Shonen Knife 35th Anniversary UK & Eire 2016 Tour

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INTERVIEW | NAOKO YAMANO
2016 APR 09 by Kim Taylor-Foster for thegirlsare.com (TGA)
www.thegirlsare.com/2016/04/09/interview-naoko-yamano/

The Ramones and Seventies pop-punk inspired their early sound but today?

[ Naoko ] lists throwback classics The Beatles, Kiss, Deep Purple, Judas Priest,
Motorhead, Black Sabbath, Dio – and Pilot.

She then cites Californian doom metal band High on Fire. “I sometimes discover Sixties,
Seventies or former bands which I didn’t know. For example New England, KKB,
Candlemass or Prism.”



Long, wordy, many little details including Naoko's comments on tracks from Adventure.
With file photos and a couple of links to media.


#interview

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Excitable abandon, of teenagers... 


Shonen Knife review – cult Japanese trio
serve up childlike punk-pop
4 / 5 stars

Summerhall, Edinburgh
The Osaka rockers bounce through their catchy numbers
with the excitable abandon of teenagers

2016 APR 29 by Malcolm Jack for the Guardian / Music
www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/29/shonen-knife-review-japanese-punk-pop 

On their new album, Adventure, Shonen Knife’s idea of freshening up their sound is retreating
further into rock’s primordial ooze by paying homage to AC/DC with Rock’n’Roll T-shirt.

…you’re left not lamenting this band’s almost childlike simplicity but wondering why
most other music has to be so complicated.



With a couple of generic agency photos from the gig.
It won't change your life, it's just there.


Naoko tour blog
www.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/19883


Atsuko tour blog
www.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/19906

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A load of boring softball questions, and a bit about
British bands and championship tennis.


Exclusive Interview: Shonen Knife On Food, Tennis And Music
2016 April 22 by Roxy Simons for MyM Buzz (MCM Expo Group)
www.mymbuzz.com/2016/04/22/exclusive-interview-shonen-knife-on-food-tennis-and-music/


MCM Buzz:  “…my favourite <men's tennis star> is Juan Carlos Ferrero
who is now retired so I don’t know if you know him.”

Naoko:  “We know him! He’s very handsome. I would love to write about tennis
again. When our last UK tour finished two years ago Atsuko was there to help us
with merchandise so we went to see the Aegon Championships in Queens and it was
really good. There were many of my favourite tennis players there like Ernest Gulbis,
Feliciano Lopez, and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga. It was a lot of fun, so I should write
another song about tennis! If Kei Nishikori plays in the London finals
I will definitely come back.”