I hope I get to see them in Brighton on Monday.
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 (fourteen 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 (twelve years ago) link
SO GOOD live
― Trip Maker, Friday, 22 July 2011 18:17 (twelve 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 (twelve years ago) link
new lp
http://www.geocities.jp/azaplink/mb/mxbx.html
― koogs, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 15:59 (ten years ago) link
bah, frames
http://www.geocities.jp/azaplink/mb/i_az009.html
― koogs, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link
whoa, geocities
so, who's in the band at this point?
― original bgm, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 16:03 (ten 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 (ten years ago) link
that new track ain't bad. sounds like melt banana alright.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 17:52 (ten years ago) link
Hooray, I was wondering when their next thing would be out
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 13 September 2013 17:27 (ten 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
My first show is tonight. Got roped into working the door but it still should be amazing. And now free!
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 8 November 2013 23:55 (ten years ago) link
http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-01/enhanced/webdr06/9/11/enhanced-buzz-10821-1389283254-23.jpg
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 14 January 2014 21:56 (ten years ago) link
Just bought the new album and it sounds great but I probably missed a tour? Did they come to glasgow last year?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 14:05 (ten years ago) link
don't think they've played in the uk in the last 3 or 4 years or so
they are playing london in may though.
― koogs, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 14:39 (ten years ago) link
can't remember if i missed them last time or not - haven't heard the duo stuff, don't know if i fancy seeing them in that format
― rock nobster (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
They're touring over there soon.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 14:46 (ten years ago) link
london date, 28th may 2014: https://babayaga.ticketabc.com/events/baba-yagas-hut-pr-20/
― koogs, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 15:00 (ten years ago) link
Played Supersonic in 2012, I think? Set of two halves, first set was in the style which has ended up being 'new' Melt-Banana, and second set was the full band 'old' Melt-Banana.
― Ian Glasper's trapped in a scone (aldo), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 10:57 (ten years ago) link
Forget that, must have been an earlier year than that because they played in the pool.
― Ian Glasper's trapped in a scone (aldo), Wednesday, 29 January 2014 10:59 (ten years ago) link
201420/05 Colchester Arts Centre21/05 Leeds Brudenell Social Club22/05 Glasgow Mono23/05 Newcastle Cluny 224/05 Manchester Fat Out Festival25/05 Birmingham Rainbow Warehouse27/05 Sheffield Queens Social Club28/05 London Heaven29/05 Norwich Arts Centre30/05 Bristol Fleece31/05 Cambridge Portland Arms01/06 Southampton Joiners02/06 Brighton Green Door Store
― koogs, Saturday, 1 February 2014 12:59 (ten years ago) link
(from facebook)
Finished listening to the album. It might be the best one I've heard yet (still need 3 or 4 of the early albums) but definitely the most consistent I've heard, quite a bit heavier I'd say. Really brilliant.
Bought a ticket to their upcoming show. It will be my second time.
Does anyone sit and read the lyrics? Really difficult to follow.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 8 March 2014 22:04 (ten years ago) link
"Candy Gun" showed up in my Spotify discover playlist, thank you for introducing me, Spotify.
― :wq (Leee), Monday, 3 August 2015 22:07 (eight years ago) link
that may be my least favorite song on fetch but it's still great!
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 4 August 2015 01:26 (eight years ago) link
Woot!
Saw melt Banana at the garage with DJ scotch egg. Always meant to catch then again. That was 2005 but tonight is the night.
They are doing their own merch. They scare me, slightly.
― koogs, Thursday, 15 June 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link
are they still playing as a duo?
― sleeve, Thursday, 15 June 2017 21:49 (six years ago) link
xp I also saw Melt-Banana at the Garage in 2005 but it was the other night with Narcosis/I'm Being Good/Bullet Union. I saw them a few years ago as a duo around the time Fetch came out. Think that was the 3rd time I saw them? Was thinking of going to see them in Brighton on this tour but timing wasn't good.
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 15 June 2017 22:08 (six years ago) link
it's so hot my banana definitely feels like it's melting today
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Thursday, 15 June 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link
xp to self in fact this is documented upthread back in 2005
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 15 June 2017 22:11 (six years ago) link
just the two of them, yes. agata with the facemask and guitar and yasuko doing everything else via midi(?) and that controller thing she uses (one-handed) that looks like a playstation portable.
they were loud and bright and pixel perfect again last night but something didn't click for me and i was paying less attention to what they were doing than to how they were doing it. and the obvious hard work they've put in and all the practice (neither put a beat wrong) just detracted somehow. the 300 other people there seemed to be really into it though.
they were on the merch desk until the support band finished and then spent the interval sorting out their own gear. a minute after they finished agata was back on the desk and yasuko was breaking her stuff down. made me wonder whether the entire tour was just the two of them doing everything on their own (and how lonely that would be).
― koogs, Friday, 16 June 2017 09:08 (six years ago) link
(it's a Numark Orbit - https://www.facebook.com/NumarkOrbit/posts/638933552825050 )
― koogs, Friday, 16 June 2017 09:11 (six years ago) link