Shonen Knife 'BBQ Party' @ The Brixton Windmill

Event information

Shonen Knife takeover the Brixton Windmill on Saturday the 17th of August!
It's a Shonen Knife 'BBQ Party' Alldayer with lots of bands.
BBQ is included in the ticket price and maybe be slightly more Japanese than usual.

Damnably, The Brixton Windmill and Magic Teapot first brought Shonen Knife over to the UK in 2009 after a gap of 16 years and since then, the band have loved the venue with it's quirky Roof Dogs and rock atmosphere.

While the band are in the UK for AyaCon they decided to play 1 more fun show (3 weeks before their UK/Europe Tour starts) at Brixton Windmill-voted 3rd best Music Venue in London by Time Out Magazine readers.

Support Bands to be announced
Tickets limited to 100 only
More information and times to be posted on http://www.damnably.com/ + https://www.facebook.com/damnablylondon
http://windmillbrixton.co.uk/


"When I finally got to see them live, I was transformed into a hysterical nine-year-old girl at a Beatles concert."Kurt Cobain

Biography
Shonen Knife are a ground-breaking all-female Japanese, pop-punk trio formed in Osaka in 1981, when Naoko first heard late ‘70’s punk-pop particularly The Ramones. Inspired, the band crafted their own idiosyncratic songs, fashioned brightly coloured outfits and DIY albums. In 1985, K Records released ‘Burning Farm’ in the US. Deals with Sub Pop and various Majors followed. 1989 saw the crème of the alt. rock scene (including Sonic Youth, L7 and Redd Kross) covering their favourite Shonen Knife songs on the tribute album ‘Every Band Has A Shonen Knife Who Loves Them’. They toured with Nirvana (on the ‘Nevermind’ tour), The Breeders and as part of Lollapalooza. They recorded sessions for John Peel and appeared on MTV’s ‘Beavis and Butthead’ . In 2010 the band released the album ‘Super Group’, played Matt Groening’s curated ATP, extensively toured the UK, Europe, North America, China and Taiwan! In 2011 the band celebrated their 30th year anniversary by releasing the albums ‘Free Time’ and ‘Osaka Ramones’, toured Europe and the US, played to thousands at the Summer Sundae festival, a live session for Marc Riley on BBC 6 music, an interview with Radcliffe and Maconie, and rounded out the year with a limited edition Christmas Single ‘Sweet Christmas’. In June 2012 Shonen Knife released their 18th Studio Album ‘Pop Tune’ which saw the band return to their Pop beginnings. Now in their 31st year of rock with over 900 gigs under their belt and able to play any of 118 songs at their fans request, this is a band on top form, so as Naoko says: ‘Let’s Rock!’
Pop Tune http://youtu.be/ADo6wawOUFo

Press Quotes:
The Independent:8/10 "There are two types of people: those who enjoy thrashy Japanese girl-punk, and those who have something wrong with them."
The Sunday Times: ".irrepressible slice of bounce-along indie-pop. Beguiling." Stewart Lee
The Line Of Best Fit: 7/10 "Robust in its eccentricities and musicianship, Pop Tune makes good on Yamano's assertion that the current Shonen Knife line-up is its strongest."
BBC 6Music (Steve Lamacq):"Shonen Knife - they know how to rock - Japanese punk pop at its best."
Marc Riley BBC 6Music: 'Perfect Freedom' Songs of the year for 2011
Gideon Coe BBC 6 Music 'Pop Tune' for Recommended ALBUMS 2012

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