Charamel Records (www.goodcharamel.com)
the fans in North America! Tours of Europe, Australia and North America will follow the release of
the new “Super Group” CD !
•LET THERE BE SHONEN KNIFE!
The concept of this album is to “go back to the starting point of ROCK”. All the lyrics on “Super Group”
are written in English. The 1st song “Super Group” is very punk pop like the Buzzcocks. “Muddy
Bubbles Hell” and “Pyramid Power” taste like Heavy Metal. “BBQ Party” starts with a Jonathan
Richman like intro and transforms into punk rock. The harmony at the last part of “Na Na Na” is very
cute. The last song is a cover of Paul McCartney and the Wings song “Jet”, the Shonen Knife version
is very fun and very ROCK. This album makes everybody happy.
SUPER GROUP
$11.99
available on
Good Charamel Records
August 25, 2009
SHONEN KNIFE website:
www.shonenknife.net
Photo:
http://www.prlog.org/
