Interviews
Interview (2011)
Jamie Rowland speaks to Naoko Yamano, the guitarist/vocalist and founding member Naoko Yamano with Japanese punks about their thirty years together, and the effect of the Ramones on their work
Live
Ruby Lounge, Manchester, 30/4/2014
Nicky Crewe misses most of Shonen Knife's gig at the Ruby Lounge in Manchester due to their late stage arrival, but feels that it was better to have seen some of the Tokyo all girl punk trio's set rather than nothing at all
Musician, Leicester, 7/9/2012
...while in Leicester at The Musician Anthony Strutt sets the group play an equally remarkable set of their own material under their own name
Babylon, Ottawa, 11/3/2005
Japanese pop punkers Shonen Knife will celebrate their quarter-century anniversary next year. At a long awaited Ottawa show, Andrew Carver watches them play a warmly received set to a very mixed crowd
Photography
Photoscapes (2023)
Rob Hadley photographs Japanese pop-punk trio Shonen Knife at a gig on their 40th Anniversary Tour at The Hare and Hounds in Birmingham.
Reviews
Adventure (2016)
Enjoyable and entertaining latest album from Japanese garage rock trio, Shonen Knife
Pop Tune (2012)
Fantastic harmonic punk pop on eighteenth album from Japanese band, Shonen Knife
Free Time (2011)
Excellent fifteenth album from punk-influenced Japanese trio and Kurt Cobain's favourite act, Shonen Knife
Super Group (2010)
Excellent return to form on sixteenth album from Japanese veteran punk/grunge rockers Shonen Knife, who have included Kurt Cobain among their fans
Related
Live
Osaka Ramones
Cargo, London, 1/10/2012
Dan Cressey at Cargo on London watches Japanese all female punk trio Shonen Knife under the moniker of the Osaka Ramones play an incredible set of Ramones covers...