This past Wednesday, I headed to Philadelphia’s sold out Underground Arts in order to catch a stacked lineup of Melt Banana, The Melvins, and England’s Napalm Death. Definitely a diverse lineup,tThe place was pretty packed out from the moment I arrived right as Melt Banana were setting up. Melt Banana Japanese experimental noise punk band […]
Melt Banana Live In Philadelphia (5/22/15)
Melt Banana is one of my favorite bands around, and this experimental Japanese noise-punk band puts on one of the craziest live shows out there. I missed them last time they came around supporting their latest full length Fetch due to them opening for a bigger band that sold out ridiculously quick, but I made […]
Melt Banana – Fetch (For fans of HORSE The Band, Mr. Bungle, Mike Patton)
I’ve been anxiously waiting a new Melt Banana album ever since they released one of my all time favorites Bambi’s Dilemma back in 2007. On Bambi’s Dilemma, these Japanese noise rockers flirted with pop melodies on the majority of their songs, while leaving some room in for the spastic short more experimental songs they became […]
An Albatross – Eat Lightning Shit Thunder (For fans of Melt Banana, Dillinger Escape Plan, Horse The Band)
I like my hardcore like I like my sex: spontaneous, noisy, and no time for fucking cuddling. An Albatross’s 2001 debut Eat Lightning Shit Thunder delivers exactly that, and then some. Playing some of the most sporadic music that the genre has to offer, these Wilkes-Barre (now Philadelphia) dudes are able to cram in more […]
An Albatross – We Are The Lazer Viking (For fans of Melt Banana, Horse The Band, Dillinger Escape Plan)
Wilkes-Barre (now Philadelphia’s) PA’s pyscho hardcore circus An Albatross recently played a free show in Philly on the 4th of July, and I was out of town… fucking figures. I’ve been listening to these dudes a lot as of late, and their 2003 release We Are The Lazer Viking is a complete face, mind, and […]