Melt Banana live in concert.
ON TOUR

Melt Banana

26
critic concert reviews
experimental

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

77
%
Based on 
26
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
%
Based on 
critic concert
reviews

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Critic Consensus

Based on 26 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Melt Banana is rated as an entertaining live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Melt Banana concert reviews describe live shows and performances as exhilarating, cerebral, and delightful.

ON TOUR

Goldfield Trading Post, Sacramento, CA, United States (May 21); Meow Wolf, Denver, CO, United States (May 23); Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, United States (May 24); Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, United States (May 26); Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis, MN, United States (May 30); The Hall, Elsewhere, Brooklyn, NY, United States (June 5); Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD, United States (June 7); The Broadberry, Richmond, Virginia, United States (June 8); Terminal West, Atlanta, United States (June 10); White Oak Music Hall, Houston, United States (June 13); Deep Ellum Art Co., Dallas, United States (June 14); Empire Control Room & Garage, Austin, Texas, United States (June 15); El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, California, United States (June 21); Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, United States (June 22); Na Bojišti, Trutnov, Czech Republic (July 3);

Latest Release

Zero 8+8=16 Version (December 25, 2021)

Artist Info

Genre
experimental
Origin
Tokyo, Japan (1992 - present) (1992 – present)
Bio
Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock group founded in 1992 by friends attending Tokyo University of Foreign Language. Their hyperactive music palette draws influences from experimental rock, grindcore, no wave, psychedelic, hardcore punk, and post-punk.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Vanguard Online (UK)

October 25, 2019
%
Melt Banana – melting faces at The Brudenell Social Club 2019

Rave Child (Scotland)

June 14, 2017
%
Stereo, Glasgow, Scotland on June 10, 2017

The Skinny (UK)

June 14, 2017
100
%
Deaf Institute, Manchester, UK on June 12, 2017

Buzz Magazine (UK)

June 7, 2017
80
%
Wales, UK

National Rock Review

July 28, 2015
%
Renowned Japanese noise band Melt Banana headlined the show performing as the core duo of vocalist Yasuko Onuki and guitarist Ichirou Agata.

Exclaim (Canada)

May 25, 2015
90
%
It was a delightful surprise then than the crowd absolutely adored the strange cerebral group the only participant in the fest who played with a drum machine.

NOW Magazine (Canada)

May 18, 2015
60
%
Toronto, Canada

Past critic reviews published in

Exclaim (Canada), NOW Magazine (Canada), Shepherd Express (USA), Soundblab (UK), Consequence (USA) and more

Image Credit

Adrian Purser [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons