Let's Knife! New tour: Shonen Knife 2017 USA Ramen Adventure

[erilaz]

They're coming back to the States!

Shonen Knife North American tour 2016

Tue 10/04 - Casbah San Diego, CA
Wed 10/05 - Bootleg Theater Los Angeles, CA
Thu 10/06 - DNA Lounge (Main Room) San Francisco, CA
Fri 10/07 - The Ritz San Jose, CA
Sat 10/08 - Dante's Portland, OR
Sun 10/09 - Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA
Tue 10/11 - Monk's Missoula, MT
Wed 10/12 - Pub Station Billings, MT
Thu 10/13 - Marquis Theater Denver, CO
Sat 10/15 - The Record Bar Kansas City, MO
Sun 10/16 - The Firebird St. Louis, MO
Mon 10/17 or Tue 10/18 - Livewire Lounge Chicago, IL
Wed 10/19 - The Turf Club St. Paul, MN
Fri 10/21 - Ace Of Cups Columbus, OH
Sat 10/22 - Radio Radio Indianapolis, IN
Tue 10/25 - Snug Harbor Charlotte, NC
Wed 10/26 - The Pinhook Durham, NC
Thu 10/27 - Strange Matter Richmond, VA
Fri 10/28 - Ottobar Baltimore, MD
Sat 10/29 - MilkBoy Philadelphia, PA
Mon 10/31 - Knitting Factory Brooklyn, NY
Tue 11/01 - The Low Beat Albany, NY
Thu 11/03 - Cattivo Pittsburgh, PA
Fri 11/04 - Mohawk Place Buffalo, NY
Sat 11/05 - The Haunt Ithaca, NY
Sun 11/06 - The Bug Jar Rochester, NY
Wed 11/09 - Middle East - Upstairs Cambridge, MA
Thu 11/10 - The Brighton Bar Long Branch, NJ

and more...

http://www.shonenknife.net/news.html
http://www.shonenknife.net/live.html#2016_us_tour

[erilaz]

SHONEN KNIFE 2017 USA RAMEN ADVENTURE

"A 4,000 mile journey across America celebrating the music of Japan's most beloved indie rock legends and the joy of eating Ramen."

4/24 . Boston, MA . Hojoko Japanese Tavern
​4/25 . Buffalo, NY . Studio @Waiting Room
4/26 . Sellersville, PA . Sellersville Theater
4/28 . Beacon, NY . Quinn's
4/29 . Brooklyn, NY . Sunnyvale
4/30 . Washington, DC . The Black Cat
5/01 . Chapel Hill, NC . Local 506
5/03 . Savannah, GA . The Wormhole
5/04 . Orlando, FL . Will's Pub
5/05 . Miami, FL . Churchill's
5/06 . Tampa, FL . The Orpheum
5/07 . Gainesville, FL . The High Dive
5/09 . Athens GA . 40 Watt
5/10 . Atlanta, GA . The Earl
5/11 . Birmingham AL . Syndicate Lounge
5/12 . Hot Springs, AK . Low Key Arts
​5/14 . Baton Rouge, LA . Spanish Moon
5/16 . Galveston, TX . VFW 880 ​
​5/17 . Houston, TX . Walter's
5/18 . San Antonio, TX . The Korova
5/19 . Austin, TX . Barracuda
5/20 . Dallas, TX . Three Links
5/22 . Albuquerque, NM . The Launchpad
5/23 . Tucson, AZ . 191 Toole
5/24 . Tempe, AZ . Yucca Room
5/25 . Las Vegas, NV . Beauty Bar
5/26 . Fresno, CA . Strummers
5/27 . Los Angeles, CA . Bootleg Theater

6/23 . Calgary, Alberta . Sled Festival

Plus more dates to be added! (No SF Bay Area shows have been announced yet, so there better be!)

http://www.goodcharamel.com/tours.html
http://www.shonenknife.net/live.html
http://www.shonenknife.net/news.html

[Moh]

Wow, a group coming to Tampa and Orlando! Too bad I don't really know them.

[erilaz]

You should go see them anyway! They're lots of fun, and tickets are only $18 at each of those venues.

[Moh]

At the risk of sounding like a cheapskate, that's too much money for me when factoring in gas prices. And I wouldn't have anyone to go with anyway. My brother would probably be interested in it, but those dates are on days he works.

