No, Banana Bred isn’t a Stanford research study on breeding optimal bananas. This self-proclaimed “indie rock cover band” embodies a different spirit — vibrant, fun and unbelievably authentic. Formed ...

Japanese art-rock outfit Melt-Banana have been making sharp, spasmodic noise for 32 years. In that time, their approach hasn’t changed so much as they’ve gotten better at what they’ve always done.

After meeting in a Tokyo-based language school, where they were studying everything from Thai to Italian, the four members of Melt-Banana discovered one idiom that they all spoke fluently in addition ...

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Though renowned among fans of bizarro punk rock in the West, Melt Banana is still somewhat unknown in its home of Tokyo, where J-pop still reigns supreme. Early in their career, the members of Melt ...

It’s been over a decade since we last got an album from Melt-Banana, but they’re picking up right where they left off. Ahead of their new album 3+5 this summer (following up 2013’s Fetch), the Tokyo ...

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