[erilaz]

SHONEN KNIFE
ALIVE! in the U.S.A. 2018

08/28 . Buffalo, NY . The 9th Ward
08/29 . Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
08/30 . Ithaca, NY . The Haunt
08/31 . Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Bowl
09/01 . Baltimore, MD . The Ottobar
09/03 . Washington D.C. The Black Cat
09/04 . Pittsburgh, PA . Spirit
09/05 . Columbus, OH . Rumba Café
09/06 . Chicago, IL Subterranean
09/09 . Urbana, IL . Japan House Matsuri
09/11 . Indianapolis, IN . The Hi-Fi
09/12 . St. Louis, MO The Ready Room
09/13 . Kansas City, MO . The Riot Room
09/14 . Little Rock, AR . Stickyz R&R Chicken Shack
09/15 . Denton, TX . Dan’s Silverleaf
09/16 . Austin, TX . 3Ten @ ACL Live
09/19 . San Antonio, TX Sam’s Burger Joint
09/21 . Albuquerque, NM . The Launch Pad
09/22 . Tucson, AZ . 191 Toole
09/23 . Tempe, AZ . Yucca Tap Room
09/24 . Las Vegas, NV . The Beauty Bar
09/27 . Sacramento, CA . Goldfield
09/29 . Portland, OR . Dante’s
09/30 . Seattle, WA . Tractor Tavern
10/03 . San Fran, CA . Bottom Of The Hill
10/05 . Los Angeles, CA The Bootleg
10/06 . San Diego, CA . The Casbah

MORE DATES COMING SOON !​

https://www.goodcharamel.com/tours.html
http://www.shonenknife.net/live.html

[erilaz]

Shonen Knife
SWEET CANDY POWER
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2019

8/23: Los Angeles, CA at Bootleg Theater
8/24: San Diego, CA at The Casbash
8/25: Las Vegas, NV at Hard Rock Hotel
8/27: San Francisco, CA at Bottom Of The Hill
8/28: Sacramento, CA at Goldfield Trading
8/30: Seattle, WA at El Corazon
8/31: Portland, OR at Dante’s
9/3: Denver, CO at Oriental Theater
9/4: Lincoln, NE at Bourbon Theater
9/5: Rock Island, IL at Rock Island Brewing Company
9/9: Columbus, OH at Rumba Cafe
9/10: Cleveland, OH at Grog Shop
9/11: Newport, KY at Southgate House
9/13: Little Rock, AR at Stickyz Rock In
9/14: Dallas, TX at Gas Monkey Live! (With Black Flag)
9/15: Austin, TX at Empire Control
9/18: Atlanta, GA at Smith’s Olde Bar
9/19: Richmond, VA at The Camel
9.20: Washington, DC at City Winery
9/22: Brooklyn, NY at Knitting Factory
9/26: Montreal, QC at Pop Montreal
9/28: Ferndale, MI at Magic Bag
10/1: Chicago, IL at Subterranean
10/2: Minneapolis, MN at Fine Line Music
10/5: Pittsburgh, PA at Cattivo

​more dates coming soon .......

https://www.goodcharamel.com/tours.html

I hope nothing gets in the way of my going this time. In 2017 they didn't come to the Bay Area; their nearest show was in Fresno. I bought a ticket to see them in San Francisco last October, but a family obligation forced me to miss the show, ruining my perfect record of having seen them every time they've come to the Bay Area.

[erilaz]

Shonen Knife released their latest album, Our Best Place, on February 15th on P-Vine in Japan and Good Charamel Records in North America.

https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/PCD-25359
https://www.goodcharamel.com/store/c56/ ... ON%29.html

But the release that has me really excited is coming on July 19th: Minna Tanoshiku, which is being released for the first time on both CD and vinyl.

Minna Tanoshiku is Shonen Knife's ultra-rare debut album from 1982. It was released in an edition of 50 privately produced, individually kiss-printed cassette tapes. XA Record soon afterward released an unauthorized cassette reissue with different cover art, purportedly only 39 copies, before the band shut it down. The album has never been legitimately reissued, and I'm not even aware of any CD or vinyl bootlegs, but MP3s have been floating around on the internet for at least 15 years.

Most of the songs were re-recorded for the first two official albums, Burning Farm and Yama no Attchan, and a few of the others (including the two live tracks) have appeared as bonus tracks or on Knife Collectors fan club releases, but I don't believe either "Planet X" or "Saboten" (a cover of Delta 5's "You") has ever been released on CD or vinyl. The band rarely even acknowledges the existence of Minna Tanoshiku: It doesn't appear in the discography on their official web site (though it does appear in one sentence of the band history), and they haven't even announced this reissue there, even though it's being released by their current label.

CD edition at CD Japan: https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/PCD-25360
The limited vinyl edition is already sold out at CD Japan, but it's still available through other online outlets. I pre-ordered mine from Cromulent Records.

[erilaz]

The release of Minna Tanoshiku has been postponed until November 15th.

EDIT: And postponed again until March 20, 2024.

EDIT: And YET AGAIN until September 18, 2024! No idea what's causing the delay, but my guess is that there's some legal folderol that's gumming up the works.